Microsoft Corp. this summer plans to reveal further details about the next version of its Passport e-business authentication service, although the company is not yet committing to a release date.
Siebel Systems Inc. will ship the latest version of its customer relationship management (CRM) eBusiness applications globally in the fourth quarter, the company announced Wednesday.
Looking to bring e-marketplaces and e-commerce applications into the realm of Web services, Commerce One, Ariba, i2 Technologies and VerticalNet are working to arm their wares with the necessary protocols.
Simple text messages live at the core of every successful Internet application. XML seeks to grow the expressive power of these texts while preserving their accessibility. Java, although born to the Internet, has been oddly slow to embrace these paradigms.
Joining the likes of IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp. and Sun Microsystems Inc., BEA Systems Inc. next week is expected to map out a Web services strategy that would provide enhanced access to and interaction with business functions over the Internet.