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RabbitMQ hops toward interoperability
By Alex Handy
The Advanced Message Queuing Protocol lets developers bypass proprietary message queues, and RabbitMQ will try to capitalize on the latest version of AMQP. RabbitMQ is written in Erlang and the Open Telecom Platform to increase scalability.
1/9/2009 8:30AM EST

Zeichick's Take: Borland back in the frying pan
By Alan Zeichick
VMware is happy about taking in Tod Nielsen, but what about Borland, the company he is leaving behind? All signs point to trouble with the former software development powerhouse.
1/8/2009 4:19PM EST

Ballmer announces Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 betas
By David Worthington
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer used the CES 2009 spotlight to announce the availability of betas for the upcoming version of Windows. Preview versions of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 have been distributed to testers, with general availability coming tomorrow.
1/8/2009 1:00PM EST

Intersoft readies Silverlight data source controls
By David Worthington
Developers creating line-of-business applications will benefit from these three controls, according to Intersoft. The company promises the ability to access data by binding to XML and WCF services, and by connecting with ADO.NET Data Services.
1/8/2009 10:30AM EST

Tod Nielsen named VMware COO
By Jeff Feinman
The former Borland Software CEO has rejoined his former Microsoft colleague Paul Maritz in an attempt to fend off Microsoft's challenge to VMware in the virtualization market. Charles King of Pund-IT believes Nielsen will provide much-needed steady leadership.
1/7/2009 5:00PM EST

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CA targets .NET world with Plex
By David Rubinstein
The latest release of the company’s rapid application development tool supports Microsoft’s Windows Communication Foundation, enabling developers to design and create services targeting the .NET platform. It also now works with SQL Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 and 64-bit Windows applications.
1/7/2009 4:00PM EST

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Short Takes: January 1, 2009
By SD Times News Team
In this issue, the editors take a look at Bjarne Stroustrup and his ideas about computer education, Douglas Engelbart and how what he did cannot be replicated, and the potential for Windows Azure to let Microsoft open itself up to developers.

Zeichick's Take: Remembering the ‘Rules of the Garage’
By Alan Zeichick
Hewlett-Packard has long been an inspirational company, not just because of its current prowess in the hardware and software markets, of course, but because of the many stories about its origins in a Palo Alto, Calif., garage, back in 1939. Considered by many to be the true founders of Silicon Valley, Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard epitomized the startup, turning an investment of US$538 into a tremendous success.

Windows & .NET Watch: Knocking off at 5 for a quiet weekend
By Larry O'Brien
Every IT worker and software development manager would love to enjoy their time off without worry of technically problems lassoing them back to work. What does it take to work those late hours when an automated DBMS fails?

Letters to the Editor: JavaFX for Eclipse?
By SD Times News Team
A reader criticizes Sun for its inability to get JavaFX out there, while another clarifies OMG's position regarding IBM and Microsoft. We also receive a quick lesson on preflight builds.

Integration Watch: Maven goes commercial
By Andrew Binstock
Sonatype, Jason van Zyl's company, has expanded its array of software and support products. The result is a more comprehensive set of tools for Java developers and lowers the usual risks involves with free and open-source software.

From the Editors: Clouds in the rear-view mirror… and windshield
By SD Times News Team
Cloud computing became extremely popular this past year, and for good reason, as it offers affordability and flexibility. Also, the mouse and the GUI have not evolved much since ARC introduced them 40 years ago, and they could use an update.

Windows & .NET Watch: Add to cart? Maybe not
By Larry O'Brien
For those setting up e-commerce websites, cart software looks like it would be a good way for you to get started. But the programming aspects of cart are not that conducive to maintaining a commercial website, and developers should not use cart to avoid real software development.

A year of peace
By Alan Zeichick
What a year! In the past 12 months, we’ve seen a lot of change – some good, some bad. The global economic meltdown, top of mind for so many SD Times subscribers, is squarely in the “bad” category. Across the board, and across the world, jobs are in peril, due to business closings, downsizing, cutbacks, hiring freezes and salary freezes. I hope that all of you have jobs and homes – and that you’re able to keep them in the New Year.

Windows & .NET Watch: Congratulations on a job well billed!
By Larry O'Brien
What are the hallmarks of a job well billed? Take a look at the memo of a company that values consuming its clients' time and resources over delivering a product on time… see any similarities with your own consultants?

Do you twitter?
By Alan Zeichick
Social Media! You can love it or hate it, but it’s revolutionizing communications. People don’t send e-mails, they text. Oh, sorry, that’s so two-weeks-ago. Now, instead of texting, they twitter.

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Defining – and redefining – your app dev lifecycle
The waterfall is dead. A new generation of applications and architectures has changed the your company’s rules. Composite apps, SOA,...

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As your company becomes more and more agile, the pressure’s going to grow on a natural bottleneck: the software build-management...

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PDF’s new status: stable
By Alex Handy
Since becoming an ISO standard, PDF has not changed, giving relief to many developers. Under the ISO's auspices, it's hoped that the format can evolve without causing turmoil for developers and users.

Agile for a new age
By Jeff Feinman
The 12 principles of the Agile Manifesto still ring true, agree agile experts at IBM, Serena and training consultancies. But they offer different views on how agile development can work in today's development environment, where cloud computing, multicore and global projects add complexity.

Pondering best agile practices
By Jeff Feinman
Companies are still trying to find best practices for their own agile development implementations. Agile practitioners from FoxHedge, IBM and Serena Software give their ideas of what agile best practices are.

SQL still serves
By Jennifer deJong
When it came to database programming, SQL was supposed to give way to other languages. But new technologies, such as LINQ, JPA, and improvements to SQL itself have allowed it to persist as the language of choice in this field.

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Bob Muglia named president of Microsoft STB

Curl's new data services kit works with AMF

SCO asks for Jan. 16 deadline for reorganization plan

Pegasus acquires AccuSoft imaging SDKs

CVSDude tries to smooth out version control issues

SCO to file bankruptcy plan tomorrow

'Dublin' and BizTalk do not clash, says Microsoft

AJAX remains a top RIA platform, preferred for stability

SFLC's Kuhn remains skeptical of Ramji's remarks

Developers moving to Erlang for code scaling

Sam Ramji: Open source is burgeoning at Microsoft

Free Software Foundation challenges Cisco in lawsuit

Degrafa team aims to bring declarative drawing into Flex

SEC mandates XBRL for all major public company filings

CouchDB nearly completed, looks for customers in cloud

AMD looks for ways to optimize Java on 'Shanghai'

iRise, Ravenflow add visuals to Requirements Composer

Versant moves into embedded with DB4O acquisition

BizTalk 2009 beta shows off ALM support, failover clustering

Windmill 1.0 set for release, promises dedicated support

Companies link up to test their services against Web standards

Collective intelligence, 40 years after the Mother of All Demos

HP's upcoming Quality Center focuses on cohesion

Google, Salesforce cozy up on cloud services

Python 3.0 arrives, overhauling previous versions

ComponentOne releases over 30 controls for Silverlight 2

Sun releases JavaFX 1.0 for Web development

Microsoft makes 'M' interoperable with OMG software

TeamCity 4.0 breaks down build procedures for testing

IBM releases Jazz-based requirements definition tool set

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