Exadel Inc. said the latest release of its flagship enterprise Web application development environment now supports Asynchronous JavaScript and XML, or AJAX. Exadel Studio Pro 3.5, available now, sells for US$199 per license, including one year of technical support and updates. The standard edition of Exadel Studio 3.0 remains available as a free download.

Trade Promotion Analytics Announced

Business Objects SA last week announced a new analytic application designed to let consumer packaged goods companies better measure and manage the return on investment for their trade promotions. BusinessObjects Trade Promotion Effectiveness Analytics is shipping now. Pricing starts at $150,000 for 100 users on a four-processor system.

Samsung Unveils SpinPoint Drives

Samsung Electronics Co. has announced two new laptop hard drives and two Serial ATA hard drives for servers and desktops. The drives, part of the vendor's SpinPoint family, include 8MB of onboard data cache, speeds of 5,400 rpm and noise-reduction features. Available now, the M60 Series laptop drives are offered in capacities of 100GB for $150 and 120GB for $180. The M60 SATA desktop and server drives are available in 100GB and 120GB models and are priced at $170 and $200, respectively.