James Niccolai

Enterprises shopping for a Java application server will soon have more reasons to look at open source software, with no less than three open source projects expected to be certified compatible with Sun Microsystems Inc.'s enterprise Java standard by the end of the year.

Developers have a new option for extending Lotus Domino applications to mobile devices thanks to a new version of iAnywhere Solutions Inc.'s Pylon Application Server released on Monday.

Network Associates Inc. plans to sell off its Sniffer family of network management software and change its name to McAfee Inc., part of an effort to cut costs and boost profitability by focusing squarely on security products and services, the company announced Thursday.

IAnywhere Solutions Inc. released an upgrade to M-Business Anywhere on Monday with features designed to make the mobile application software more attractive to corporate users.

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has completed work on a set of technical specifications that define how scripting programs interact with Web pages. The development marks an important step toward interoperability on the Web and is a sign of the Web's growing maturity, according to an industry analyst.

Four months after acquiring SuSE Linux AG, Novell Inc. continues to hammer out the details of its open source strategy. It recently announced plans to make its GroupWise software available for the Linux operating system for the first time, and confirmed that it plans to release the source code for a popular SuSE tool for managing Linux servers to the open source community.

Four months after acquiring SuSE Linux AG, Novell Inc. continues to hammer out the details of its open source strategy. It announced plans Friday to make its GroupWise software available for the Linux operating system for the first time, and confirmed that it plans to release the source code for a popular SuSE tool for managing Linux servers to the open source community.

Representatives from IBM Corp. and Sun Microsystems Inc. will meet in a week to 10 days time to discuss IBM's proposal for creating an open source version of Sun's Java technology, an IBM executive said Thursday.