Nexaweb Technologies, provider of the standards-based platform for building and deploying Enterprise Web 2.0 (EW2.0) applications, today announced that Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Japan's largest bank, has migrated its client/server-based institutional foreign exchange system to an integrated Web-based application.

New research findings from STL, an analyst firm specialising in the Telecoms industry, has found that the vast majority of telecoms industry professionals lack confidence that Telcos are set up to cope with the threat from new internet and IP-based services. Over 550 telecoms industry insiders expressed their concerns in the survey, part of a new market study ?Telco 2.0TM - How can telcos make money in an IP-based world??

Infosys Technologies today announced that the company will be added to the NASDAQ-100 index, effective with the market opening on Monday, December 18, 2006. The NASDAQ-100 index is composed of the 100 largest non-financial stocks on the NASDAQ Stock Market in terms of market capitalization. Infosys Technologies is the first Indian company to be added to the NASDAQ-100 index and is the only Indian company to be part of any of the major global indices.

AccuWeather, The World's Weather Authority, announced that it will soon deliver mission-critical weather information via IBM's emerging Web 2.0 technology, QEDWiki enterprise mashup maker, to businesses and markets worldwide.

ShoZu announced that its free Share-It one-click image uploading application for camera phones now can transmit images to Pikeo, the new photo sharing community recently unveiled by Orange. Pikeo offers photo storage, tagging and sharing capabilities as well as geotagging that enables members to associate their photos with online maps to show where they were taken.

Orb Networks today announced the public release of Orb MyCasting 2.0, a free service that transforms the personal computer into a personal broadcasting system by unlocking all of the digital media people have on their personal computers. Orb MyCasting is available for free at www.orb.com and works on any Internet-enabled device with a streaming media player without the need for additional software or add-ons.

S.P.I. Dynamics, a leading provider of Web application security testing software and services, today released research from its SPI Labs division predicting the top Web application security threats for 2007. The research found that software developers who embrace Rapid Application Development (RAD) to bring solutions to market faster will only add to the growing number of application security defects hackers can target unless security is embedded in key phases of the application development lifecycle.

AtTask has announced the availability of @task version 4 release 3, which sets a new standard for Web-based applications, from its customizable presentation and workflow, to its ability to optimize personal productivity and enhance project success. @task v4 r3 includes the latest Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) technologies to enhance usability and flexibility, as well as expanded collaboration and accountability features, which help produce better business results.

IBM today announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Consul risk management, a privately held software company headquartered in Delft, Netherlands, with a principal office in Herndon, Virginia. Financial details were not disclosed. The acquisition is subject to regulatory approvals and is anticipated to close in the first quarter of the 2007 calendar year. Upon approval, Consul will become part of IBM's Tivoli software unit.

IBM has announced that the IBM System Storage DS8300 Turbo, introduced on August 22, 2006, is the fastest enterprise class storage system in the industry as measured by the Storage Performance Council's SPC-1 Benchmark, outperforming the previous DS8300 SPC-1 Results by 22 percent.

IBM has announced that Gartner has positioned IBM in the Leaders Quadrant in its November 22, 2006 report, 'Magic Quadrant for Data Integration Tools, 2006.' According to Gartner, 'Leaders' are performing well today, have a clear vision of market direction, and are actively building competencies to sustain their leadership position in the market.

Unica announced the latest version of its web analytics solution, Affinium NetInsight 7.1. Innovative capabilities in Affinium NetInsight 7.1, including real time visual exploration capabilities, will enable online business marketers to optimize web sites and Web 2.0 applications with broader, more comprehensive analysis of customer behavior.

At the Gartner Application Integration and Web Services Conference, Kapow Technologies, the provider of mashup solutions for the enterprise, unveiled openkapow, the industry's first software service and developer community designed to accelerate mashup adoption and industry best practices in mashup design.

This week at ITU Telecom World 2006, Microsoft is showcasing for the first time its full portfolio of solutions and services developed specifically for the global telecommunications industry. In its exhibit presence and participation in ITU Telecom World, Microsoft is highlighting the broad range of voice, video, data and mobile solutions it delivers to leading service providers today, as well as unveiling new products and initiatives designed to help operators create revenue-generating offerings for businesses and consumers, now and in the future.

DHI Technologies, developer of advanced tools for JavaScript programmers, announced the release of JavaScript Reporter, a Javascript development tool.Reporter provides unparalleled assistance for building interactive Web 2.0 and AJAX applications.

The WildTangent Games Network (WGN), the fastest growing online games network in North America, today announced the release of the first ever 'Web 2.0' video game, BlasterBall 3. In a first for gamers worldwide, WildTangent Studios, the production arm of the WildTangent Games Network, has launched a simple to use level editor empowering users to build their own BlasterBall 3 levels from within the game itself and to post them to the gaming community on the BlasterBall 3 website.

XandMail, announced it was chosen by Alcatel for the provision and integration of its e-mail software to Alcatel?s Voice Messaging Services (VMS) and Video Mail Box (VMX) platforms. Alcatel selected XandMail?s Web 2.0 Communication and Mobile Communication Solutions after a rigorous and objective evaluation process; the enhanced functionality, the ergonomic, feature-rich interface and the multi-device access ranked high among the criteria Alcatel considered when choosing new providers to enrich their video and voice messaging platforms.

Sun Microsystems, creator of the open source Solaris OS, announced the launch of The Big Mashup, a unique online experience examining how the world of entertainment and news gathering is rapidly changing as the network blurs the line between audience and entertainer, viewer and newscaster, fan and producer. With Internet technology -- music and movies, broadcast news and blogs, entertainers and audiences -- can all converge and mix online.

CollabNet unveiled openCollabNet, a new online community based on Web 2.0 principles and built around Subversion and CollabNet solutions. Developed as an extension to CollabNet's products, the new site connects the 1.5 million users of CollabNet and Subversion, allowing them to share innovations and software development best practices whether they?re applied to open source projects or to tightly protected enterprise and government intellectual property.

Reality Digital, dealing in user-generate content (UGC) and video sharing for businesses, has announced partnerships with international technology resellers, Germany's ISC Opcorner AG [www.opcorner.com] and Italy's Bitage [www.bitage.it]. The resellers will add Reality Digital's user-generated video and social networking platform, Reality Digital Opus, to their list of technology solutions for the enterprise.

Staff It Now, an innovative job sourcing and job marketing solution, has created an unique artificial intelligence program. This program, when combined with blogging and other Web 2.0 developments, will enable technology-based employers and better qualified candidates to effectively find each other.

Fotango UK, creator of software solutions for professional developers, has announced the launch of a web application design competition aimed at developers. The Zimki Application Design Competition has been launched to encourage web developers and application designers to build original web 2.0 applications using the Zimki JavaScript application development platform.

The current rage is all about community building and social software, especially using the Internet (I refuse to call it the web) as the backbone for such community building. I think devices like the Wii represent the next step in social software. If you've been reading this blog for a while, then you probably know that one of my interests is Web 2.0 and social software.

Brad Garlinghouse, author of the 'Peanut Butter Manifesto' to his fellow Yahoo! executives - which made the front page of the Wall Street Journal at the weekend - intended his leaked memo as a call to action for Yahoo! to regain its focus.

KnowNow, pioneer in enterprise-class Web 2.0 solutions, announced a preferred partnership with Automattic, the creators of the popular WordPress.com blogging service. Together, the two companies will provide a trusted blog communication and authoring platform for enterprise customers. As part of the agreement, KnowNow will market, sell, and support Automattic?s blog authoring solution as KnowNow WordPress Enterprise Edition.

Jadu's new range of Web 2.0 products have been designed to enhance the delivery of web-based content and services, help organise information and vastly improve communication. Jadu makes Web 2.0 technology accessible to local authorities to help enable the transformation of services.

Zimbra, the leader in open source, next-generation collaboration and messaging software, today announced that it has more than four million paid Zimbra mailboxes globally through onsite deployments and its hosted partner program. More than 1,000 enterprises and organizations have deployed Zimbra across all industry segments, including financial services, healthcare, government and education. Additionally, millions of more users have implemented the Zimbra open source edition and there are more than 4,500 developers and administrators actively participating in the Zimbra Community.

November 13 marked the 16th birthday of the World Wide Web, according to the definitive timeline published by the W3C itself, which identifies the first web page (no longer extant) as having been located. The occasion has not unsurprisingly unleashed a wave of Web nostalgia, with contributors to Slashdot reminding one another about various little-known nuggets such as the fact that the longest-serving web server, the search engine behind the current celt.ucc.ie, which was the 9th web server in the world, is still sitting there, and indeed is still serving the project it was bought for.

Semantic Mash-ups ('SMash-ups') are combinations of information from multiple sources using the W3C Semantic Web languages (RDF and OWL) to control merging and filtering of the mashed-up data, explains Dean Allemang, who will be giving a session entitled 'Using RDFa To Build Semantic Mash-ups' at the upcoming AJAXWorld Conference & Expo East, 19-21 March 207 in New York City.

The convergence of events involving On Demand services, desktop-like Web experience, and new development tools has enabled a new type of developer and a new type of application, which is highly disruptive to traditional software models. It has also enabled Customer Driven Design (CDI) to be integrated into the entire software development process.

Mashups represent a promising new development approach to building composite applications and enabling easier integration of existing applications, utilizing a host of Web 2.0 technologies such as AJAX, Ruby, RSS, ATOM, REST, and SOAP-based web services. openkapow is based on the Kapow Mashup Server, the industry?s most robust solution for building mashups, currently used by more than 200 organizations, ranging from Fortune 100 companies to Web 2.0 startups.

HCL Technologies (HCL), a global engineering, R&D and IT services firm, launched FIRST 2.0, a proven methodology and suite of end-to-end engineering services that enables enterprises to compete effectively in the world of Web 2.0. The announcement is in line with HCL's focus on creating transformational value for customers through service innovation. The foundation methodology for the suite is based on deep domain experience with more than 65 software product companies whose Web service offerings were developed by HCL.

Web 2.0 University, offering fast-paced, highly intensive courses taught by renowned Web 2.0 advocate Dion Hinchcliffe and a team of experts will begin accepting registrations immediately, Kate Allen, Hinchcliffe & Company's Chief Operating Officer said.

Kapow Technologies has reported its best sales quarter ever, adding more than 20 new customers and a total of 30 deals in the period ending September 30th. First is the explosion of successful Web 2.0 business models that rely on seamless integration of HTML and the data and logic behind it. Second, there is a sea change in the integration software market, driven by the opportunity to outfit Global 2000 companies with new technologies that have the ability to reduce project costs and meanwhile, greatly improve the deployment timeframe.

Kapow Technologies, an enterprise mashup software company, has reported its best sales quarter ever, adding more than 20 new customers and a total of 30 deals in the period ending September 30th.

IBM has announced a new line-up of next-generation processor systems and blades, high speed connectivity and coprocessor acceleration technology for the IBM System Cluster 1350. With its improved ability to handle a broad range of application environments and capability to scale up to 1,024 nodes, the System Cluster 1350 is a primary choice for building supercomputing solutions for a variety of industries including financial services, industrial, petroleum and life sciences.

JotSpot says it will no longer bill customers for the privilege of using the wiki service it previously charged $5-$200 a month to host. Whether JotSpot users will have to use Google IDs like Writely is unclear.

IBM has announced Lotus Expeditor, a development platform for creating Eclipse-based and Web 2.0 applications. Lotus Expeditor's open standards-based programming model enables enterprises to integrate existing and new applications and deliver them to a variety of connected and disconnected devices.

Every now and then we create reusable components, and so far we are giving them away for free. Some pathetic bloggers call this 'giving back to the community'. We look at it simple: if we do not have time to productionize the component, we donate it.

Omniture, a provider of online business optimization software, has announced that Virgin America, a highly anticipated U.S. airline launching in 2007, has selected Omniture to measure and optimize their online channel. Operating under the mantra to 'build an airline people will love,' Virgin America will leverage Omniture Web 2.0 solutions to differentiate its online initiatives -- not only monitoring visitor behavior and promotion effectiveness, but also measuring visitor activity associated with the company's Rich Internet Application (RIA) Web site components to offer a highly engaging online customer experience.