Servoy RAD Journal

This is the story of a Mac application developer (okay – it’s about two of them) who set out on a quest to find an application development tool based on Java so his boss would let him develop on the Mac platform, which he loved. There was only one catch – he had to find a tool that was fast. Traditional Java programming was going to take waaaay too long to convert the internal custom programs that had been written in an old 4GL. But the boss still wanted the excellent user interfaces that he was used to – because our hero was good on the Mac and could make the screens look “pretty.” If possible – the boss wanted the impossible – make the application run on a desktop AND over the Web – “just in case.” Here’s the story of our intrepid hero and how he searched, and found, a way to meet all the &ldq... (more)

AJAX Development Company Servoy Receives Funding

Servoy BV, a supplier of development and deployment tools for business software, has reached an agreement for venture capital. Lead by the Private Plus Fund, an established European investment firm, the funding joins several private investors who have already provided financial support to Servoy. Servoy has been growing rapidly with more than triple-digit expansion over the past three years - extending Servoy's market position in both the United States and Europe. This venture capital investment enables Servoy to further increase their growth in other segments; expand into additi... (more)

Servoy Increases its AJAX Lead Over Adobe's AIR

With most leading AJAX frameworks, there are many security concerns today as they run client-side. In products based on Backbase and Tibco, for example, security issues can only be addressed by writing business rules twice - once for live execution in the client and once for server-side validation. Servoy's AJAX implementation is secure, faster and lighter right out of the box. All logic runs server-side where the browser maintains an asynchronous connection with the server to post user events; and to receive and process DOM changes. View Servoy CEO Jan Aleman on SYS-CON.TV Live... (more)

TechWeb Announces Finalists for Jolt Product Excellence Awards

Software Development Conference & Expo West Hosts 19th Annual 'Oscars' of Software Development Industry SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- TechWeb today announced the finalists for this year's Jolt Product Excellence Awards. 65 finalists in 13 categories were chosen by a team of esteemed industry insiders, columnists, and technology leaders. The awards ceremony will take place on March 11, 2009 at the annual Software Development Conference & Expo West at the Santa Clara Convention Center. Free Expo passes which include access to the Jolt Awards and other special events are ... (more)

Servoy Simplifies SaaS with Hybrid Servoy 5.0

Servoy today announced the fifth generation of its award-winning hybrid SaaS platform, Servoy 5.0 -- the platform that simplifies SaaS. Servoy 5.0 further extends the functionality of Servoy's development and deployment platform, allowing "SaaS and Back" hybrid applications -- which can be deployed as SaaS and on-premises through both a browser and a native client -- all from a single code base. "The main problem with other platforms is they make products that compete with ISVs," said Jan Aleman, CEO of Servoy. "Unlike Microsoft and Salesforce.com, we don't build end-user softwa... (more)