Scott Clark

HyperBanner this week introduced QuickBanner, its free banner creation utility designed to enable small businesses to quickly and easily develop Web site banner ads. QuickBanner provides a banner creation solution for developing professional, high-quality banner ads in a matter of minutes. Specialized templates are provided for target audiences and are optimized for maximum visibility. Users […]

DataChannel this week announced the next-generation of its Enterprise Information Portals (EIP) application server. DataChannel’s EIP application server is based entirely on XML, and includes XPages, the first implementation of a transformation engine which converts data from heterogeneous sources into XML-ready schema. DataChannel’s transformation engine allows data to come from unstructured data sources such as […]

Andover.Net Tuesday unveiled Linux.DaveCentral.com, Andover’s new Linux application archive site. Andover.Net surveyed information technology professionals about Linux, Microsoft and the future of the Internet. Results show a very strong awareness and approval for Linux along with a movement towards the Linux operating system. Results to Andover’s survey show that: 86% are aware of Linux 82% […]

Microsoft Corp. recently announced the release of the Microsoft XML Parser for incorporation by third-party software developers. The Microsoft XML Parser can be redistributed and is fully compliant with the World Wide Web Consortium’s Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 specification. It enables developers to support XML in any or all of the presentation, business logic […]

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) this week released the first public working drafts of the XML Schema specification, suitably called XML Schema Part 1: Structures, and XML Schema Part 2: Datatypes. The W3C published these working drafts to ensure that the public can follow the XML Schema design work, so that the final result […]

IBM Corp. this week announced the upcoming release of HotMedia 2.0, a Java-based tool which enables developers to create rich media banner ads and Web sites. This release includes e-commerce features designed to attract, retain and track customer mouse clicks. This release also offers support for third party Java applets, allowing partners to create Java […]

IBM this week announced the beta release of its new application development toolset for embedded systems. VisualAge for Embedded Systems, Java Technology Edition will allow users to speed up the development of software which connects small, intelligent devices to enterprise back-end systems over the Internet. Developers can utilize Java technology and components to quickly create […]

InfoSpinner Inc. Tuesday debuted the ForeSite Application Server version 3.0. This upgrade provides a robust integration and deployment environment for developers looking to leverage packaged and newly developed legacy data and applications into their business solutions. InfoSpinner enables the customer to utilize and leverage their current investment in information technology resources such as applications, development […]

JP Systems Inc. this week released InfoBeam, which it is billing as the world’s first software and retrieval service to bring Web content to 3Com connected organizers by using infrared technology. Today’s users demand instant access to information at all times. InfoBeam provides wireless access to time-sensitive data such as stock quotes, airline information, package […]

Active Concepts this week released an update to Funnel Web 3.1, with improved virtual domain reporting, four new reporting capabilities and large speed increase in DNS resolution. According to Active Concepts, the new Domain Name Lookup functions in the Funnel Web 3.1 update result in a 1000 percent speed increase in DNS resolution. The update […]

IBM this week announced the developer release of a new set of prototype XML security tools available on its alphaWorks Web site. The new XML Security Suite features reference implementations of XML-based security solutions. The XML Security Suite has the capability of enhancing XML-related transactions by extending the abilities of current security technologies by introducing […]

IBM this week at the XML ’99 Europe show in Granada, Spain, launched xCentral, the Internet’s first search engine which exclusively looks for Extensible Markup Language data on the Web. This XML data can include XML documents, document type declarations, style-sheets, press releases, tutorials, Web pages and bulletin board postings. IBM hopes this technology will […]