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New Tools Support EJB 3.0 Persistence
Check out tools for building Web apps and integrating portlets, data access and reporting products, tools that support the EJB 3.0 persistence, and more.
Check out tools for building Web apps and integrating portlets, data access and reporting products, tools that support EJB 3.0 persistence, and more.
Axalto
Axalto (booth 1415), a leading provider of microprocessor cards, announced the finalists of its e-gate Open 2005 contest. Participants were invited to develop new secure e-business solutions or applications using the Axalto e-gate technology, which allows smart cards to be connected directly to the USB port of any computing device, without the need for a reader. Finalists are e-gate HSM, from Egypt; Funkey, from France; IP-SIM, from Italy; Smart Music, from Singapore; TrustedPresence, from the U.S.; and TV-Gate, from Spain. Axalto CEO Olivier Piou also joined Sun's Scott McNealy during his keynote to commemorate the fact that Java now runs on one billion smart cards.
Axalto
888-343-5773
Fax: 512-257-3881
www.axalto.com
Canoo Engineering AG
Canoo Engineering AG (booth 337) provides free portlet integration to deploy UltraLightClient applications on a portal server. This brand-new code contribution offers a solution to run Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) as portlets on any portal server, which—as defined by JSR 168—compose an emerging standard to develop Web portals. A portal server reloads the entire browser page whenever a server roundtrip occurs, and portlets must be able to save and refresh the state of their UI, which is nearly impossible for rich clients that maintain their state on the client side. Canoo's UltraLightClient is a lean library that delegates tasks to the standard J2EE/J2SE infrastructure whenever possible and has a server-side representation of the UI state that fits well into the portal server architecture. The UltraLightClient Code Community provides a platform for developers to share useful extensions, add-ons, and integration snippets. All code contributions are available free.
Canoo Engineering AG
+41-61-2289-444
www.canoo.com
DataDirect Technologies
DataDirect Technologies (booth 528) provides commercial-quality database drivers for all major databases, platforms, and data access including ODBC drivers, JDBC drivers, and ADO.NET data providers. It also offers solutions for XML applications that need to process relational and XML data in a consistent, standards-based way across databases. The company is focused on advancing the XQuery and XQJ standards and driving the adoption of its new XML query technologies.
DataDirect Technologies
919-461-4200
Fax: 919-461-4526
www.datadirect.com
ICEsoft Technologies Inc.
ICEsoft Technologies (booth 635) is announcing ICEpdf 2.0 and ICEfaces. ICEpdf 2.0, a Java PDF rendering product, boasts increases in rendering accuracy and performance. It includes a new Java font engine, making ICEpdf compatible with all PDF font types. In addition, it supports incremental document loading that improves performance, especially with larger PDF documents. ICEfaces is a new class of rich rendering technology for Java Web applications. Extending the JavaServer Faces (JSF) framework, ICEfaces delivers dynamic and responsive J2EE Web applications to any browser, a user experience normally limited to thick-client–based applications.
ICEsoft Technologies Inc.
877-263-3822 (U.S. and Canada); 403-663-3322
www.icesoft.com
Motorola Inc.
Motorola (booth 1423) announced the compact Motorola E895, the company's next-generation handset that combines Linux and Java technology. The user interface provides for intuitive navigation and content management, and the E895 lets you take advantage of the latest Bluetooth wireless technology such as Bluetooth printing and Bluetooth peer-to-peer gaming. The clamshell phone's multimedia offerings are complemented by TransFlash optional expandable memory and on-board memory, and EDGE capability provides higher speeds to download music or video clips. The Motorola E895 is expected to be available in Q4 2005.
Motorola Inc.
847-576-5000
www.motorola.com
Nexaweb Technologies Inc.
Nexaweb (booth 536) released Nexaweb 4.0, the latest version of its Rich Internet Application (RIA) software platform. Nexaweb 4.0, which is specifically designed around XML and Java for enterprise-class application development, enables customers to leverage their Java skills investment for the universal development and deployment of applications that run on existing infrastructures. In addition, Nexaweb 4.0 includes new messaging functionality that utilizes commoditized Internet networks, as well as enhanced open standards support for future-proofing enterprise applications and skills training investment.
Nexaweb Technologies Inc.
617-577-8100
Fax: 617-577-8155
www.nexaweb.com
SolarMetric
SolarMetric (booth 301) is announcing its preview support for the EJB 3.0 Persistence specification through its Kodo for EJB 3. The EJB 3.0 specification is one of the key components in J2EE 5.0 that is designed to simplify development and improve productivity, and SolarMetric is an active member of the EJB specification team. Together with Kodo JDO, its implementation of the Java Data Objects standard, Kodo for EJB 3 will allow users to leverage the best of both specifications. SolarMetric's interoperability strategy will enable customers to take advantage of their investments in JDO technology and choose the right technology for their given project and/or domain problem.
SolarMetric
202-595-2064
Fax: 425-944-0045
www.solarmetric.com
Versant Corporation
Versant Corporation (booth 1327), which delivers data management and data persistence software, is demonstrating its Versant Object Database 7.0. The product features preview support for EJB 3.0 persistence, ANSI standard C++ compliance, improved server-side ad hoc query, and improvements in performance, scalability, and reliability. Version 7.0 offers the JDOQL query language and a preview of the upcoming EJB 3.0 API. The Versant Object Database is used in a variety of mission-critical applications, particularly in telecom, defense, transportation, finance, simulation, and knowledge management. Versant Object Database 7.0 is available in beta, with an expected full release in July 2005.
Versant
510-789-1500
Fax: 510-789-1515
www.versant.com
Windward Studios
Windward Studios (booth 436) is announcing the public availability of its Windward Reports 4.0. The new release introduces a suite of advanced report-presentation formats and a new version of AutoTag, Windward's add-in for Microsoft Word that simplifies report design and data sourcing. This version's new presentation formats create reports that promote more effective communication by way of colorful charts and graphs and dynamically generated tables of contents, newspaper columns, bookmarks, and indexes. Report templates can now be WordML in addition to RTF format.
Windward Studios
303-591-7919
Fax: 303-499-2792
www.windwardstudios.com