Embarcadero Technologies, Inc., a provider of database lifecycle management solutions, announced that it has acquired privately held Engineering Performance, Inc. Engineering Performance is a developer of database performance analysis and testing software. Under the terms of the agreement, Embar
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Apache Xerces-J 1.2.2 released
Version 1.2.2 of Xerces-J, the Apache XML Project's Java XML parser, is now available for download. This release supports the finalized DOM Level 2 W3C Recommendation. Other changes and bugfixes include:
SOAP Toolkit for Visual Studio 6.0
The November 2000 release of the SOAP Toolkit for Microsoft® Visual Studio® 6.0 offers improved security features through the use of the SSL protocol for message transmission over the Internet. This update includes added support for several authentication mechansims. Additional information is availa
Returning XML from SQL Server 2000 using ADO
By Kimberley Levenson-With the release of SQL Server 2000, it's time to start examining some of the new features that Microsoft has added. One of the most talked about advances is its improved XML support – we now have the ability to open XML documents and save the data contained in them, as wel
Integrated Research Announces PROGNOSIS IP Telephony Manager
Integrated Research Ltd (IR) announced PROGNOSIS IP Telephony Manager, the latest addition to its leading systems and application management solution, PROGNOSIS®. IP Telephony Manager delivers comprehensive, yet easy-to-use management of Cisco CallManager, a key product within Cisco AVVID (Archi
Extending Microsoft Office 2000
Reducing cost of ownership stands out as a key goal for IT professionals working on enterprise-level systems. This white paper centers on new features in Microsoft Office 2000 that reduce cost of ownership and discusses synergies realized when organizations use Office 2000 along with other Microsoft
Construct Your E-commerce Business Tier the Easy Way With XML, ASP, and Scripting
By Dave Cohen- XML acts like the ASCII of the Internet, allowing interaction between hosts regardless of their operating systems, database managers, or data formats. Add ASP and standard data formating options such as CSS or XSL and you can write some impressive network apps.
XML-Powered Wireless Apps
by Jeff Jurvis-Middleware such as application servers, transaction servers, Web servers, and the like is a given in any business-critical application architecture. Those who have built any Web-based system did it by leveraging software components that help manage the interactions between clients suc
Perl SOAP::Lite modules now have UDDI support
By Edd Dumbill-Paul Kulchenko's SOAP::Lite Perl module for SOAP now supports a basic UDDI client, as well as initial support for WSDL schemas. The UDDI support comes in the form of UDDI::Lite, which supports:
Data Analysis Is a Snap
Several years ago, researchers at Microsoft set out to make it easier to realize the potential of databases. The results appear for the first time in SQL Server 2000. The latest version of Microsoft's database management software, which was released last month, is the first of its kind to offer