May 27, 2008 2:55 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Application development,
Barbara Darrow,
Enterprise applications,
Google,
MicrosoftA new version of the Google Web Toolkit (Gwit to Google insiders), promises full support for the latest Java language as well as faster-running apps at the end of the process.
GWT 1.5 will be formally introduced...
May 22, 2008 4:17 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Application development,
Barbara Darrow,
Microsoft,
Vendor partner business issuesIndependent Software Vendors (ISVs) have always had a complicated relationship with Microsoft.
They build on Microsoft's OS-and-tool platform. They also keep a wary eye as the software behemoth keeps adding to that platform. The "white space" at the top keeps getting higher and higher....
May 12, 2008 10:37 AM
Posted by: badarrow
Application development,
Barbara Darrow,
Channel partner programs,
Google,
NewsPayPal, the online payment power, wants developers to integrate its payment system into more websites.
And it's going to show them love at the upcoming EBay Developers Conference in Chicago, says Glenn Lim, head of
April 28, 2008 2:52 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Application development,
Barbara Darrow,
Google,
Microsoft,
Software as a service (SaaS)If you're an ISV in the era of Saas vs. on-premise delivery models, the stack question has never been bigger.
If you're going the on-premises route for your applications you must weigh the whole Java/Eclipse vs. .Net/Windows issue. If you're going to SaaS, there are SaaS-based alternatives...
April 22, 2008 4:22 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Application development,
Barbara Darrow,
Microsoft,
Software as a service (SaaS)This battle just keeps getting hotter.
Marc Benioff brought the traveling Salesforce.com "tour de force" road show to Boston today, complete with live customer and ISV testimonials.
Today was also the day Microsoft went live with
April 8, 2008 9:49 AM
Posted by: Bcournoyer
Application development,
Enterprise applications,
Microsoft,
News,
Software as a service (SaaS),
Tech BlogsWe've been awaiting big enterprise news from Google for a few weeks now, and last night we finally got some.
The Google App Engine is a free, hosted Web development platform that...
March 28, 2008 3:14 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Application development,
Barbara Darrow,
Microsoft,
Open-source,
SunGiven all of the apparent love flowing from Microsoft to its new-found open source allies and given that Microsoft's go-to open soruce guy Sam Ramji keynoted at the recent EclipseCon 2008 conference, the obvious question is: Will Microsoft join The Eclipse Foundation?
Ramji listened politely and...
March 25, 2008 9:19 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Application development,
Barbara Darrow,
Microsoft,
Open-source,
Server virtualization,
VirtualizationHere's an interesting juxtaposition. On Tuesday, Microsoft's Sam Ramji talked up the company's progress wooing open-source ISVs to
March 11, 2008 11:42 AM
Posted by: badarrow
Application development,
Barbara Darrow,
Microsoft,
Software as a service (SaaS)
Old-time PC software players used to kid about Microsoft's ability to create buzz.
Whenever a competitor came out with something nifty, Microsoft would crank its...
