======================================================================== APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT REPORT http://www.infoworld.com ======================================================================== Thursday, December 23, 2004
TOP STORIES ======================================================================== * Security jobs on the rise * In Brief: Rogue Wave Software partners with Sun * Apache Avalon project closes down * Google smacks down Santy worm ADVERTISEMENT -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Building great software demands great tools. The IBM Rational Software Development Platform helps developers simplify and automate manual tasks. These trusted tools help eliminate rework, integrate into multiple programming environments and give you everything you need to build better software. Learn more and evaluate IBM software tools with PowerPack. http://www.ibm.com/middleware/buildnews -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- SECURITY JOBS ON THE RISE ======================================================================== Posted December 23, 2004 7:05 AM Pacific Time While IT employment numbers may be lagging, there is a glimmer of hope. The number of cybersecurity professionals is projected to grow at an annual compound rate of nearly 14 percent from now until 2008, according to a study released in November. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=A95858:2B910B2 IN BRIEF: ROGUE WAVE SOFTWARE PARTNERS WITH SUN ======================================================================== Posted December 23, 2004 6:08 AM Pacific Time Rogue Wave Software and Sun Microsystems have formed an alliance intended to help enterprises quickly and easily migrate legacy applications to Sun's Solaris 10 OS. The agreement calls for Rogue Wave to port and certify its enterprise C++ development toolkits including SourcePro Core, SourcePro Net, SourcePro DB, SourcePro Analysis, and Rogue Wave LEIF on Solaris 10 for both Sparc- and AMD Opteron-based systems. These tools are particularly aimed at helping help developers in the financial services, telecommunications, and government sectors to migrate existing Windows apps and develop new applications on Solaris 10. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=A9585B:2B910B2 APACHE AVALON PROJECT CLOSES DOWN ======================================================================== Posted December 23, 2004 4:45 AM Pacific Time Avalon, an Apache project to build a framework for object-oriented, component-based programming, has been shut down, forking off into several separate open source efforts, an official of the Apache Software Foundation confirmed on Wednesday. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=A9585A:2B910B2 GOOGLE SMACKS DOWN SANTY WORM ======================================================================== Posted December 22, 2004 10:26 AM Pacific Time Web search engine company Google is blocking efforts by a new Internet worm to use its search engine to find vulnerable computers on the Internet, the company announced late Tuesday. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=A95859:2B910B2 ======================================================================== Not all storage solutions are created equal Just like the data they're designed to accommodate, protect, retrieve, or recover. The trick is matching effective, economical solutions to the kind and volume of the data you need to store - not always easy in the fast-changing storage market. Track the products, technologies, and trends with InfoWorld's "Storage Insider" newsletter. Delivered every Tuesday. Subscribe today at http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=A9585C:2B910B2 ADVERTISE ======================================================================== For information on advertising, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] UNSUBSCRIBE/MANAGE NEWSLETTERS ======================================================================== To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your e-mail address for any of InfoWorld's e-mail newsletters, go to: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=A9585D:2B910B2 To subscribe to InfoWorld.com, or InfoWorld Print, or both, or to renew or correct a problem with any InfoWorld subscription, go to http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=A9585F:2B910B2 To view InfoWorld's privacy policy, visit: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=A9585E:2B910B2 Copyright (C) 2004 InfoWorld Media Group, 501 Second St., San Francisco, CA 94107 This message was sent to: [email protected]
