Nothing to snort at
Security company Sourcefire has built a profitable business around open-source Snort technology A common question raised about open source is, “How can you make money from free software?” It’s a good question, but as Martin Roesch can attest, it does…
Media, play thyself
Windows Media Player may no longer access password-protected files after you upgrade to IE 6 I hate it when an upgrade that was supposed to solve my problems actually winds up causing me new ones. Judging from my mail, a…
Altio makes front-end integration smarter
AltioLive 3.0 hits new heights for Web-based applications built on Web services and data-centric resources EAI has a reputation as a necessary evil for the costly task of integrating years of legacy applications and valuable data. As enterprises seek to…
IBM builds content management momentum
Content management weaves its way deeper into IBM software stack IBM is turning up the heat on its CM (content management) strategy, preparing a scaled-down version of its Content Manager product aimed at midsize companies. Big Blue is also moving…
Java Product News (updated February 21, 2003)
Openwave announces new mobile toolkits; Sonic Software updates SonicMQ; and more Openwave announces new mobile toolkits February 21 — Openwave has launched Mobile Developer Toolkit Version 1.0, a set of resources that enable developers to write games, and messaging- and…
Let the mobile games begin, Part 1
A comparison of the philosophies, approaches, and features of J2ME and the upcoming .Net CF For more than five years, Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME) and its predecessors, such as PersonalJava, have served as the only viable platforms for…
Unwrap the package statement’s potential
Minimize project complexity and maximize code reuse Apart from the well-known and generally observed Sun Microsystems package naming convention for avoiding top-level package name collisions, few programmers thoroughly understand the deceptively simple package statement. Most Java programmers think the package…
Sun trumpets royalty-free Web services specs
Company challenges Microsoft, IBM Royalty-free industry specifications are needed to enable Web services to fulfill its potential as a mechanism for business process integration on a massive scale, Sun officials stressed during a Sun “Chalk Talk” session in San Francisco…
Sun readying integrated Web services platform
Portal and app servers, other components to be featured Seeking to promote development of Web services-based business applications on the Java platform, Sun Microsystems in mid-March plans to ship a developer’s edition of an integrated Web services platform featuring Sun…
IDF: Intel touts standards in the data center
Focus is on server chips and networking SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA — Midway through the Intel Developer Forum here, Intel Thursday turned its attention to the data center with two executives presenting familiar themes about the need for standardization in both…
