Jim Wagner

The case for aspect oriented programming (AOP) has been making headway for some time now, largely behind the lead of IT giant IBM , which has been working closely with the open source Eclipse Project on several tools to make the next-generation technology a reality. That’s not to say it’s ready for mainstream use. Because […]

Software maker Computer Associates said it would adjust $9 million from two quarterly financial statements in 2004 and delay fourth quarter results because of delays caused by a previous earnings restatement. The delay announcement comes at a time when the company is recovering from a financial scandal over its accounting practices that has led to […]

As federated identification technology enters a new phase of interoperability within Web services , the biggest concern for businesses adopting the ID policy is trust, according to analysts at the Burton Group. Jamie Lewis, CEO and research chair for the Salt Lake City-based research firm, said the notion of a “nirvana of dynamic connections” from […]

UPDATED Amid a wave of consolidations in the management software sector, Boston-based software maker ManageSoft has rolled out its latest edition, ManageSoft 7.0. Three applications make up the automated IT software package: ManageSoft for Windows Deployment, IT Business Intelligence and Security Patch Management. Taken together, the software suite automatically deploys, updates and manages the software […]

Anti-spam software and hardware maker IronPort won a major victory for its whitelist service with the announcement Wednesday that Microsoft was joining its ranks. Scott Weiss, CEO of the San Bruno, Calif.-based company, said he’s been in constant contact with two other major U.S. email providers — AOL and Yahoo! — and expects to make […]

The answer to Java’s complexity will make further headway among programmers with IBM’s May 21 release of WebSphere Studio tools incorporating JavaServerFaces (JSF), a specification that make drag-and-drop programming possible, officials announced Tuesday. To be sure, WebSphere Studio Application Developer and Site Developer versions 5.1.2 include other improvements — namely inclusion of Java Specification Requests […]

Beta tests begin next month on Microsoft’s next iteration of enterprise instant messaging (IM) software, Live Communication Server 2005 (LCS 2005), in the hopes the final product will be ready in time for Christmas. “We want customers to be confident in the fact that our business unit at Microsoft is going to be putting out […]

Microsoft could extend the reach of .NET if a cable TV standards body adopts the developer specifications it submitted. The Redmond, Wash., giant announced the move at the National Cable & Telecommunications Association’s show in New Orleans today. Officials working on the OpenCable Application Platform (OCAP), managed by cable TV industry research and development consortium […]

With its popularity growing among online shoppers, online payment play PayPal is positioning itself as the “fifth credit card” for online transactions as it rolls out its latest beta. The e-commerce transaction company has released three application program interfaces that developers can use in order to plug PayPal into e-commerce sites, and help sites deploy […]

RFID-enabled pallets started arriving Friday at retail giant Wal-Mart’s distribution centers in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metro region as manufacturers began field tests for their radio frequency identification initiative. The Bentonville, Ark., company is only nine months away from its self-imposed deadline that pallets from its top 100 suppliers bound for Wal-Mart or Sam’s Club include […]

Commercial Linux vendor Red Hat announced its two-year roadmap Thursday, in an effort to make its operating system one of the safest on the planet. That’s a good thing, because despite its position as the most-distributed Linux OS on Web servers around the world, tracking statistics from NetCraft suggest its security lags far behind Unix- […]

webMethods Wednesday boosted its presence with .NET developers after announcing an agreement in Microsoft’s Visual Studio Industry Partner (VSIP) program. As a premier partner in the program, the Fairfax, Va., infrastructure software developer is now able to license and distribute Visual Studio (VS) software (though it doesn’t plan to), sponsor joint Microsoft studies, tap into […]