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The New Era of Public Web Services
When you talk to many developers today about Web services, you’ll get the glassy eyed stare of someone who has dealt with vaporware for far too long. The promise of Web services has indeed eluded developers, and the original promise of Web services still hasn’t arrived. However, in the mean time, a number of public…
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Java Stewards Announce New Version of Java Community Process
The stewards of Java, the JCP (Java Community Process) PMO (Program Management Office) and Executive Committees, on Tuesday announced a new version of the JCP, JCP 2.6. The new version features enhancements to the process that enable more developers to get involved in the creation of JSRs (Java Specification Requests) earlier in the process, said…
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Adobe Adds Bar Code to PDF
If you were hoping the Internal Revenue Service would conveniently misplace your tax forms this year, don’t bank on it yet. Adobe Systems Inc. this week unveiled a new technology to improve forms processing, and the IRS is already testing it out. Adobe, of San Jose, Calif., says its new bar-code technology for PDF forms…
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Tool Speeds Supply Flow
E2open inc., the consortium founded by IBM, Hitachi Ltd., Solectron Corp. and Seagate Technology LLC, is making it easier for users along an electronics supply chain to implement and integrate supply chain processes. The company’s namesake SCCS (Supply Chain Coordination Solution), which became available last week, helps companies implement supply chain processes such as multitier…
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Automating Business Analytics
Lawson Software and Best Software Inc., developers of enterprise software for midsize companies, are providing more business automation capabilities for those customers. Lawson, of St. Paul, Minn., last week introduced its Promotions InSight package, which provides retailers with prepackaged analytics. Due in the fourth quarter, Promotions InSight offers quantitative measurement forecasting and analysis capabilities that…
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New Blade Servers Pack Power of Their Own
New hardware on the way from Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM and Intel Corp. will show that blade servers need not be compact versions of their traditional server tower cousins. Blade servers, which two years ago could be found primarily in one- and two-processor configurations, are growing in variety and giving users more options within the smaller…
