Borland Software Corp. has announced the imminent release of the latest version of its JBuilder IDE.
With demand for Microsoft SQL Server connectivity for Java applications growing steadily, and with many companies migrating their production platform from the 32-bit SQL Server 200 Enterprise Edition to the 64-bit versions of SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 2005, JNetDirect has added 64-bit support to two of its components.
(Editor's note: JDT conducted this interview with
Thomas Schaeck, IBM WebSphere Portal architect, via e-mail.)
IBM disclosed this week at LinuxWorld that it has donated its Cloudscape database to the open-source Apache Software Foundation.
JDeveloper successfully integrates features for all development phases of J2EE and several related technologies into one environment. While it is an ideal solution for building apps built on top of Oracle’s database and application server, JDeveloper’s lack of broad support for other environments may inhibit its adoption.
Like Sonic Software, another early player in the Java Messaging Service vineyard, Fiorano Software Inc. has expanded its middleware portfolio and begun to support Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) solutions. Earlier this year, Fiorano released Fiorano Enterprise Service Bus 3.5, with HTTP receive services for portal integration.
DataSource Inc., Greenbelt, Md., doing its part in the quest for a 'gentler Java,' has brought out Jetson, an application development toolset that officials said can help non-Java programmers to develop J2EE applications, thus making those difficult EJBs easier to use.
Telelogic has released a new version of its TAU/Logiscope software testing tool. The 6.1 version, which actually began shipping at the beginning of June, focuses on the quality of C, C++, Ada and Java code. It also includes a number of enhancements designed specifically to boost productivity early in the development process.
Finding increasing interest in business process management (BPM) among corporations, Oak Grove Systems is seeking to expand the market for its business process engine (BPE) from ISVs to enterprise customers.
Future Electronics chose tools from webMethods Inc., Fairfax, Va., to integrate its non-stop-based ERP system with its quoting system residing on a Microsoft platform, said Bob Lapointe, CIO. Because data about customers and industries was part of the ERP system, Future Electronics wanted to integrate those applications rather than duplicate files back and forth, he added.
Java developers who are not frequent visitors to IBM's alphaWorks Web site might want to give it a try, as the firm has been adding as many as 10 new technologies -- many of them Java-based -- a month for free trial download in recent days.
There will always be "some tension" in the Java Community Process (JCP), observed James Gosling, Sun's distinguished fellow and the software engineer credited with creating Java.
IBM Rational announced on Monday that it plans to standardize its suite of automated software quality (ASQ) tools around the Hyades open-source platform. Hyades is a subgroup of the Eclipse open-source project focused on providing infrastructure for test tool interoperability as well as data traceability.
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.
Pervasive? Maybe not yet. But wireless applications are here. Now development teams must sort through a variety of tools and languages to meet the corporation’s need to be mobile.
Flex delivers a very rich client dev tool on the first try. This tool and cross-platform RIA will only get better.
Despite what you may have heard, Office suites are still not a one-horse race, as this new Chinese import shows.
Compuware Corp. this week announced a major upgrade of its OptimalJ development environment. Updates are said to better unite analysis, design and testing processes.
Signs of tensions appeared in a JavaOne press conference at which Sun's McNealy asserted that its Java ally IBM wanted “to wrest control of Java."
As part of Borland's Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) approach to providing optimization from development and testing through production, the company has announced a new version of Optimizeit ServerTrace 3 for J2EE.