What’s not to like about z/Linux and other cheap mainframe workloads?
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 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.
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.
Open source may be hot in some circles, but for SOA user Furrukh Khan, the convenience of a commercial platform just makes sense.
Software & Support Media, owner of several technology magazines and related events, is presenting JAX Innovation Awards for “outstanding” European contributions in Java and Eclipse.
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.
Rackspace Managed Hosting and JBoss said on Tuesday they have made an agreement to create Intensive Hosting for Linux-JBoss Edition.
Even companies that have embraced next-generation mainframe workloads often give short shrift to the question of training. What gives?
The beta release of some truly ground-breaking, ultra-hi-tech software is met with... bickering about the license.
rPath is rolling out its rBuilder platform for building Linux software appliances.
BI vendors say there's been little demand for versions of their software designed to run on Linux or other open-source operating systems. That could change this year, says Mark Madsen, a consultant, who notes there are quite a few open-source BI projects of note.
Yesterday, Sun Microsystems released its beta Java Platform, Standard Edition 6 (Java SE 6).
Gates Packs ‘em in; McNealy Shows up with a Message