In a keynote at the XML Web Services One Conference, SOAP co-author Don Box
advised XML developers to read less specs, write more apps and less code, and
to remember that humans matter.
Company offers a single environment for development and integration.
A comparison of the evolution and impact of Java and Linux.
Preview of latest version of a rapid application development tool.
A look at Sonic's updated JMS server.
Neon Systems Inc., Sugar Land, Texas, last week unveiled a monitoring/management tool designed to shed light onto the 'black hole' of legacy mainframe processing connected to distributed applications based on J2EE and .NET platforms.
Java application server leader BEA recently took a step toward addressing the problems of developers who are trying to write Java apps that use XML with the launch of XML Beans, presently available as an online technology preview.
Sun Microsystems last week disclosed its decision to delay the release of its J2EE 1.4 spec until this summer. Developers predict the move won't slow the shipping of Web services
slated to be completed this spring.
Sun Microsystems has unveiled the first of a series of roadmaps for future platforms to help vendors develop wireless services for mobile phones.
In an effort to transcend the limitations of the literary aspect of the patterns concept,
ObjectVenture has developed the Pattern Component Markup Language (PCML), a "tangible, machine-readable and exchangeable format for
designing patterns."
A series of private talks between Sun and Microsoft recently ended after several weeks during which the two, at a judge's direction, negotiated to place the Java virtual machine inside shipping copies of Windows operating systems.
Following in the wake of Sun, which offers a simple, free version of its app server packaged
with its Solaris OS, BEA has spawned an initiative to drive entry-level adoption
of its app server.
Droplets Inc. markets technology to create "rich, thin client" systems. To do this, the company
puts specialized presentation logic and rendering algorithms on the mid-tier server.
At Lotusphere in Orlando, Fla., Lotus managers talked about what is in store for Domino and Notes specialists, as the Lotus platform continues to become a more intrinsic partner with IBM's other middleware offerings.
Events in the developer world.
LogicLibrary has recently initiated a QuickStart program to push forward Web services
initiatives.
The latest on the company's new application server.
At Lotusphere in Orlando, Fla., Lotus managers talked about what is in store for Domino and Notes specialists, as the Lotus platform continues to become a more intrinsic partner with IBM's other middleware offerings.
Message-oriented Middleware (MOM) vendors have been jumping on the JMS bandwagon for the better part of a decade. Here are some examples of leading vendors with a description of their offerings.