Open Source Development News & More


New Budget Mainframe Targets SMEs

For a starting price of $100,000, customers get Big Iron hardware and software along with specialty processor engines

Innovator Awards 2006

ADT’s 12th annual Innovator Awards recognize the work of IT teams who developed—and deployed—unique apps to solve their company’s business problems.

Open-source and commercial tools mashup

They may not be as slick, powerful or extensible as off-the-shelf reporting tools, but that doesn’t bother a growing number of developers who find open-source tools good enough.

Red Hat acquires JBoss; takes open source to next level

Red Hat Linux has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire JBoss; Red Hat believes the combination of the product lines will accelerate enterprises shift to SOAs by making open-source platforms available to customers that seek to lower dev and deployment costs.

New front in the doc format war

Another state government has joined the debate over how best to guarantee long-term access to office documents, free of the restrictions of proprietary software or the limitations of outdated technologies.

Q&A: Straight Talk on Mainframe Futures

Seagull Software’s Andre Den Haan isn’t a knee-jerk contrarian—but he also isn’t afraid to call it as he sees it

The Eclipse Foundation’s Coordinated Kickoff

With the Callisto Simultaneous Release Initiative, the EF is Playing at a Whole New Level

IBM Rational Gets Good Governance with Open-Source Practices

SD West keynoter advises: Focus on developer empowerment.

The Mainframe Capacity Conundrum: Getting Better All the Time

What’s not to like about z/Linux and other cheap mainframe workloads?

Cassatt automates Java app virtualization

Cassatt announced general availability of its Collage Web Automation Module. The software, which supports BEA WebLogic Server 8.1, is designed to help IT orgs with their server consolidation efforts by providing Java app virtualization and management for J2EE apps.

Sun Laboratories showcases Small Programmable Object Technology

Sun Microsystems is preparing to roll out Project Sun Small Programmable Object Technology, a battery-operated platform for development of wireless sensor networks, robotics and personal consumer electronics.

No Time for Open Source in the Service-Enabled Enterprise

Although SOAs built on open-source apps are still rare, they’re inevitable for the same reasons open-source Web and app servers have become the platforms of choice for other development projects.

For some, commercial is still cool

Open source may be hot in some circles, but for SOA user Furrukh Khan, the convenience of a commercial platform just makes sense.

European contest calls for Java and Eclipse innovations

Software & Support Media, owner of several technology magazines and related events, is presenting JAX Innovation Awards for “outstanding” European contributions in Java and Eclipse.

Tapestry promoted to Apache top level

Howard Lewis Shipp, developer of Jakarta Tapestry and Jakarta HiveMind, writes in his Tapestry and HiveMind blog [http://howardlewisship.com/blog/2006/02/tapestry-promoted-to-apache-top-level.html] this week that the Apache Board unanimously voted to promote the Tapestry project to the top level.