Paul Krill
Editor at Large

Web 2.0 company changes name

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Nov 7, 20071 min

ActiveGrid, which has billed itself as the enterprise Web 2.0 company, has changed its name to WaveMaker Software and is announcing this week a new corporate brand and product strategy.

The strategy will address the growing demand for technology to simplify the assembly of Web applications, the company said. The strategy also is intended to meet the architectural, security and governance policies of CIOs.

Under the leadership of new CEO Christopher Keene, the company will integrate current technology with capabilities gained through the acquisition of TurboAJAX. The new WaveMaker offering eliminates the competing priorities of business-level developers who require visual assembly tools and rapid deployment, as well as CIOs, who need solutions that comply with architectural, security and data policies, WaveMaker said.

The company’s vision is to be the PowerBuilder of Web 2.0, providing an easy-to-use visual tool for building Web applications. WaveMaker products include WaveMaker Developer Studio, which is a visual builder featuring pre-built Web 2.0 components, and WaveMaker Deployment Server, featuring a deployment platform for Java or LAMP (Linux Apache MySQL Perl/Python/PHP) environments.

Paul Krill

Paul Krill is editor at large at InfoWorld. Paul has been covering computer technology as a news and feature reporter for more than 35 years, including 30 years at InfoWorld. He has specialized in coverage of software development tools and technologies since the 1990s, and he continues to lead InfoWorld’s news coverage of software development platforms including Java and .NET and programming languages including JavaScript, TypeScript, PHP, Python, Ruby, Rust, and Go. Long trusted as a reporter who prioritizes accuracy, integrity, and the best interests of readers, Paul is sought out by technology companies and industry organizations who want to reach InfoWorld’s audience of software developers and other information technology professionals. Paul has won a “Best Technology News Coverage” award from IDG.

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