JadeLiquid Software announced the release of WebRenderer Server Edition, the leading Java browser component. WebRenderer Server Edition has successfully completed its beta phase. Development of the WebRenderer Server Edition was driven by overwhelming demand for a standards compliant J

IBM has announced software to help people reduce the clutter and confusion caused by nonstop requests to enter or change their user IDs and passwords. The software -- IBM Tivoli Access Manager for Enterprise Single Sign-on -- broadens IBM's identity and password management capabilities

I've never fully embraced the name of this column, 'Final Thoughts.' I get it, this is the last page of the magazine, so is the final word in the literal sense. But the column name sounds like a last will and testament, or less ominously, as if this is all the columnist will ever have

Novell and Red Hat have been elevated to IBM's Strategic Alliance program -- IBM's highest tier partner status, according to a recent IBM announcement. The move will make it simpler for clients to acquire open standards-based Linux hardware, software, and services through integrated an

In the previous article (part 1 in WebSphere Journal vol: 3. iss: 4) we began to build an SCA project in WebSphere Process Server. Here in part 2 we pick up the discussion. To see the associated images, please view the article online at www.ibm.com/developerW orks/websphere.

As the year closes it's time for industry columnists to make their bold, wrongheaded predictions for 2006. You won't find that sort of nonsense here. There's no Top 10 or crystal ball or cute list of Things to Watch.

It will be interesting over the coming year to witness the progress of open source software in general and open source in application development in particular. IBM, chided by many members of the open source community for taking the proprietary approach to app development (through WebS

So it appears that the power of the pen is omnipotent. In this very space just a couple of months ago, the writer was heard complaining about certain aspects of a college football team, and a few short weeks later the coach of said team lost his job. Wow.

CA today pledged 'day one' support, and plans for early exploitation of IBM's newly announced System z9 Integrated Information Processor (zIIP), a specialty engine that will run portions of eligible workloads designed to help free up general computing capacity on the IBM System z9 mai

During my rather long software development career I made several switches from one programming language to another. The last one was back in 1998 when I switched from PowerBuilder to Java. Since Java is much more than just a language, it kept me busy all these years. I was learning new

IBM Supports Open Document Format as Way to Energize Emerging Economies IBM has extended its support of what it calls open standards to the desktop by announcing that the upcoming version of the IBM Workplace Managed Client will support the newly ratified OpenDocument Format for Office

Explore different Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) antipatterns, which are descriptions of commonly occurring situations or solutions that generate decidedly negative consequences. With more businesses taking major steps to move from Web services to SOA, barriers to the introduction

IBM has announced the hand over of code for the Unstructured Information Management Architecture (UIMA) technology to Sourceforge.net, with plans to move it to a full open-source community development model later in the year. The company predicts the release to have a similar impact as

You may be thinking, oh great, not another programming model. What about Web services? What happened to Enterprise JavaBeans? Well, Service Component Architecture (SCA) is not meant to replace or compete with any existing programming models. Instead, SCA gives you a model to define int

IBM today announced availability of newreleases of its core IBM® Workplace(TM) products, including WorkplaceCollaboration Services 2.6, Workplace Managed Client(TM) 2.6, WorkplaceForms(TM) 2.6 and Workplace Designer 2.6. The 2.6 versions of theseproducts include more than 50 new featu

Wily Tetchnology, the leader in Enterprise Application Management, announced it achieved worldwide sales growth of 43 percent in Q3 2005 compared to the same period in 2004. Demand for Wily's application performance management solutions continued to surge in Q3 as the company released

The value of blogging continues to surface as a navel-gazing exercise within the technology community. Does blogging matter? Does anyone care whether or not it matters? Should it matter? These and other meta-questions continue to be posed by those who a.) aren't getting enough hits on

Unify Corp. (OTC BB: UNFY), announced the availability of Unify NXJ Composer, a Lotus Notes migration solution specifically designed to provide development teams with a safe and fast answer for moving Lotus Notes applications to the J2EE environment. With its unique push-button migrati

JetBrains(TM), creator of intelligent, productivity-enhancing applications, announced today its IntelliJ(TM) IDEA has been named winner in the Best Java IDE category of the 10th annual Java Developer's Journal Readers' Choice Awards. IntelliJ IDEA was also runner up in the Best Java

The architectural consideration of SOA in the preceding chapter offers advice on what directions to choose and how to define the strategic goals for an SOA project. This chapter takes the next step toward execution by focusing on how to plan an SOA project. The topics in this chapter c

This issue has an emphasis on SOA, an area of application development that has gotten a life of its own over the past year. Service-oriented architectures are not only the rage of the age, but represent an approach sure to be on the front burner of enterprise IT managers and developers

Many professionals believe the goals of management aren't related to achievement, but on perpetuating one's own position. The management process is a bewildering experience for freshman employees and a cause of anguish to experienced professionals. Common sense says a manager should be

IBM has announced a new open source-based software and support initiative, called WebSphere Application Server Community Edition (WAS CE). To be available later this year, the software is designed to provide mid-sized businesses, departments in large enterprises and business partners w

Citrix and VMWare are teaming with IBM to launch the first offering of the new IBM Virtualized Hosted Client Infrastructure that delivers full desktop functionality to any client from highly reliable and secure xSeries and BladeCenter servers.

IBM's highest tierpartner status. The move will make it simpler for clients to acquire openstandards-based Linux hardware, software, and services through integratedand streamlined sales, distribution and services channels.

Computer Sciences Corporation announced today that since Oct. 1, 2005, its Federal Sector business unit has signed 96 previously unannounced contracts and subcontracts valued at approximately $575 million during the third quarter of CSC's fiscal year. The quarter ends Dec. 30, 2005.

Incubated as part of the Business Intelligence Center of Excellence, the new Convansys Concept Centre for IBM WebSphere will develop and provide Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence solutions to extend into the Real-Time Information Integration space, which global customers acros

IBM announced it has acquired DataPower, a Cambridge, Mass.-based, privately-held provider of products that help improve security and speed the processing of computer transactions.

Prolifics incorporates its methodology and best practices, in combination with IBM WebSphere knowledge experts, to deliver complex, high-performing systems for leading customers in finance, telecommunications, healthcare, government and manufacturing, the company says. It can migrate a

Individually and as a group, the Instantiations team has been responsible for many significant technology firsts and accomplishments: Development of JOVE, the first Optimizing Native Compiler for Java Technology; Development and marketing of the first commercial Smalltalk development e

Nastel Technologies delivers end-to-end, on-demand, real-time application monitoring and automation software targeted specifically to Enterprise eBusiness Integration technologies. Competitive dynamics and technological advances in enterprise application integration have brought about

Tangosol's in-memory data management, caching and grid computing solutions for mission critical J2EE applications is personified in its Coherence software, which recently went into a 3.1 pre-release, the company reports. Among the many new features is the ability to register any compli

iTKO, Inc., a leading provider of products and solutions that maximize e-business performance, today announced it has joined the new Wily Integration Network (WIN). By joining the WIN Network, iTKO will be able to assure customers that its products integrate with Wily's Introscope?, th

Oracle today announced that the company will join the IBM AIX Collaboration Center (IACC) as a founding partner. As a member of the IACC, Oracle developers will work closely with IBM to more tightly integrate Oracle(R) applications with the current and upcoming versions of AIX 5L, and

ClearStory Systems (BULLETIN BOARD: CSYS) , a leading provider of enterprise-class digital asset management (DAM) solutions, today extended support for industry-leading application servers with the availability of Enterprise Media Server (EMS) for IBM WebSphere Application Server.

OpenPages, the leading provider of enterprisegovernance, risk and compliance management (GRCM) solutions, today extendedsupport for industry-leading application servers with the availability ofSOX Express for the IBM WebSphere Application Server.

Mixed-mode deployments where the data center has a mixture of different technology platforms, hardware, and software and where those platforms interoperate together to deliver software applications is the norm rather than an exception.

The need to respond to changing business demands with flexible IT solutions has led many businesses to service oriented architectures (SOAs). An SOA is an IT framework that combines individual business functions and processes, called services, to implement sophisticated business applic

IBM today announced new software designed tohelp organizations more effectively manage software and system developmentprojects across the enterprise, and to help reduce costs, manage andcontrol risks, and improve the rate of project success.

Random encounters can provide unexpected illumination. If you are the type of person who just starts talking to strangers anywhere anytime, as I am, the conversations that ensue can relate to your work a suprisingly high percentage of the time.