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KANA Chooses WaveMaker Development Tools to Enhance Next Generation Customer Service Solutions
WaveMaker, the leading visual development platform for web applications, today announced an OEM partnership with KANA Software. KANA, a world leader in multi-channel customer service, will use WaveMaker to develop its next generation customer service solutions.
02 September 2008

WaveMaker Ships 'Point-and-Click' Web 2.0 Tool
WaveMaker is shipping an upgrade to its popular open source development tool that allows devs to build and deploy sleek, snazzy Web 2.0 applications with a handful of mouse clicks - and no coding.
25 August 2008

Development Tools For Cloud Computing
To create a development platform for cloud computing a vendor can take one of two paths : cloud-first or tool-first
21 August 2008

WaveMaker 4: Point and Click Ajax
WaveMaker Studio 4.0 the Ajax based visual development platform for creating web applications has been released. Version 4.0 includes a new look and feel, usability improvements, and a host of new features.
20 August 2008

WaveMaker 4.0: One-Stop Web App Creation
The folks at WaveMaker think big, calling their Visual Ajax Studio 4.0 web app development tool "a fundamental breakthrough" -- and they may just be right.
19 August 2008

WaveMaker - Free Web Application Builder
WaveMaker is awarded an Apple Staff Pick Award.
19 August 2008

WaveMaker 4.0 Available for Mac
Build web applications without complex coding.

Apple Offers WaveMaker as Development Tool for Download
WaveMaker version 4.0 is available as an Apple Download for Mac.

WaveMaker CEO to Present "AJAX for the Cloud" Session at AJAX World RIA Conference & Expo
Christopher Keene will be explaining in San Jose, CA, what it takes to build AJAX applications in and for the cloud.
19 August 2008

Visual Ajax Studio 4.0 works with Macs
WaveMaker introduced Visual Ajax Studio 4.0, a new version of the Web 2.0 development engine.
18 August 2008

WaveMaker, Genuitec cite AJAX focus
Point-and-click paradigm offered by WaveMaker for building Web apps
18 August 2008

WaveMaker Introduces Point and Click Ajax
WYSIWYG Ajax Platform Creates Full Web Application in 15 Clicks
18 August 2008

WaveMaker Teams with StrikeIron to Simplify Web Services Mashups
Joint Webinar will Demonstrate Web 2.0 Mashups Made Easy
29 July 2008

WaveMaker and Xignite Partner to Provide Financial Services Mashups
WaveMaker Visual Ajax Studio Enables Rapid Application Development and Deployment for Xignite Web Services
23 July 2008

Mavirroco Consulting Cuts Development Time with WaveMaker
WaveMaker Visual Ajax Studio Significantly Reduces Code and Drives Rapid Web Application Development
07 July 2008

Is this the future of Web application development?
Federico Cargnelutti reviews WaveMaker's Visual Ajax Studio as an easy-to-use web app tool.
25 June 2008

Defining RIA, Web 2.0, and AJAX
Christopher Keene, of WaveMaker Software, defines common web development terms in a blog post earlier this month.
25 June 2008

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.
28 May 2008

WaveMaker Joins EnterpriseDB Blade Partner Program
Open Source Providers Team Up to Deliver First Open Source WYSIWYG Web Application Development and Deployment Platform.
29 April 2008

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.
28 April, 2008

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.
23 April 2008

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
23 April 2008

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.
23 April 2008

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.
23 April 2008

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.
21 April 2008

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.
20 April 2008

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
17 April 2008

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.
16 April 2008

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.
3 April 2008

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.
31 March 2008

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.
27 March 2008

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.
26 March 2008

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
25 March 2008

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.
18 March 2008

Time for Open Source Software Vendors to Think Beyond Free
Thinking that free is the only aspect of software that matters is "freetarded"
15 March 2008

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.
12 March 2008

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.
12 March 2008

Startup Of The Week: WaveMaker Tries To Simplify Web Apps
Development platform emphasizes ease and speed of assembly while adhering to corporate data policies.
08 March 2008

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.
04 March 2008

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
03 March 2008

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.
03 March 2008

WaveMaker Adds Informix Founder to Board of Directors
Roger Sippl brings database application and SOA expertise to board; Company closes four million in funding.
15 April 2008

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.
27 February 2008

WaveMaker Announces Visual Ajax Studio
New Features Simplify and Accelerate Development of Web-based Applications & Forms
27 February 2008

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.
26 February 2008

Two Doors to Enterprise Web 2.0 Adoption
Open source technologies like Spring and WaveMaker build unstoppable momentum
05 February 2008

Adopting Web 2.0 into the Enterprise
Table stake requirements
04 February 2008

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.
29 January 2008

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.
15 January 2008

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.
03 January 2008

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.
19 December 2007

WaveMaker Ships Enterprise Web 2.0 Tools
WaveMaker is shipping its "Enterprise Web 2.0" application toolset this week, the company said on Tuesday.
18 December 2007

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."
17 December 2007

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
17 December 2007

Former ActiveGrid Makes Waves With App Studio
Framework update launched with new name and new Web development suite
15 December 2007

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.
03 December 2007

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.
30 November 2007

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
28 November 2007

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.
28 November 2007

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.
28 November 2007

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.
28 November 2007

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
28 November 2007

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.
12 November 2007

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
07 November 2007

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.
06 November 2007

Industry Leaders Gather for CIO Survival Guide on Web 2.0
CIOs Discuss Requirements for Web 2.0 in the Enterprise
30 October 2007

ActiveGrid Acquires TurboAjax Group
Accelerates Enterprise Adoption of the Dojo Toolkit
17 September 2007

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.
16 September 2007

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.
05 September 2007

Larkware - ActiveGrid is the Missing Link from Access to Web 2.0
Mike Gunderloy of Larkware blogged about our MS Access to MySQL migration...
29 August 2007

ActiveGrid Teams With MySQL on Microsoft Access Application Migration
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.
28 August 2007

ActiveGrid Teams with MySQL on Microsoft Access Application Migration
Webinar and White Paper to ease Path from Fat Client to Web 2.0
28 August 2007

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.
26 August 2007

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!)
23 August 2007

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.
23 August 2007

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...
22 August 2007

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).
16 August 2007

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?
25 July 2007

School 2.0
How Web 2.0 is Changing Enterprise School Applications
22 July 2007

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.
18 July 2007

Dutch Attendance Tracking System Seeks To Help Improve Graduation Rates
"ActiveGrid is quite simply the fastest way to build real-world web applications."
15 July 2007

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."
12 July 2007

ActiveGrid Web 2.0 Application Tracks 200,000 Students
Attendance Tracking System Delivered by Eljakim IT
12 July 2007

ActiveGrid Broadens Support for Linux and Windows
Extends Support to Windows Vista and Rising Linux Vendors
11 July 2007

Ten Ways to Kick-Start a User Community
How ActiveGrid boosted postings by 10 times in five months
05 July 2007

Veteran CIO Jim Sutter Joins ActiveGrid Board
Former CIO of Xerox, Rockwell Embraces Web 2.0
28 June 2007

ActiveGrid Powers e-Directory for Puerto Rican Department of the Environment
Web 2.0 e-Government App Delivered by RedBoricua
14 June 2007

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.
03 April 2007

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.
14 February 2007

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.
13 February 2007

The Road to Our Scripting Future
Lightweight languages are primed to make huge inroads into the corporate market.
02 February 2007

As IT Gains Needed Maturity, Role of Software Nears Tipping Point
Dana Gardner's BriefingsDirect: Analysis and insights for software strategists
29 January 2007

Successful Commercial Open Source
Alex Fletcher, Entiva Group industry analyst, blogs about — among other things — ActiveGrid
29 January 2007

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.
17 January 2007

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.
11 January 2007

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.
10 January 2007

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.
10 January 2007

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.
01 January 2007

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