Heather Havenstein

As part of its two-year-old effort to move legacy mainframe systems to a service-oriented architecture (SOA), Sabre Holdings Corp. in May began dispatching

JBoss Inc. this week introduced a program it hopes will entice more companies to use open-source application server software. Through its new JBoss Migration Program, the Atlanta-based company aims to provide assessments, methodology and tools to help customers move software from commercial application servers to the open-source JBoss software.

The Open Group launched its first IT architect certification program last month, renewing a debate among some users over the skills required for the position.

The Open Group LLC plans to launch its first IT architect certification program this week, renewing a debate among some users over the skills required for the position. The program defines a set of worldwide standards for measuring the skills and experience of IT architects and for assessing the operation of IT architecture practices in enterprises.

Citrix Systems Inc. and Microsoft Corp. in late December agreed to extend their long-standing partnership to include Longhorn server software.

Executives from Business Objects SA this month talked up dashboard technology at the company

Vendors such as Attachmate, WRQ Inc. and NetManage Inc. are trying to meet demand for tools that can help developers take internally facing applications and expose them to external users without having to touch the mainframe code.

"The lines are starting to blur a bit -- is this guy an IS guy or a business guy?" notes one CIO.