Amy Newman

Seeking to build on its Egility Data Integration solution for e-business, enterprise application developer Merant this week released DataDirect Connect for XML. DataDirect Connect for XML joins Merant’s DataDirect product family as a technology that will enable enterprises to access and integrate real-time XML data across established standards-based applications. DataDirect Connection removes the need for […]

In a move to make creating dynamic content for interactive television more feasible for developers, Liberate Technologies will integrate Macromedia’s Web authoring solutions, Dreamweaver and Flash, into its interactive TV software platform. Using Dreamweaver and Flash, developers will be able to create dynamic content that will enable TV-Web integration, with interactions such as “TV-like” interactive […]

Claymore Systems this week released the Claymore Secure Java Toolkit targeted at server-side Java infrastructure vendors offering enterprise JavaBeans application servers, Java-based commerce servers and Java-based application service provisioning platforms. Claymore Secure Java Toolkit provides features to authenticate users remotely, encrypt network connections, and restrict access to application functions. It also has a public key […]

Macromedia Thursday unveiled the latest version of its Shockwave Multiuser Server for users of Director 7. This update provides expanded functionality for developers creating multi-user applications. When implemented, Shockwave Multiuser Server enables Web users to collaborate and communicate in real time using rich, dynamic Shockwave content created with Macromedia’s Director 7 Shockwave Internet Studio. Shockwave […]

In a move to further extend its suite of integrated Web tools, Adobe Systems will release a set of e-commerce and dynamic data modules for Adobe GoLive 4.0, its professional Web design and publishing tool. Adobe (ADBE) GoLive Dynamic Link will provide Web teams with a new tool to create visually rich, data-driven sites for […]

Five leading Java tools and application software vendors have launched a cooperative initiative dedicated to providing solutions that will help developers create Java-enabled applications for mobile devices and Internet appliances. Bluestone Software (BLSW), Cyrus Intersoft, Espial Group, PointBase and Psion will work together to provide a robust set of Java development and deployment tools, and […]

When Macromedia’s visual HTML authoring tool Dreamweaver 3 is released later this week, users will have the option of buying it in an application suite that integrates Dreamweaver’s functionality with that of Fireworks, Macromedia’s Web graphics development tool. By combining the two applications into one suite, Macromedia will better meet the needs of the 70 […]

DataChannel will join the United Nations Center for the Facilitation of Procedures and Practices for Administration, Commerce and Transport (CEFACT) and the OASIS consortium in its support of the Electronic Business XML (ebXML) initiative. EbXML is an open, vendor-neutral initiative with the goal of establishing a common, cross-industry technical and semantic framework worldwide. This framework […]

Macromedia is planning to include a new learning module in the latest version of its flagship product Dreamweaver ships later this month. CourseBuilder is based on Dreamweaver 3 technology and will replace Attain Objects as Dreamweaver’s Web-based learning content module. Chris Redfield, a spokesperson for Macromedia (MACR), described CourseBuilder as a compatibility release designed to […]

Tidestone Technologies Tuesday launched an update to Formula One v7.0, its Java-based spreadsheet reporting and analysis toolset designed for enterprises building distributed applications on the Web. Formula One v7.0.1 can now be used by developers using Java Development Kits (JDKs) v1.1.5 or later. Prior to the release of v7.0.1, the new features of Formula One […]

Mercury Interactive Corp. (MERQ) Monday released Astra LoadTest and Astra QuickTest, products in its Astra family that validate Web site content, reliability and performance. Astra LoadTest and Astra QuickTest join Astra SiteManager in the Mercury Interactive family of Web site productivity tools. The three components of the Astra product line work together to verify that […]

In an attempt to simplify the process of developing Web sites with a complex animated graphic “look and feel,” Digital Media Works announced the launch of its Web site targeted toward graphic artists of varying levels. Digital Media Works’ site offers free graphic editing and rendering tools to enable more efficient development of a visually […]