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.

IBM announced that the upcoming version of the IBM Workplace Managed Client will support the newly ratified OpenDocument Format for Office Applications(ODF)s tandard. By extending the support of open standards to the desktop, IBM customers can now help protect an organization's investme

IBM has announced IMS offerings to help telecommunications service providers transition to Next Generation Networks.Within the highly competitive telecommunications market, the move to IP infrastructures is enabling service providers to better differentiate themselves in order to ensur

Wily Technology has announced the results of the 2005 Wily Benchmark Survey of Java EE Application Performance and Availability. This global survey measured industry-wide user experiences with the deployment and management of Java EE applications.

MQSoftware, a provider of business transaction assurance and middleware management solutions, has announced that Wily Technology is now an MQSoftware Strategic Alliance Partner.

The battles over intellectual property continue. Google is the company-of-the-day in the headlines, with its plan to make available excerpts and whole text from several university libraries under legal attack from the New York-based Author's Guild, which represents 8,000 authors.

IDC, a leading IT market research and advisory firm, reported has that in the first half of 2005, IBM was once again the number one tape product vendor in the world based on branded factory revenue. IBM continued to build upon its revenue leadership position it established in 2004. The

IBM has announced IBM Workplace Forms, new electronic forms, or 'e-forms,' software that can help companies streamline and customize the way employees capture, process and exchange business data. More efficient than paper forms, IBM Workplace Forms provides customers with the ability t

Boomi and Jinfonet has announced an agreement to embed JReport, Jinfonet's 100% Java-based reporting solution, into Boomi's enterprise integration platform. This partnership will provide business activity monitoring to Boomi's clients comprised primarily of mid-sized companies. Boomi's

According to Gartner, a leading provider of research and analysis about the global information technology industry, IBM increased its share in UNIX revenue, growing 3.7 points year-to-year. In addition, IBM grew 82 percent year-to-year based on blade server revenue, to take more than 4

Marcopolo has announced the launch of an innovative public-private partnership between the MCI Foundation, the New York State Education Department, the New York Institute of Technology and New York State Teacher Centers. The initiative aims to improve student achievement by training K-

MCI, SkyTel unit has introduced UnpluggedCity SM wireless broadband services for businesses, residents and visitors in Lexington, Kentucky, as part of a SkyTel pilot program to test Wi-Fi service in various markets. Under a cooperative agreement with the city, SkyTel has designed and b

The new WRDI capabilities give IF5 readers edge-server capabilities including the ability to perform on-board decision-making, reducing network traffic by filtering incoming data from external RFID tags and sending only the most pertinent information upstream to a company's application

In a keynote address at the XML 2005 Conference, Bob Picciano, vice president of database servers for IBM, outlined the company's plans for DB2 Viper--the industry's first database designed with both native XML data management and relational data capability. Picciano also announced tha

At its sixth annual customer conference Motive, has announced that SOFTBANK BB, Japan's largest broadband service provider is using Motive software to build a strategic advantage into its digital services, which include the delivery of value-added offerings such as security and streami

MQSoftware, Inc., a provider of business transaction assurance and middleware management solutions, training and services, has scheduled three new training courses: MQS1148: Web Services in WebSphere, MQS1182: WebSphere Application Server: Default Messaging Provider and JMS Programming

The WebSphere Integration Reference Architecture rigorously recognizes the need for a comprehensive software development platform as core. It's important that the development platform encompasses the entire lifecycle of software development, including requirements analysis, modeling an

Gartner has warned IT professionals that technical aptitude will no longer be sufficient to secure their future in IT organisations.

Motive has announced the speaker lineup for its sixth annual customer conference, Motivation 2005.

IBM announced an expanded SOA strategy in September building on the recent momentum it has gained over its archrival in this space, BEA, as well as Microsoft's .NET strategy.

Prolifics, a provider of WebSphere, Portal, SOA and Business Integration solutions, has announced that it was the recipient of IBM's Five Star Value Advantage Plus Certification Award.

'As Web services adoption increases, so performance demands increase,' stated Roman Stanek, founder and chief strategy officer at Systinet. 'Customer benchmarks show that Systinet Server is not only highly secure, but also the most efficient solution available, usually by a magnitude o

Wily Technology, 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.

Aldon, provider of enterprise software configuration and change management solutions, announced Aldon Lifecycle Manager plug-in support for IBM Rational Application Developer 6.0 and WebSphere Development Studio client (WDSc) for iSeries 6.0.

ClearForest Corporation, a provider of text-driven business intelligence solutions and Kapow Technologies, the leader in Web Integration, has announced a strategic partnership designed to broaden customers' ability to access Web content for business intelligence applications.

Tangosol has introduced a series of new capabilities in Tangosol Coherence designed to enhance applications running on BEA WebLogic Portal.

Empirix, the leading provider of testing and monitoring solutions for VoIP, contact center and Web technologies, has announced that it has partnered with Wily Technology to provide customers with integrated solutions for ensuring the quality and performance of Java-based application en

Wily Technology, the leader in Enterprise Application Management, has announced Gerhardt Merkel has been appointed managing director of European operations.

IBM alphaWorks has released Real Interfaces Visualizer - a framework for three-dimensional UIs. According to the company, working in three-dimensional (3D) space enhances the user interface (UI) by breaking the limits of the two-dimensional world and leaving one with many more visualiz

Where technology marketers could at one time predict what was going to happen in Europe today simply by looking at what happened in the U.S. 18 months ago, then add different measures of additional months for other global markets, today they actually have to do some real work to unders

This year it looks certain that a new participation record will be set, more than 16,000 votes have already been recorded, as more than 20,000 SYS-CON Media readers are estimated to cast their votes in this year's Readers' Choice Awards.

Based on core open source technology from the J2EE-certiefied Apache Geronimo application server, WAS CE and related subscription support provide a flexible and affordable alternative to traditional commercial software offerings and can help customers begin to deploy a Service Oriented

Kapow Technologies, a leading web integration platform provider, announced Glenn Hasen as CEO. Operating out of Kapow's newly established headquarters in the Silicon Valley, Hasen will lead the company's rapid expansion into key domestic and international markets.

IBM has announced that according to IDC, IBM is the leading server vendor in the People's Republic of China (PRC) and India, based on customer revenue for the second quarter of 2005

IBM has a broad portfolio of SOA solutions that enable clients to more effectively model, assemble, deploy and manage business processes. , SOA services and consulting. As part of its SOA Business Partner initiative, IBM now has over 150 partners, which can benefit from the new deploy

A new IDC report ranks IBM WebSphere Portal as the number one application environment in the Enterprise Portal market. IBM has announced new customers in this market as well.

Wily Technology, the leader in Enterprise Application Management, announced Wily 6, the latest generation of the most advanced solution for monitoring and improving the availability and performance of business-critical web applications.