Web Development


Embarcadero Releases SQL Optimizer

In its first product release since acquiring Borland's CodeGear business, Embarcadero Technologies Inc. this week released a new tool set designed to help developers optimize SQL code in databases.

Data Driver

Microsoft's Michael Pizzo talks up Entity Framework.

Sentrigo Offers Help for Database Patching Woes

Sentrigo Inc. released its new Hedgehog vPatch database security software product on Tuesday.

Developers Can Fight Back

Three new tools let programmers examine application code for SQL-injection vulnerabilities.

.NET Developers Gain Velocity

One of the big surprises at Microsoft's Tech-Ed North America 2008 Developers conference in Orlando, Fla., last month was the launch of Project "Velocity," the code name for a distributed, in-memory data-caching platform that was quietly under development in Redmond.

Tougher Security Planned for Internet Explorer 8

In the wake of a report suggesting that IE was the least secure Web browser, Redmond on Wednesday touted the security features expected to appear in IE 8.

.NET Developers Gain Velocity

Microsoft's surprise launch of its in-memory data caching platform could bolster data-driven app development.

SharePoint: Platform Rising

Enterprise SharePoint adoption is exploding and development managers are learning some hard lessons in the process.

Acrobat Brings Developers into the Cloud

Adobe launches Acrobat.com, a free Web-based productivity and collaboration tools bundle.

Microsoft Releases Windows Embedded CTP

New support for both Silverlight and the .NET 3.5 Framework.

The Fusion of Web and Smart Client

Silverlight may be our first step toward better Web-based applications, but some obstacles still remain.

ADO.NET Entity Framework Beta Testers Stage No-Confidence Vote

Hundreds of dissatisfied testers of Microsoft's ADO.NET Entity Framework V1, which is still in beta, are staging a protest against the software giant by expressing what they call a "vote of no confidence" in the technology.

Open Source SOA Software Shares Microsoft Stage

When was the last time you saw a fully open-source vendor sharing the conference keynote stage with Microsoft? If you were at Microsoft's recent Tech-Ed show in Orlando, you could say, well, then.

Jazz Gets Visual Studio Support

IBM Corp.'s Rational Software unit is set to release version 1.0 of Team Concert, the commercial client to the company's Jazz collaborative software development environment.

.NET and Java Grow Organically

Mixed .NET and Java application deployment platforms promote new interoperability initiatives.

Subscribe on YouTube