========================================================= ----- PETER COFFEE'S ENTERPRISE IT ADVANTAGE ----- ========================================================= A weekly newsletter from eWEEK Technology Editor Peter Coffee focused on application development and technologies at the cutting edge of enterprise-class computing.
========================================================= Sponsored by DataSource J2EE has never been easier...with Jetson, a new toolset from DataSource, any developer can architect, build and deploy with J2EE, and deploy to JBoss, WebLogic or WebSphere with just 1-click. See for yourself -- Download Jetson Now. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1087-6-7-214274-123433-1 ========================================================= September 13, 2004 ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= PETER COFFEE: Remote Possibilities EWEEK NEWS: 1. News: IBM to Open Speech Tech 2. News: 'Provenance' for Calculations 3. News: Microsoft Overhauls Longhorn Drivers for Usability, Connectivity 4. News: AMD Preps 'Pacifica' Virtualization Technology 5. eWEEK.com Special Report: Intel Developer Forum ========================================================= PETER COFFEE ========================================================= Remote Possibilities Distributed systems require rethinking of hands-on interaction. by Peter Coffee When someone says that something is "remotely possible," most people take it to mean that something might happen but isn't likely. I wonder if application developers will soon find themselves hearing a different and more positive meaning in that phrase, along the lines of "Yes, you can make that happen anywhere from anywhere." My thoughts in this direction begin with Microsoft's plans for a more general and much better abstracted >approach to hardware drivers, as discussed by the company at last week's Intel Developer Forum. Microsoft "device experience" manager Kosar Jaff accurately identified both the goal ("Applications writers don't need to know if devices are near or far") and the impediment ("ease-of-use issues will be overwhelming if we don't get ahead of them") that both face developers. Read the rest of this article. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1087-6-7-214274-123436-1 ========================================================= EWEEK NEWS ========================================================= 1. News: IBM to Open Speech Tech IBM is reaching out to open-source developers with prebuilt components for speech software. Get the latest news from the SpeechTek Exposition & Conference here. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1087-6-7-214274-123439-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. News: 'Provenance' for Calculations Designate, set to be unveiled this week by Mathsoft Engineering & Education, brings the idea of provenance to the company's Calculation Management Suite, raising confidence and auditability in product development and service delivery processes. Learn more about the Calculation Management Suite here. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1087-6-7-214274-123442-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. News: Microsoft Overhauls Longhorn Drivers for Usability, Connectivity In a demonstration to developers, Microsoft pointed to an overhaul of device driver APIs and user interfaces for the forthcoming Windows Longhorn. The new capabilities include a desktop that will give equal weight to remote and local devices. Get the details here. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1087-6-7-214274-123445-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. News: AMD Preps 'Pacifica' Virtualization Technology The chip maker is developing its own virtualization initiative to counter Intel's "Silvervale." Read more here about AMD's move to counter Intel's Silvervale technology. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1087-6-7-214274-123448-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. eWEEK.com Special Report: Intel Developer Forum The semiannual Intel Developer Forum showcases the company's latest hardware and software technologies. 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