Companies, focused on a more robust and secure solution that will manage more data, tend to choose J2EE. Companies that need a solution faster, and with less business complexity, tend to choose .NET. ...

When Forrester Research Inc. surveyed platform software decision makers in large North American and European enterprises recently, the IT industry analyst firm found that 59 percent of those surveyed ...

COMMENTARY--Even as the battle between Microsoft and Sun Microsystems for developer mindshare goes into full swing, the line between competing development platforms is already starting to blur. That's ...

Developers are showing a trend toward favoring the use of Java vs. .NET when it comes to implementing service-oriented architectures (SOAs), according to analysis from Evans Data Corp. The research ...

Microsoft's .Net vision has given the company a direction in which to focus its efforts at driving the future of software development and deployment. .Net, along with XML, has made the confrontation ...

Many companies have both Java and .NET developers on code projects, but there’s often a significant communication gap between the two camps. JNBridgePro helps developers bridge that gap. It generates ...

Yesterday, Doug wrote about Larry Ellison's criticisms of cloud computing. Here are some of your own thoughts: Cloud, shmoud. Yes, the cloud is way overhyped. I'm already tired of hearing about it.

For many corporations, today’s heterogeneous software environments require interoperability between platforms that extends beyond the loose coupling provided by Web services. As an alternative, CORBA ...

BEA Systems and Enerjy Software this week are expanding Java tools efforts while MKS is focusing on boosting Microsoft’s Visual Studio .Net development platform. BEA is unveiling an enhanced version ...

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