News, Blogs and Press Articles
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WaveMaker Review
Bill Roth reviews WaveMaker Visual Ajax Studio and calls it "...surprisingly easy-to-use, without a loss of expressiveness...." |
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Is this the future of Web application development?
Federico Cargnelutti reviews WaveMaker's Visual Ajax Studio as an easy-to-use web app tool. |
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Defining RIA, Web 2.0, and AJAX
Christopher Keene, of WaveMaker Software, defines common web development terms in a blog post earlier this month. |
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Open Source Frameworks: WaveMaker, an interview with Chris Keene
Roberto Galoppini interviews WaveMaker's CEO, Chris Keene about the open source business model that the company is built on. |
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WaveMaker Joins EnterpriseDB Blade Partner Program
Open Source Providers Team Up to Deliver First Open Source WYSIWYG Web Application Development and Deployment Platform. This news was also reported by: |
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CRM Mashup Apps Help Businesses Make Connections
Enterprise mashups such as Kapow OnDemand aim to bring business intelligence to desktops, with automated tools collecting and integrating selected Web data into a spreadsheet. Kapow has also partnered with Wavemaker in a "social CRM" experiment called Sales Social which reduces the need to leave a CRM app to gather information. |
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WaveMaker Introduces Visual Ajax Studio for Mac Developers
WaveMaker Visual Ajax Studio 3.2 adds Support for the Mac OS 10.5 (Leopard) and the Safari Browser; Provides Freedom of Choice to Web 2.0 Developers. This news was also reported by: |
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SnapLogic and WaveMaker Partner to Deliver Complete Open Source Enterprise Mashup Solution
SnapLogic Data Integration Framework to Provide Data Services to WaveMaker Visual Ajax Development Platform This news was also reported by: |
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Killer App at Web 2.0 Expo: Social CRM Mashups
Kapow Technologies and Wavemaker Integrate Customer Information from Salesforce, LinkedIn and Technorati into a Single Mashup Application. |
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IBM Debuts New Category of Server for Web 2.0 Computing
New Design Leverages BladeCenter, Linux and Cloud Technologies; Can Eliminate Need for Air Conditioning in the Data Center. |
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AJAX and Open Source Communities Must "Liberate" the HTML Web from the Unweb
The web's traditional strengths may be dramatically eroded by a "hollowing out" of the HTML semantics. Web tools such as the Dojo grid, by WaveMaker engineers Scott Miles and Steve Orvell have evolved to be able to handle the increasing complexity of building Rich Internet Applications. |
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WaveMaker is a very cool visual AJAX tool
WaveMaker addresses the question of whether Web 2.0 style architectures can be a route towards open standards or potentially a lower risk of vendor lock-in through open source. |
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Product review: WaveMaker's point-and-click Java
WaveMaker Visual Ajax Studio and Rapid Deployment Framework make a fast and simple facade for Hibernate and Tomcat |
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Wavemaker has Designs for $4.5 Million in Funding
Wavemaker Software has raised $4.5 million in a new round of venture funding, as is being reported by Venturebeat. Hummer Winblad Venture Partners and Worldview Technology Partners, as well as Sippl Investments all contributed to this round of funding. |
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What's In A Name? That Which We Call A Rose ...
Why are so many Startups changing their names? WaveMaker changed its name from ActiveGrid. |
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Saving Ourselves From the Unweb
Alex Russell gave the inaugural presentation at the Visual Ajax User Group held in the bay area recently which Chris Keene posted. |
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WaveMaker Visual Ajax Studio makes the Best of the Month for March 2008 List
WaveMaker is a visual builder that enables the drag & drop assembly of scalable, web-applications using Ajax widgets, web services and databases. |
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Redmonk Podcast: RIA Weekly #11 - WaveMaker
Chat with Chris Keene, CEO of WaveMaker discussing WaveMaker Studio, WaveMaker's web-based development stack and the different scenarios that people are using WaveMaker in. |
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Web 2.0 Development For The Common Man
WaveMaker CEO Chris Keene is challenging Microsoft's Visual Studio while simultaneously pointing out the drawbacks of Java development |
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Podcast - Companies Have Big Web 2.0 Plans, Says WaveMaker
San Francisco's WaveMaker Software recently conducted a survey on companies' plans for Web 2.0 in the enterprise. |
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Time for Open Source Software Vendors to Think Beyond Free
Thinking that free is the only aspect of software that matters is "freetarded" |
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Mash Ups in the Enterprise: Serena Software making them happen
Serena Software is now releasing software with Creative Commons, pushing out Enterprise 2.0 capabilities into the world. Many companies have already seen success with mashups. |
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When Not to Salvage the Legacy Application
Software companies are providing a path to moving code into the new world that is based on reusable, modular services that are architected. |
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Startup Of The Week: WaveMaker Tries To Simplify Web Apps
Development platform emphasizes ease and speed of assembly while adhering to corporate data policies. |
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WaveMaker Seeks To Ease Pain Of Ajax Development
Former startup ActiveGrid relaunches as WaveMaker, with an updated version of Visual Ajax Studio built around the open source frameworks and Ajax. |
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Survey Reveals Ease of Use Barriers to Enterprise Adoption of Web 2.0
WaveMaker study shows that corporations lack skills, tools to build Rich Internet Applications |
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Product review: Inside open source AJAX toolkits
Dojo, Ext, Google Web Toolkit, jQuery, MooTools, Prototype, and Yahoo User Interface perform amazing tricks with JavaScript; we explore what makes each tick to help you determine which one to pick. |
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WaveMaker Adds Informix Founder to Board of Directors
Roger Sippl brings database application and SOA expertise to board; Company closes four million in funding. |
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WaveMaker Visual Ajax Studio Goes AGPL
This issue of how such Web services based on open source software should be licensed is likely to become an increasingly hot one in the future, and it's good to see WaveMaker offering early backing to the AGPL with this move. |
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WaveMaker Announces Visual Ajax Studio
New Features Simplify and Accelerate Development of Web-based Applications & Forms |
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WaveMaker to Ship Upgrade to AJAX Apps Framework
Version 3.1.1 of the framework features form generation and will be available as both a commercial and open-source product. |
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Two Doors to Enterprise Web 2.0 Adoption
Open source technologies like Spring and WaveMaker build unstoppable momentum |
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Adopting Web 2.0 into the Enterprise
Table stake requirements |
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Spring, Java Platform Combos Eyed
Paul Krill covers The RAD-ical Web — Bringing Productivity to Enterprise App Development panel at the WebGuild Web 2.0 Conference. |
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Catching a Web 2.0 Wave
WaveMaker...has accelerated the development of applications by as much as 67 percent and cut lines of code written by 98 percent. This dramatically smaller codebase...means that visually assembled applications are cheaper to maintain and easier to manage. |
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Interoperability Still Stumbling Block for Open Source in 2008
Todd Hay, a vice president at WaveMaker Software, formerly known as ActiveGrid, which enables the visual assembly and rapid deployment of Web 2.0 applications that meet enterprise IT requirements, said enterprise adoption of Ajax (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) and Web 2.0 technologies will become a driving force in 2008. |
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WaveMaker Unveils Visual Web Dev Tool and Framework
WaveMaker's key sales pitch is its ability to integrate RIAs (Rich Internet Apps) into an enterprise SOA, eliminating what it calls "rogue IT": people setting up Web services, mashups or other applications that don't necessarily comply with corporate security policies. |
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WaveMaker Ships Enterprise Web 2.0 Tools
WaveMaker is shipping its "Enterprise Web 2.0" application toolset this week, the company said on Tuesday. |
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Can Web 2.0 Be Safe for CIOs?
In helping CIOs "stop the bleeding" caused by what the company believes are thousands of these guerilla or shadow applications, WaveMaker found a new focus, and two guiding concepts: "Web Fast" and "CIO Safe." |
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WaveMaker Announces General Availability of WaveMaker Visual Ajax Studio™ and WaveMaker Rapid Deployment Framework™
Latest Release of CIO Safe™, Enterprise Web 2.0 Applications Address the Competing Priorities of Business Teams and Central IT |
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Former ActiveGrid Makes Waves With App Studio
Framework update launched with new name and new Web development suite |
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Enterprise 2.0: New Thinking or Fresh Paint on an Old Idea?
WaveMaker CEO Chris Keene talks with Network World's Jason Meserve about "Enterprise 2.0". Is it just a buzzword or a true shift in software development for corporate IT shops? We find out. |
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Is WaveMaker the Web 2.0 Version of PowerBuilder?
Some meetings are just fun (I can’t always say that..sometimes I just want to run away and hide under my desk). But my meeting today with WaveMaker reminded me of the type of meetings I had in the .com days. I admit I was excited about what I heard. |
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Enterprise Web 2.0 Apps Highlighted by WaveMaker
Visual environment, framework are offered in WaveMaker's newest apps, which aim to help developers bring Facebook-style apps to enterprises |
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WaveMaker Aims to Replace Underground Powerbuilder/Access Apps
WaveMaker, formerly known as ActiveGrid, is announcing a beta of their flagship WaveMaker Visual Ajax Studio application. WaveMaker Visual Ajax Studio is designed to replace the underground Access/PowerBuilder applications in enterprises by providing their ease-of-use through the generation of valid Java web applications. |
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WaveMaker Stakes Claim to Enterprise Ajax
WaveMaker, formerly known as ActiveGrid, is introducing a toolset that is supposed to simplify the assembly of enterprise-class Ajax applications with a new visual IDE backed by a framework. |
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WaveMaker Release Ajax Friendly Development Framework
WaveMaker Visual Ajax Studio™ and Rapid Deployment Framework™ are hoped to be bridging the gap of creating Ajax-based software to the need of businesses. These tools are the framework for different programming languages so that it could adapt to any major frameworks. The company has cleverly used not only one but more than a dozen open source programs, integrating them into their system. |
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WaveMaker Releases Enterprise Web 2.0 Product Line to Bridge the Gap Between Departmental Developers and Central IT
Enables Visual Assembly and Rapid Deployment of CIO-Safe™ Web-Applications |
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Any CIO Not Using Open Source "Should be Fired": a Conversation with CIOs
Open source is changing the way we think about software, and our interactions with it. This is particularly true if you're a CIO. |
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Introducing WaveMaker Software — ActiveGrid Re-brands Corporate Identity and Redefines Product Strategy
WaveMaker to Bring Enterprise Web 2.0 to Departmental Developers and IT Team; Enables Rapidly Assembly and Deployment of CIO-Compliant Applications |
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Web 2.0 Company Changes Name
The company's vision is to be the PowerBuilder of Web 2.0, providing an easy-to-use visual tool for building Web applications. |
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Industry Leaders Gather for CIO Survival Guide on Web 2.0
CIOs Discuss Requirements for Web 2.0 in the Enterprise |
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ActiveGrid Acquires TurboAjax Group
Accelerates Enterprise Adoption of the Dojo Toolkit |
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Announcing the Dojo Grid
The nirvana we are all shooting for is a world where developers can assemble useful business applications with minimal coding or scripting. |
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5 Show-Stoppers That Cause Enterprise 2.0 Apps to Fail
The nirvana we are all shooting for is a world where developers can assemble useful business applications with minimal coding or scripting. |
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Larkware - ActiveGrid is the Missing Link from Access to Web 2.0
Mike Gunderloy of Larkware blogged about our MS Access to MySQL migration... |
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ActiveGrid Teams With MySQL on Microsoft Access Application Migration
Forbes - SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 28 /PRNewswire/ - ActiveGrid, Inc., a leading provider of Enterprise Web 2.0(TM) solutions, has announced it is working with MySQL AB to simplify the migration of legacy applications to modern web architectures. |
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ActiveGrid Teams with MySQL on Microsoft Access Application Migration
Webinar and White Paper to ease Path from Fat Client to Web 2.0 |
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SOFTWARE 2.0 - The 377 best libraries, catalogs, platforms, frameworks, solutions to publish better blogs, sites, portals & communities, and much more
The list ... is a container for all kinds of enabling softwares. |
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Migrating MS Access Applications to MySQL and Web 2.0
The Enterprise Web 2.0 revolution is happening at the edges of the organization (democracy always enters by the side door). As proof of this, a recent MySQL user survey showed that 20% of MySQL users are using MySQL to port MS Access applications (in fact, this is the largest single segment of MySQL users!) |
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Migrating From MS Access To MySQL
This document summarizes discussion from the "MS Access Migration" session at the 2007 MySQL User Group meeting in California. That session brought together a number of MySQL users with a goal of identifying key success factors for moving MS Access applications to MySQL. |
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Democratization of Development
Shel Israel has a good post in which he interviews Chris Shipley of Demo fame on the significance of social media and Web 2.0. She says... |
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Of Babies, Bathwater and Enterprise Web 2.0
Kent puts his finger on the challenge for the next generation of enterprise tools and how to democratize the development of web applications. The challenge will be draining out the bathwater (development complexity) without also dumping the baby (expressive power). |
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RAD Without Tears - How Enterprise Web 2.0 Fulfills the Promise
Why do Enterprise Web 2.0 tools have the potential to support RAD where other worthy technologies have failed? |
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School 2.0
How Web 2.0 is Changing Enterprise School Applications |
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Dutch Schools Use Web 2.0 to Improve Graduation Rates for 200,000 Students
One clear indicator of the state of the Enterprise Web 2.0 market is the dearth of real case studies. ActiveGrid's partner, Eljakim IT just increased the number of meaty Enterprise 2.0 success stories by 1. |
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Dutch Attendance Tracking System Seeks To Help Improve Graduation Rates
"ActiveGrid is quite simply the fastest way to build real-world web applications." |
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PowerBuilder for Web 2.0
"Just as PowerBuilder provided a way for the masses to create a graphical first generation environment, so this next generation of development tools will bring Web 2.0 to a broad audience." |
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ActiveGrid Web 2.0 Application Tracks 200,000 Students
Attendance Tracking System Delivered by Eljakim IT |
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ActiveGrid Broadens Support for Linux and Windows
Extends Support to Windows Vista and Rising Linux Vendors |
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Ten Ways to Kick-Start a User Community
How ActiveGrid boosted postings by 10 times in five months |
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Veteran CIO Jim Sutter Joins ActiveGrid Board
Former CIO of Xerox, Rockwell Embraces Web 2.0 |
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ActiveGrid Powers e-Directory for Puerto Rican Department of the Environment
Web 2.0 e-Government App Delivered by RedBoricua |
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Dev Tools: ActiveGrid Developer
Why I like this stuff so much is that it enables me to quickly show to people some pages that actually work without a lot of programming effort. |
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Lightweight Architecture
Enterprises running three tiers of servers now have another option, using inexpensive commodity machines. Peter Yared of ActiveGrid shows how “lightweight architecture” reduces costs and increases scalability. |
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IBM Mixes Free and Open Source Infrastructure Software
Open source software providers are increasingly keen to support IBM's free databases as part of the overall convergence between the open and closed source software markets. |
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The Road to Our Scripting Future
Lightweight languages are primed to make huge inroads into the corporate market. |
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As IT Gains Needed Maturity, Role of Software Nears Tipping Point
Dana Gardner's BriefingsDirect: Analysis and insights for software strategists |
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Successful Commercial Open Source
Alex Fletcher, Entiva Group industry analyst, blogs about — among other things — ActiveGrid |
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ActiveGrid, PSC Group Launch Effort to Empower IBM Lotus Domino Customers To Take Advantage of Enterprise Web 2.0
Partnership Will Provide Technology, Services and Training to Create Rich, Standards-Based Applications from Multiple Lotus Domino Databases, Integrating Disparate Systems and Bringing Rich Web 2.0 Solutions to the Glass. |
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In Business: New Wave Computing
Peter Day talks to some of the rising stars of the new revolution and finds out how the computer industry is changing yet again. |
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ActiveGrid Appoints Chris Keene CEO
ActiveGrid, which provides an SOA platform built on the Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP/Python/Perl software infrastructure stack, has appointed Christopher Keene as chairman and CEO. |
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ActiveGrid Names Persistence Software Founder Christopher Keene as New CEO to Lead the Company Through Aggressive Growth
Keene comes to ActiveGrid to drive aggressive growth as Web 2.0 technologies continue to bring dramatic changes to enterprise computing. |
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Integrating on the Front End with Lightweight Architecture
Today's cornucopia of Web services calls for a new approach to Web development � one that puts quick-to-understand data ahead of complicated traditional frameworks. We help you understand your options for creating Web apps that use other companies' sites as easily as calling a function. |
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Survivor's Guide to 2007: Enterprise Applications
Network Computing ranks ActiveGrid in the top 7 companies to watch in 2007 |
