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Business Objects signals Eclipse move
Business intelligence software maker Business Objects has signalled its intention to join the Eclipse Foundation and move several products onto the open source platform. Read more »
SAP to acquire Business Objects for $7bn
SAP announced Sunday afternoon it plans to acquire Business Objects in a cash deal valued at slightly more than US$6.8 billion. Read more »
SAP puts focus on Business Objects
SAP has no plans to join Oracle and get involved in the megamerger game. Read more »
Adobe AIR brings online apps to the desktop
AIR, or Adobe Integrated Runtime, is a download that lets Web applications run on a desktop. With AIR applications, people can work offline and drag and drop items like graphics or text between Web and desktop applications. Read more »
Office 12: Is that your spreadsheet on my server?
With the next version of Office, Microsoft is trying to help inspire smarter cubicle dwellers. Read more »
Software Engineering Australia closes doors
Industry authority Software Engineering Australia (SEA) announced today that it will cease operations. The organisation will sell its training and consulting services business to Object Consulting and existing cash assets will go to the Australian Information Industry Association. Read more »
Software accreditation just part of improvement: Working group
A working party composed of representatives from the ICT industry has cautioned that mandating software quality accreditation can be detrimental to small to medium companies and is pushing instead for continuous software process improvement. Read more »
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Crystal Vision Server: BI for mid-market
The new Crystal Vision product line combines technology from Crystal Reports, Crystal Xcelsius and Business Object's Live Office -- aimed at the mid-market segment in Australia. Read more »
Use Lucene as a Web site search engine
There are lots of Web site search engines, but are they flexible enough to integrate search with your Java apps? Take a look at Lucene's solution. Read more »
.NET and serviced components
The .NET Framework provides enterprise services for building highly scalable solutions, but the implementation can be tricky. Learn when and where these services should be used. Read more »
Build Web applications without writing code
This article gives an overview of Iceberg -- a tool for building Web application without writing code. Read more »
Case Study: Switching places from Lotus to .NET
For almost a decade, Sydney-based software developer Just OnePlace (J1P) had been a loyal devotee of the IBM/Lotus platform. But following the strategic review that commenced two years ago the company made a strategic switch to the rival Microsoft .NET camp. Read more »
Balancing Web Development Teams
How can you build a development team that makes compelling visual design backed by solid and reliable functionality and still talk to each other in the morning? The role of an information architect as mediator is crucial. Read more »
Ruby on Rails Explained
There are plenty of frameworks around but Ruby on Rails is a new breed, focused on productivity not language. Simon Jackson explains what makes it different. Read more »
.NET code generators enable rapid application development
A third-party code generator can be an excellent way to establish rapid .NET application development in your enterprise. Using the DeKlarit tool as an example, learn how code generators can reduce development time and improve code accuracy. Read more »
Are key performance indicators a true measure?
Some managers love to look solely at numbers when assessing performance, and key performance indicators are right up their street. But how useful are they in the context of software development? Read more »
Mach-II vs Fusebox 4.1 for ColdFusion MX
Examine and compare the features of ColdFusion MX frameworks Mach-II and Fusebox 4.1 to determine which one is best for your style of application development. Read more »
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The Fud is Flying! (Again)
-- It seems like that the latest marketing technique for software vendors is to sling a little FUD and see if it sticks. Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt make for some attention-grabbing headlines and are great for scaring potential customers away from a competitors offering. Read more »
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Bridging the gap between programmers and the visionA successful project will have a hard time flying if you don't walk through the game plan before writing a line of code. Read more »
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Space pr0n, patent karma and Yang out -- Club Builder
On Club Builder this week: how NASA plans to get the Internet into space, Jerry Yang is out the door at Yahoo and Brendan Eich discusses javascript engine competition.