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Guthrie Talks Node.js and Azure at Cloud Event

The open-source Node.js server-side JavaScript development environment was the spotlight of Microsoft's keynote presentation.

Microsoft Sets 'Launch' Date for SQL Server 2012

Microsoft announced the official release date of SQL Server 2012 this week.

Jaspersoft's Java Reporting Engine Integrated with Cloud Foundry, Red Hat Virt

Open-source business intelligence vendor Jaspersoft recently made its popular Java reporting engine, JasperReports Server, available in the products of two fierce cloud competitors.

ForgeRock Updates Java-Based OpenIDM

ForgeRock has released version 2.0 of its OpenIDM identity management offering.

Cloud Hoster Jelastic Adds HA for Java Apps

For Java developers working on the nascent Jelastic Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), it now requires just a mouse click to activate new automated high availability (HA) features for their applications, the company announced.

NoSQL-Based Database Service for Apps Launched by Amazon

Amazon Web Services (AWS) on Wednesday launched a new database service that will let customers modify and store huge amounts of unstructured content while providing rapid access to data.

Survey: Database Industry Has High Job Security

According to Visual Studio Magazine's 2012 .NET Developer Salary Survey, database-related jobs provide good job security and competitive salaries.

Oracle Big Data Appliance Featuring Hadoop Released

Oracle this week officially released the Oracle Big Data Appliance, its new "engineered system" that tightly bundles servers and software into a unified system.

Java Community Process Approves JSON API Spec Request

The Java Community Process (JCP) has approved a Java Specification Request (JSR) submitted by Oracle to create a Java API to process JavaScript Object Notation, the lightweight data-interchange format better known as JSON.

IBM Acquires Green Hat

IBM announced Wednesday it has agreed to buy Green Hat, a provider of tools that lets application developers use cloud resources to test their software, for an undisclosed amount.

NetBeans 7.1 Released

Oracle on Thursday announced the availability of the NetBeans 7.1 IDE, the first upgrade of the open source development environment since the 7.0 release in April.

Plans for Linux Server Hosting on Azure Outlined in Report

A report discussing a planned Microsoft move to allow customers to host Linux servers on its Windows Azure cloud service was released by All About Microsoft's Mary Jo Foley today.

Oracle Releases Java 7, Java 6 Updates

Oracle has released software updates for Java Standard Edition 6 and 7.

Open Source Tool Tracks Java Performance 'Hiccups'

Java runtime maker Azul Systems this week unveiled a new open source tool designed to measure the response-time fluctuations known as "hiccups" associated with an application's underlying Java runtime (RT) platform.

New CollabNet Framework Looks To Bring ALM Tools Together

CollabNet, the Brisbane, Calif.-based provider of distributed software development solutions, recently released a new integration framework for its TeamForge Agile ALM platform.

Embedded Pivot Tables for Java Web Apps

Potix Corporation this week released ZK Pivottable 1.0, which it's billing as one of the "first true pivot tables" that can be embedded in Java Web applications.

Microsoft Releases Silverlight 5 for Download

Silverlight 5, Microsoft's .NET development tool, was released as a final product on Friday by Microsoft.

Tasktop Updates Mylyn-based Task Federation Platform

Tasktop Technologies has released Sync 2.0, the first major upgrade of its tool for synchronizing existing application lifecycle management (ALM) servers from multiple vendors and open source projects.

Mono for Android 4.0 Released

Xamarin this week released Mono for Android 4.0, a set of tools designed to allow developers to build C# apps that run on the latest version of Google's operating system.

Oracle WebLogic Server 12c To Feature Cloud, Java EE 6 and Java 7 Support

Oracle WebLogic Server 12c is being billed as the corner stone of the company's Cloud Application Foundation and a core component of its Oracle Fusion Middleware product line.