Gartner Names 4 ‘Software Disruptions’ for 2009 Gartner names four emerging software technology trends that its analysts say will transform the software industry. Beyond Web 2.0, SOA or ‘cloud services' there are more disruptors. “Four overarching trends are reshaping how IT is used in the workplace. Each of these megatrends or disruptors must be evaluated to determine if it will have an effect on the business,” said Yvonne Genovese, vice president and analyst at Gartner, in a statement.
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Open Source StarPound Targets Voice, Video Integration with Data, BPM
2008/10/21
StarPound Technologies is shipping an update to its StarPound CORE open-source software voice-data integration platform to let enterprises IT more easily add voice, web, video, messaging and email communications to existing data, applications and e-customer interactions.
 
Jobs Spike for Middleware Devs with Spring Expertise
2008/11/13

Enterprise Java architects and devs concerned about a tightening economy could find solace in a report from SpringSource, creator of the open source Spring platform for building, running and managing enterprise Java apps. SpringSource execs say job listings specifying Spring experience now exceed those for Oracle WebLogic and IBM WebSphere posts.

 
Progress Software Extends OpenEdge AppsDev for SOA
2008/11/05

Progress Software Corp. has updated its OpenEdge business appdev platform to accelerate SOA projects with design, test and deployment support for tools that support Progress’ Sonic ESB.

OpenEdge 10.2A also gets a new GUI-driven way to build or extend Microsoft .NET-based apps — without training or prior knowledge of .NET.