The venerable COBOL programming language still powers reams of mainframe-level applications, posing a challenge for development managers seeking a way to bridge the chasm between legacy applications and active .NET projects.
Is agile development at a tipping point? ALM provider VersionOne in Alpharetta, Ga., is banking on it.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 12/01/2006
Mention application programming interfaces (APIs) and Windows Vista together, and many programmers assume you're referring to the much-ballyhooed managed interfaces that comprise the new .NET Framework 3.0.
- By Mary Jo Foley
- 12/01/2006
Web application security vendor SPI Dynamics is collaborating with Microsoft to provide security testing for applications built using ASP.NET AJAX, formerly code-named "Atlas."
- By John K. Waters
- 12/01/2006
Sun Microsystems Inc. promised in May to give up its long-time stewardship of all things Java. The company is well on its way, but not everyone is applauding its open source licensing strategy.
- By John K. Waters
- 12/01/2006
Some vendors herald a best-of-breed approach to ALM tooling, while others are beginning to offer integrated toolsets.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 12/01/2006
How can development shops stay ahead of the QA curve when supporting multiple versions of software for growing audiences running mixed environments?
DataDude a new Visual Studio Team System (VSTS) product -- Team Edition for Database Professionals
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 12/01/2006
The initiative is meant to shorten the path to Vista deployment for enterprise customers.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 12/01/2006
VSTO 2005 SE, allows developers to create application-level add-in solutions for Office 2007 applications.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 11/01/2006
Windows, Web and mobile application developers can now get "first-ever" server-side Atlas control.
- By John K. Waters
- 11/01/2006
The University of California, Davis gets National Science Foundation grant.
- By Michael Desmond
- 11/01/2006
A command-line environment and scripting language for Windows Server 2003.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 11/01/2006
Microsoft is expected to announce the Release Candidate of its AJAX technology.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 11/01/2006
An enterprise-class solution that automates the build, package, test and deploy stages of software development.
- By Michael Desmond
- 11/01/2006
Platform leaders like Microsoft and Sun are placing bets on hot dynamic languages.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 11/01/2006
2SQL from Australia-based ConvertU2 aims to ease the migration from Microsoft Access to SQL Server.
New LQM bundle aims to provide more integration with Windows development platform.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 11/01/2006
Mozilla is challenging IE with all sorts of new goodies and developers are flocking to it faster than you can say "Firefox."
Workarounds being provided. Complete support for Vista in VS 2005 will come after SP1 ships.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 11/01/2006