Web services and Web 2.0 interfaces are surging as a result of the rise in the use of Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX), a key component on the Web 2.0 architecture. A survey conducted by Evans Data Corp. finds that close to half of developers...

Competitors in the carrier-grade, blade-based server market for the telecom industry are gearing up for a major battle, according to IT research firm In-Stat. The contestants are industry leaders including Hewlett Packard, Motorola, Radisys, and...

The past week saw a variety of announcements from the Aperi community. Collectively, however, the announcements seem to send out mixed signals to the open source community. The Aperi community recently announced that it has proposed an open source project to the Eclipse Foundation. Aperi also announced...

It is a classic case of thieves refining their modus operandi as security gets upgraded. Just as Microsoft plugged 21 security holes in Windows, cybercriminals found a new way to rob secure data – through web applications. Microsoft recently issued patches for 21 flaws in its software, saying all but two of them could let an intruder..

Jeff Raikes, president of the Microsoft Business Division, today unveiled the company’s vision, technology road map and partner framework for unified communications at a strategy event in San Francisco. Microsoft Corp.’s approach to unified communications will break down today’s silos of e-mail, instant messaging, mobile and voice...

Microsoft showcased the community technology preview (CTP) of a new Windows-based environment to create robotic applications for a wide variety of computing platforms, at the RoboBusiness Conference and Exposition 2006 in Pittsburgh. The new environment Microsoft expects will provide thrust for academic, hobbyist and commercial...

Microsoft and Creative Commons, a nonprofit organization that offers flexible copyright licenses for creative works, have teamed up to release a copyright licensing tool that enables the easy addition of Creative Commons licensing information for works in popular Microsoft Office applications...

Motorola, NEC, NTT DoCoMo, Panasonic Mobile Communications, Samsung Electronics, and Vodafone have announced their intent to establish the world's first global, open Linux-based software platform for mobile devices. A world-class Linux-based platform aims to provide key benefits for the mobile industry including lower...

"After finally experiencing the law of diminishing returns on efficiency improvements, many companies are now placing innovation as a top priority. Innovation requires a different environment and a different culture; most companies will require an extreme makeover in order to be successful," asserts the Cutter Business Technology Council...

Asian developers are readily adopting Java EE 5, with over 36% using it today. That’s a 200% increase from six months ago, and twice the adoption rate that North America is experiencing. Looking ahead, two thirds of APAC developers are expecting to use it next year...

"If you thought it would be some time before Ajax moved from the realm of Google and Yahoo into the enterprise IT fabric, you’d be mistaken", writes Jason Stamper over at Computer Business Review Online. It's becoming clear that the new rich thin client technology Ajax will make it into enterprise IT sooner rather than later. Ajax seems to be gaining ground by the minute...

Juniper Networks has announced the creation of the internet protocol TV and Multiplay Initiative, an ongoing program designed to enable providers to more rapidly and cost-effectively deploy IPTV and multiplay service offerings...

Intel had posted record year in 2005 for revenues at USD 38.8 billion, and its second highest year for net income at USD 8.6 billion. However, as demand slows and as it faces increasing competition from its peers...

Compuware Corp. has introduced the latest version of its performance testing solution, Compuware QALoad 5.5. Compuware QALoad is an automated load-testing tool for web, Java, .NET, packaged ERP/CRM applications and distributed environments...

The Apache Software Foundation and Software & Support Media (publishers of yours truly) are pleased to announce that ApacheCon Europe 2006 is scheduled to open at The Burlington Hotel in Dublin on 26 June, to go on till 30 June 2006...

With more than 60% of Fortune 2000 companies using some type of Application Performance Management (APM) tool (Forrester), CA's new rollout of its Introscope 7 and Customer Experience Manager (CEM) products in the Asia-Pacific Region is positioned to provide a fillip to the APM business landscape in APAC. Introscope is a solution for monitoring and optimizing the performance...

In a new twist to the on-again, off-again friendship between Sun Microsystems and the Eclipse Foundation, the latter has now decided to contribute code to the Eclipse foundation. According to Mike Milinkovich, Executive Director of the Eclipse Foundation, Inc., a developer from Sun Microsystems has committed code to the Eclipse tree...

IPC Information Systems, a provider of trading turrets deployed on trading floor, has unveiled next-generation trading desktop with enhanced user intelligence. Dubbed IQ/MAX, the desktop is available globally...

Microsoft unveiled the much anticipated games lineup for the Microsoft Windows and Windows Vista operating systems in Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), with plans to bring Xbox Live game and entertainment network. Leading publishers like Electronic Arts...

Macintosh platform vulnerability discovery rates have increased by 228 percent in the past three years alone, from 45 found in 2003 to 143 in 2005, according to key findings released by from McAfee Avert Labs. "Many believe that using an Apple operating system is a form of security in itself...