The continuing search for a gentler Java includes software vendors seeking to make it easier for IT shops still working with mainframes and green screen terminals to move into the new era of Web-based applications with GUI interfaces.
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.
At the beginning of this year, IBM veteran Tom Rosamilia was named vice president, worldwide data management and general manager of the Silicon Valley Laboratory (SVL). Rosamilia sees ways that lessons learned in developing MQ Series, CICS and other IBM legacy technology can be applied to the J2EE platform.
Steve Ballmer, CEO at Microsoft Corp., and Scott McNealy, chairman and CEO at Sun Microsystems Inc., agreed to bury the hatchet after many years of hostility. This ushers in a new era of cooperation with enhanced interoperability between software products,
Create a shared database to provide interoperability between .NET and J2EE platforms, then extend it with a notification level between platforms.
At the March 2004 SD West Conference in Santa Clara, Calif., McCabe introduced a new Java-enabled version of its TRUEchange client, which is designed to meet the evolving needs of development managers.
Sun says it's going to start offering software to governments at attractive
per-citizen pricing terms. Let's do the math.
Embedded systems mainstay Wind River is telling all and sundry that it is set in a new direction with a refocused, aggressive Linux strategy.
At PartnerWorld 2004 in Las Vegas, IBM increased its effort to join with third parties to attack the small- and medium-sized business (SMB) market.
Typical of XML evolution was a recent conversation with Russ Kliman, director, platform strategies, who discussed the development of the Financial Wellness Platform at SEI Investments Inc.
A new version of the Java Community Process (JCP), designed to make developing Java standards more efficient and open to public input, was unveiled recently by the JCP Program Management Office and Executive Committees.
Telelogic, expanding quickly beyond its embedded systems roots, plans to add C++ and Java support to tools for modeling, requirements and development, according to Per Blysa, vice president of product management for the company's Tau developer tools.
The latest release of the Nexaweb Platform, due this week from Cambridge, Mass.-based Nexaweb Technologies, comes with Nexaweb Studio, a visual RAD environment that is coupled with a full implementation of the Eclipse IDE.
The Java Community Process is refreshingly low-key compared to much of the software industry, so it was probably not surprising that there was very little hoopla this past week when JavaServer Faces (JSF) specification 1.0 won approval from its members.
IBM has called on Java creator Sun Microsystems to join an effort to turn its proprietary Java code over to the open-source community.
Compuware OptimalJ 3.1 allows users flexibility in deployment, selection of appropriate technologies and scalability. The vendor is well positioned to plug new and evolving technologies into the tool as they emerge, allowing developers to reuse models and re-target their app for this new technology.
Java programmers looking for the next wave in software development would do well to investigate opportunities for building portal applications, suggests Brent Ruggles, curriculum architect for WebSphere portal education at IBM.
JBuilder, the Java IDE from Borland Software Corp., was used to develop the Collaborative Information Portal (CIP) that is handling data downloads from the Mars Exploration Rover mission.
Long-time business rules and process management software maker Pegasystems Inc. released its first Java-based platform earlier this month. PegaRules Process Commander V4 supports XML and browser-based development, and JSR-94 and JSR-168 portal plug-in support is also available.