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Open Source JavaFX 14 Arrives with Bug Fixes and a Few Enhancements

It's now available for download, just a week ahead of the release of Java 14 on March 17.

Apache NetBeans Update Adds JDK 14 Support, Java EE Features, New Dark Looks

The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) announced the availability of NetBeans 11.3, the third update of the popular Java-based IDE in its recently implemented quarterly release cycle.

Low-Code Leader Expands Cloud-Native Deployment Options

Low-code platform provider Mendix this week announced two new cloud offerings that expand its portfolio of cloud-native deployment options across public, private and hybrid cloud environments.

Sonatype Updates Lifecycle Tools with Intelligent JavaScript

Sonatype this week announced the availability of an enhanced suite of JavaScript intelligence capabilities designed to provide developers with improved accuracy, increased policy control and faster remediation of open source vulnerabilities.

Cisco and Microsoft Partner on IoT Device Connectivity

Microsoft and Cisco are collaborating to provide an integrated Cisco-Edge-to-Microsoft-Azure Internet of Things (IoT) hub solution, the two companies announced this week.

Kubeflow 1.0 Machine Learning Toolkit for Kubernetes Goes Live

With Kubeflow 1.0, the maintainers of the project are "graduating" a core set of stable applications needed to develop, build, train and deploy machine learning models on Kubernetes efficiently.

Google Spotlights Cloud Security at RSA

Google made a number of product announcements this week at the RSA Security Conference, including upgrades to the Chronicle security analytics platform and the general availability of its reCAPTCHA Enterprise and Web Risk API tools.

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Apache CouchDB 3.0 NoSQL Database: A Major Milestone

Version 3.0 is all about addressing shortcomings reported by the community since its predecessor was released in 2016.

JFrog Announces Multi-Cloud DevOps Platform

JFrog this week announced a new platform that integrates many of its tools into what the company is billing as "the first hybrid, multi-cloud, universal DevOps platform."

Microsoft Goes Live with Azure Sphere, Its Linux-Powered IoT Security Platform

Microsoft this week announced the general availability (GA) of Azure Sphere, marking a new phase in its effort to create an overall trusted environment for deploying and using Internet of Things (IoT) devices.

Apache's Groovy Gets a New Parser

Apache Groovy 3.0, the latest version of the open source, general-purpose programming language for the Java platform, was released in mid-February with a number of new features and capabilities, chief among them a new parser.

Microsoft Updates Java Extensions for Visual Studio Code

Microsoft has released another update of its Java on Visual Studio Code, the package of extensions used by Redmond's lightweight source code editor to support Java coding, testing and debugging.

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Oracle Backed by 32 Briefs in Java Copyright Fight with Google

Google has its supporters, too, 26 of whom filed briefs in January.

Red Hat OpenStack 16 Goes GA

Red Hat today announced the general availability of Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16, the latest version of its Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) solution.

Google Ships First Android 11 Developer Preview

Google announced an early developer-only preview of Android 11, inviting coders to put the next edition of its flagship mobile OS through its paces on Pixel 2, 3, 3a, or 4 devices.

Oracle Responds to Google's Appeal to the Supreme Court on Java Copyright

"Google has a problem," Oracle stated in its filing. "It committed an egregious act of plagiarism and now needs to rewrite copyright law to justify it. It cannot."

Oracle Unveils New Cloud-Based Platform for Machine Learning Models

The Oracle Cloud Data Science Platform was created specifically to improve the effectiveness of data science teams, the company said, with such capabilities as shared projects, model catalogs and auditability.

Auto Profiler for Production Java Apps Goes Beta

Application performance monitoring (APM) solutions provider Instana on Tuesday unveiled a new continuous production profiler for Java apps.

Neo4j Updates Graph Database

Graph database pioneer Neo4j announced the latest update of its namesake product this week, and the company isn't holding back on the superlatives.

Couchbase Introduces Fully Managed Database Service

Couchbase on Thursday unveiled a new fully managed Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) designed to simplify DB management by deploying, managing and operating the enterprise edition of the company's namesake NoSQL database across multicloud environments with a few clicks.