Zend Technologies (Profile, Products, Articles) on Monday announced Zend Studio 4 Enterprise, a high-end version of the company's Zend Studio 4 application development
environment. The Enterprise version is specifically designed for business-critical application development, offering a comprehensive
set of features for creating highly reliable PHP applications and new tools for creating and testing enterprise-grade PHP
apps. Zend Studio 4 Enterprise facilitates team development and collaboration and offers enhanced integration with Java and
JVM. Zend Studio 4 Enterprise is available immediately for $499 for a one-year subscription license, and $1,495 for a perpetual
license. Current Zend Studio customers can purchase it for $1,196.
OASIS members approve OpenDocument as standard
May 24, 7:35 a.m. PDT
OASIS announced that its members, including IBM (Profile, Products, Articles) and Sun Microsystems (Profile, Products, Articles), have approved the Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) Version 1.0 as an OASIS standard. The OpenDocument
royalty-free standard provides a single XML schema for text, spreadsheets, charts, and graphical documents. It uses existing
standards, such as HTML, SVG, XLink, and XForms, wherever possible. OpenDocument can be used as a default file format for
office applications with no increase in file size or loss of data integrity.
nLayers
, BladeLogic partner on automation solution
May 24, 7:35 a.m. PDT
BladeLogic will integrate nLayers' InSight mapping and discovery technology into its automation platform. BladeLogic Operations
Manager is used to automate a wide range of datacenter management processes. The integrated offering will give customers a
real-time view of their applications and interdependencies, and enable them to track demand, usage, and service levels in
real time, leading to better optimization of resources.
Unicenter
suite manages complex databases
May 24,
7:35 a.m. PDT
Computer Associates (Profile, Products, Articles) International has announced Unicenter Database Management 11, a comprehensive management suite that enables organizations
to streamline database operations across multiplatform environments. The suite has an intuitive browser-based management console
that makes it easier to manage large databases such as DB2 UDB across Linux, Unix, and Windows platforms. Unicenter Database
Management for DB2 UDB includes tools for database design and deployment of database-driven applications; for developing and
managing SQL database code; and monitoring and analyzing database.
Reactivity (Profile, Products, Articles) unveils multimode messaging process
May 23, 7:50 a.m. PDT
Reactivity on Monday unveiled a multimode message processing that enables unlimited operations on XML messages of any size
without compromising security or system efficiency. A part of Reactivity’s Adaptive Message Architecture, multimode message
processing enables multiple disk-based, network-based, and in-memory message processing mechanisms to co-exist. Store-and-forward
processing of XML messages of unlimited size makes it possible for secure XML large message processing such as SOAP messages
with large attachments and batch XML. The Reactivity Adaptive Message Architecture is the foundation for Reactivity gateways
such as the XML Security Gateway, optimized for b-to-b deployments and the SOA Gateway, optimized for cross-datacenter deployments.
Popular Japanese Web site hard hit by major hack
May 19, 7:15 a.m. PDT
Japan's largest price comparison Web portal, Kakaku.com, said Trojan horse programs were installed on the company's servers
during an unauthorized intrusion on May 11. The company detected the intrusion soon after it occurred. Instead of closing
the site, Kakaku.com decided to keep it open until May 14 in an attempt to trace the hack, company president Yoshiteru Akita
said at a news conference in Tokyo Wednesday. The Trojan programs have been identified as "trojandownloader.small.AAO" and
"PSW.Delf.FZ," and can affect PCs running Windows 95, 98, ME, XP, 2000, and NT operating systems, Kakaku.com said. Delf is
a Trojan program that installs a keystroke logger and remote control software. The programs record all keystrokes made on
an infected PC. If a PC gets hit and the user logs into a server, the attacker can get the user's password for the server
and access the user's account. The company said the site wouldn't be back in operation until May 23 at the earliest.
Nortel, Wireless Valley team on wireless mesh network services
May 19, 7:15 a.m. PDT
Nortel and Wireless Valley Communications have teamed up to offer MeshPlanner for Nortel, an intuitive planning tool that
optimizes wireless mesh network design. MeshPlanner enables network designers to ensure reliable and secure network access
for seamless mobility throughout a city or work site while reducing planning and implementation costs. MeshPlanner lets designers
simulate the mesh solution on a computerized model of the deployment area, enabling the network to be deployed faster while
ensuring resiliency, redundancy, and performance. MeshPlanner for Nortel is now available.
