Debugging utilities have been enhanced to enable inspection of outgoing and incoming messages and headers. A JavaScript API in Vrsion 3.1 allows for third parties to more easily extend the General Interface framework with GUI components and visual tools.

"I think General Interface was one of the pure-play specialty vendors in AJAX with a strong offering," Valdes said. "They've been really doing AJAX for a long time as opposed to going through the motions of AJAX, which is what many vendors [are doing] who claim to have been doing it for years."

Both versions of General Interface 3.1 are available on Monday.

Rally Software is making available two releases of its hosted service for agile development. The company is introducing a new version for a single team of developers while keeping another for multiple teams. Agile programming delivers software in two- to four-week increments, as opposed to the waterfall-style of development that only ships software every six to 18 months, according to Rally.

Rally Agile Team Edition is for a single team of 10 developers and testers to communicate and manage software iterations. The multi-team service, Rally Agile Pro Edition, supports all roles and activities in a software lifecycle, with capabilities for release planning, tracking, requirements management, and program management.