Amy Newman

Bowerbird Computing today released XDBM, a free, embedded database designed specifically to handle XML. XDBM is an XML database manager that developers can include in their own software. It is designed to allow individual programs to more easily use the XML files that they produce. XDBM’s database design gives it a major advantage over the […]

Earlier this week, Watchfire announced its release of Linkbot Enterprise v1.1. The company hopes Linkbot Enterprise’s improved speed, reporting wizards and support for Javascript and Flash files will make it the leading quality analysis solution capable of handling the requirements of today’s complex enterprisewide sites. Linkbot Enterprise provides an automated Web site testing solution that […]

Macromedia this week released the Flash 4 Print Authoring Software Development Kit, a new way for developers to use Macromedia Flash to deliver print capabilities for e-business Web applications. The Flash 4 Print Authoring Software Development Kit is designed to bring high-quality printing and control to an area now marred with low-quality printing and confusion, […]

Allaire Corp. Tuesday acquired Valto Systems, an Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) server technology vendor, in a stock deal worth almost $34 million. All outstanding shares of Valto will be exchanged for 225,000 shares of Allaire common stock. Valto’s employees will join Allaire’s immediately. Valto’s founder and chief technology officer, Imre Kifor, will move into Allaire’s engineering […]

Active Concepts released version 3.6 of Funnel Web, its multiplatform Web analysis solution targeted at business, e-commerce and education markets. Funnel Web 3.6 features reduced RAM requirements, improved performance, new report legends, extended error reporting, support for .acgi and .taf page extensions, and support for Oracle’s WRB Web server. Funnel Web 3.6 also contains report […]

Pervasive Software Inc. (PVSW) Tuesday released its Tango 2000 Application Server for the open-source Linux environment. Versions of the application server product for Red Hat Linux, Caldera OpenLinux and SuSE Linux are expected to be available for shipping by year end. The Tango 2000 Application Server for Linux scales applications ranging from those of small […]

XML protocol vendor Innovision Corp. Thursday released OpenBox Laboratory. The product enables developers to test ideas on key industry topics related to Java and XML, as well as to obtain an early look at the concepts and technologies that have been, or likely will be, employed in Innovision products. Accessed from Innovision’s Web-based lab, OpenBox […]

Binary Evolution Wednesday released VelociGen 2.0, an application server designed to beef up Web server performance. The release also includes extensions for parsing and manipulating XML documents. VelociGen 2.0 attempts to minimize slow Web site performance that is often the result of a Web server’s inability to respond quickly because of a bottleneck of CGIs […]

Virtualis Systems Inc. this week released HiRize 4.1, an enhanced version of its suite of Web site creation and management tools. HiRize 4.1 is designed to enable Web developers to build fully functional online storefronts in less than one day. It provides Web designers and developers with the ability to create and maintain e-commerce sites […]

Antivirus software maker Trend Micro Inc. (TMIC) Monday began shipping InterScan AppletTrap 1.2, its enterprise Java security software. The application is available for both the Windows NT and Solaris platforms. It can be managed through its own Web-based management console and through the Trend Virus Control System, Trend Micro’s Web-based management console. TVCS enables companies […]

Oriole Systems, Inc. will release E-Mart Design SW, a turnkey e-business software package it developed with IBM and Magic Software, during the first quarter of 2000. The application took more than a year to develop. It will run on the Linux, Unix and Windows NT platforms, and is designed to be used with eMerchant from […]

Viewlocity this week released XML Connector, a product designed to provide easy access to and open exchange of business messages. XML Connector will enable enterprises to take full advantage of Web-based collaboration opportunities and form dynamic trading communities, according to a statement issued yesterday by Viewlocity. The product will help customers leverage their existing investments […]