Borland Software is continuing its software tool buying spree. The company has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Java design and analysis tool maker TogetherSoft for about $185 million in cash and stock.
Sun discloses that it will not only join the Web Services Interoperability (WS-I)organization, but plans to run for election to the organization's newly expanded board.
IBM has updated WebSphere Studio to support Version 2.0 of the open-source Eclipse tools plug-in IDE, Version 1.3 of the J2EE standard and Version 1.4 of the Sun JDK.
A list of Web sights providing frameworks and libraries to help you build your own tests.
Given the lawsuits and general bad blood between Microsoft and Sun, most people are not banking on anything breaking on the .NET and Java integration front anytime soon.
SPEC has released SPECjAppServer2001, a benchmark for measuring the performance of Java 2 Enterprise Edition application servers connected to databases.
Sybase Inc. is touting its facilities for Java application server deployment.
Our experts say developers can turn to Java servlets for smaller jobs, to Enterprise JavaBeans for complex projects and for some others, a mix of the two technologies.
Crystal Decisions Inc. this week reached
out to the Java developer community with the unveiling of a new version of its
reporting software.
The Eclipse consortium moved this week to expand on earlier IBM efforts with the creation of the Eclipse Technology Project, an open-source project that supports research, education and engineering initiatives undertaken to integrate multiple computing technologies using the so-called Eclipse Platform.
Sybase Inc. has introduced Borland JBuilder 7 Enterprise--Sybase Edition, a Java development solution that provides integration of application development life-cycle elements.
Embedded systems developers appear to be implementing Java Virtual Machines in increasing numbers, according to a survey completed
last month by Evans Data Corp.
It is probably
easier for Red Sox and Yankee fans to find common ground than it is for adherents to Java or .NET.
Collaborative tools and accurate UML models promote reuse for the high-profile online brokerage.
Users say the transition to .NET is mostly smooth so far, but Java appears safe for now.
Even though I know testing is work, and there
might be a specific feature or two in other languages I would like to use, I
still prefer developing and testing my applications in Java.
The spread of J2EE applications begs the question of whether Java servlets or Enterprise JavaBeans is the best foundation for e-business applications.
Last week, the company started shipping version 3.0 of the flagship product, and with it a new component said to help users build and manage J2EE applications. -June 24
BEA and Hewlett-Packard will
jointly sell integrated hardware,
software and services solutions
built around BEA’s Weblogic
application server and running
across all HP operating systems.
-June 25
Sun Microsystems said it will make its application server available for free on HP-UX, Windows, AIX and Linux. -June 19