JavaOne 2004 news
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At JavaOne:
Project Kitty Hawk kicks off Sun SOA strategy
Sun
Microsystems unveiled details of its
plans to support Service-Oriented Architectures (SOAs) in its Java
Enterprise System server software suite and Java Studio programming
tools at last week's JavaOne conference. Enhancements to these products under 'Project
Kitty Hawk' will make it easier for developers to write 'a new breed
of enterprise software' around Java-based Web services, company officials said. Read more.
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Scott McNealy soft and
tough
In a marked departure from traditional JavaOne
keynotes, Sun Microsystems Chairman and CEO Scott McNealy told his
audience on Tuesday that the recent easing of tensions between Sun and
rival Microsoft is “for real”
and important because Java and .NET are “the only two development communities that
are growing.” Read more |
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Schwartz
touts Java ubiquity
Java ubiquity
leading to developer creativity and business opportunity was the keynote
theme as Jonathan Schwartz, president and COO of Sun Microsystems, addressed the opening
session of JavaOne in San Francisco. Many of the applications, he said, are
in areas 'we never could have imagined.' Read
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Sun launches Java
Studio Creator
At JavaOne in San Francisco, Sun
Microsystems launchES Sun Java Studio Creator, a new visual environment for
Java developers. Formerly code-name “Rave,” the software is positioned as
something of a RAD-environment, and marks a departure for a company that has
focused much of its tool efforts at nitty-gritty Java development. The tool
supports the Java Developer Kit [JDK] 5.0.
J2SE updated at
JavaOne
Sun Microsystems features a new version of the Java 2
Platform at JavaOne in San Francisco. The platform includes Java programming
language updates focusing on ease-of-development, improved monitoring and
management features, better support for client-side Java, and virtual machine
enhancements.
Ilog JViews
support BPMN, JavaServer Faces
Ilog announces a
new version of its Ilog JViews 6.0, which features new specialized components to
support business process management (BPM) on the Java platform. The new version
of its Ilog JViews 6.0 component family allows customers to separately buy
some family members.
Borland joins
JTC
On the first day of JavaOne 2004, Borland
Software announces that it is joining Sun, Oracle, BEA and other vendors of
the Java Tools Community (JTC).
Eclipse 3.0 released
The
Eclipse Foundation announces the availability of the latest version of the
Eclipse Platform -- Eclipse 3.0 -- which adds an enhanced version of its Java
IDE, a new rich-client platform, and the integration of Java Swing with the
Eclipse Standard Widget Toolkit.
As J2EE 1.4 debuts,
focus moves to tools
Sun
Microsystems marked the advent of Version 1.4 of Java 2 Enterprise Edition
(J2EE) at a press event in San Francisco that featured most of the big names in
Java tools and application servers. A tools panel included representatives from
Borland, BEA, IBM, Oracle and Sun.
Sonic’s JMS pack goes for continuous availability
When the founders of Sonic
Software Corp. got their hands on the Java Message Service (JMS) specification
in 1999, they saw an opportunity to steal a march on new application server
vendors that would sooner or later find a need for standard messaging
middleware. The company is still in the lead, contends Sonic CTO Gordon Van
Huizen.