Fresh from the Test Center: Following up on his summer evaluation of six free AJAX toolkits, Peter Wayner examined four AJAX toolkits from the proprietary side of the tracks: Backbase, Bindows, JackBe, and Tibco General Interface. While "AJAX" is still picking up steam, some of these vendors got on the bandwagon years ago - so according to Wayner, "it's easy to use adjectives including 'mature,' 'established,' a Fresh from the Test Center: Following up on his summer evaluation of six free AJAX toolkits, Peter Wayner examined four AJAX toolkits from the proprietary side of the tracks: Backbase, Bindows, JackBe, and Tibco General Interface. While “AJAX” is still picking up steam, some of these vendors got on the bandwagon years ago – so according to Wayner, “it’s easy to use adjectives including ‘mature,’ ‘established,’ and ‘polished’ to describe these wares.” Find out the results of his tests in our special report, and view screencast demonstrations of several AJAX toolkits (both open-source and proprietary).Database security: Microsoft vs. Oracle: Is Microsoft’s SQL database more secure than Oracle’s RDBMS? The latest report from David Litchfield says that Microsoft is less buggy. Read the report, post your comments to Roger Grimes’ Security Adviser blog, and let the debate begin.The SOA methodology tango: Vendors are jumping all over SOA, and while this can be good, it can also be very, very bad if you end up using a bad SOA methodology. That’s the problem, says Dave Linthicum, who has a few pointers on what makes a good SOA methodology in his latest Real World SOA blog posting. (His guidelines to how much an SOA will cost are also invaluable if you’re building out or planning an SOA.) Technology Industry