Development

Oracle Corp. is expanding the management functionality offered to users of its business applications and is working with members of the independent Oracle Applications Users Group to improve its technical support and software development processes.

At the BorCon conference this week, Borland Software Corp. will reveal its Software Delivery Optimization strategy, which leverages the company's Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) and developer products to ease software development and maintenance.

The Canadian Department of National Defence (DND) has commissioned a significant upgrade of its Naval Operator information solution used for operational and combat preparation. The Can $17.3 million contract has been awarded to Richmond, B.C.-based MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd., a provider of geographical information systems.

Within two months, Oracle Corp. will ship its delayed E-Business Suite 11i.10, packing the new release with 2,100 new features targeting specific industries and general e-business applications.

Should your developers use an IDE to develop software? If you think that discussion ended years ago, think again. The voluminous response to my Aug. 30 column proves that the debate rages on.

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Trilog Group Inc. this week rolled out an integrated J2EE development framework designed to let IBM Corp. Lotus Notes developers use their existing skills for J2EE development projects.

Microsoft Corp.'s retreat from its Longhorn ambitions and its decision to add several Longhorn technologies to Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 may rob the next Windows release of its glamor, but users and developers gain more than they lose, some observers said recently.