DevNews
In-depth news from the issues of Redmond Developer News
A .NET Identity for Developers
August 2008 | by John K. Waters
Microsoft introduces "Zermatt," a new set of class libraries for the .NET Framework that simplifies identity management.
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Borland Management Solutions Targets App Delivery
August 2008 | by John K. Waters
Borland expands its ALM suite with Borland Management Solutions,
aimed at improving software-delivery processes.
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Coming Soon: SQL Server 2008
August 2008 | by Jeffrey Schwartz
Worldwide Partner Conference announcement promises Microsoft's SQL Server 2008 will be ready to ship by the end of September.
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Virtualization Hits the Cloud
August 2008 | by Jeffrey Schwartz
Skytap’s Virtual Lab service lets developers subscribe to virtual machines
(VMs) and provides a VM image library and a virtual lab-management app.
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Geospatial Tools Mean Business
August 2008 | by John K. Waters
Microsoft’s Virtual Earth and SQL Spatial bring geospatial technology to the enterprise.
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Embarcadero Releases SQL Optimizer
August 2008 | by Jeffrey Schwartz
Embarcadero Technologies releases DB Optimizer, a new toolset designed to help developers optimize SQL code in databases.
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Developers Can Fight Back
July 2008 | by John K. Waters
Three new tools let programmers examine application code for SQL-injection vulnerabilities.
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SharePoint Development Takes Center Stage
July 2008 | by Kurt Mackie
CIOs, enterprise architects praise Microsoft's SharePoint Server at Burton Group's Catalyst Conference North America 2008.
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Can SOA Move Beyond Hype?
July 2008 | by Jeffrey Schwartz
New ebizQ survey shows that most enterprises are still in the beginning stages of implementing a service-oriented architecture.
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Subversion SCM Tool Gets Update
July 2008 | by Michael Desmond
CollabNet releases Subversion 1.5, an updated version of its open source software-configuration management tool.
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ILOG Courts .NET Developers
July 2008 | by John K. Waters
ILOG, a business-rules management system solutions and tools provider, launches a resource portal aimed at .NET developers.
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DevSuite 7.0 Boasts Requirements Management
July 2008 | by Michael Desmond
TechExcel ships DevSuite 7.0, an ALM solution with a requirements planning focus that’s tailored for enterprise dev shops.
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.NET Developers Gain Velocity
July 2008 | by Jeffrey Schwartz
Microsoft's surprise launch of its in-memory data caching platform could bolster data-driven app development.
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Microsoft Takes Lumps from Open Source Community
July 2008 | by Jeffrey Schwartz
Redmond joins the Open Source Census in a bid to better understand and track open source deployment.
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Sybase Adds LINQ and Entity Framework Support
July 2008 | by John K. Waters
iAnywhere Solutions Inc. opens beta program for its SQL Anywhere 11 embedded and mobile database-management system.
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Microsoft Releases Windows Embedded CTP
July 2008 | by Jeffrey Schwartz
New support for both Silverlight and the .NET 3.5 Framework.
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Mortgage Debacle Hits Dev Spending
July 2008 | by Jeffrey Schwartz
Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association gathering draws attention to slowing spending in the financial services IT market.
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Microsoft Talks up SDL
July 2008 | by John K. Waters
Redmond’s Secure Development Lifecycle requirements aim to counter security defects in the face of recent SQL attacks.
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Acrobat Brings Developers into the Cloud
July 2008 | by John K. Waters
Adobe launches Acrobat.com, a free Web-based productivity and collaboration tools bundle.
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Gates Bids Developers Farewell
June 2008 | by Michael Desmond
Redmond's chairman uses Tech-Ed keynote to talk up 'Oslo,' 'Velocity,' Silverlight and other dev tools.
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