Best of Open Source Software Awards 2009

InfoWorld's 2009 Bossies spotlight today's Top 40 open source products for business and IT pros... more

First look: Adobe Flash and Flex ignite with Flash Catalyst

Adobe Flex 4 SDK, Flash Builder 4, and Flash Catalyst betas close the gap between great UI design and rich Internet application development... more

Test Center review: King of the dynamic IDEs

Multilingual ActiveState Komodo 5.0 conquers Perl, PHP, Python, and Ruby projects with strong debug facilities, excellent code control, and an unbeatable set of utilities... more

Test Center review: Adobe AIR soars to loftier heights

Version 1.5 of Adobe's cross-platform, desktop-integrated RIA framework bolsters the business case with database encryption and sweetens the deal with Flash and speed improvements... more

Test Center review: Open source data aces

Jitterbit 2.0 impresses with easy GUI for mastering migration projects, while Talend Open Studio 3.0 scales gracefully to meet enterprise integration demands... more

Test Center preview: Sun JavaFX Preview SDK

Sun's new rich Internet application framework should be a hit with Java developers, but the promising preview trails Adobe Flex/AIR and Microsoft Silverlight... more

Product review: Zoho CRM aims big, hits small

New Enterprise Edition delivers SMB-worthy features at a rock-bottom price, but key shortcomings make it a poor match for large sales and service teams... more

Product review: Adobe Flex Builder speeds RIA development

Version 3.0 of the Eclipse-based Flex IDE hits the high notes with real-time charting, wizards for data binding and Web services, new tools for app profiling, and support for AIR; Creative Suite integration could use improvement... more

Product review: Adobe breathes fresh AIR into RIA

Adobe's rich Internet application toolkit lifts Flash and AJAX out of the browser and onto the desktop; debut release shines with light technical requirements and good features, though security and OS integration could go deeper... more

Product review: Ultimus jump-starts BPM deployment

Microsoft-centric suite offers a respectable low-cost entry into BPM with tools for graphical process design, Web services support, and good administration with minimal technical requirements... more

Product review: Lombardi Teamworks conquers BPM with superb tools, flexible execution

Lombardi Teamworks 6 Enterprise sets the curve with superior simulation and analysis tools, nicely integrated performance monitoring, and unmatched ease of development for IT and business users... more

Progress Sonic and Cape Clear blaze the SOA trail

Duelling ESB suites continue to advance on service-oriented integration, offering a choice between simple and affordable or sophisticated and costly   ... more

Clearswift makes a clean sweep of Web threats

MIMEsweeper Web Appliance offers solid, plug-and-play protection against Internet malware and data leaks... more

Bluespring's Suite 4.5 whets appetite for BPM

Innovative Microsoft-centric suite wades into shallow waters of business process management    ... more

What the enterprise can learn from TiVo

Ensure relevant data gets channeled to the right people by giving users greater control over the data flow... more

Exclusive: Coral8 presents a sea of CEP opportunity

Coral8 Engine 4.6 speeds deployment of complex event processing with easy SQL-like programming... more

Oracle sows the seeds for SOA

Enriched suite yields a crop of enhancements... more

Exclusive: AquaLogic dives deep into the process pool

Fuego acquisition arms BEA with a potent BPM arsenal... more

Apama and StreamBase unearth meaning in disjointed data streams

Competing ESP solutions help you navigate rushing rivers of information... more

Adobe Flex 2.0 enriches the RIA development experience

Adobe adds a simpler UI, Web services connections, and plenty more... more