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Collaboration on managed hosting for Linux on J2EE

Rackspace Managed Hosting and JBoss said on Tuesday they have made an agreement to create Intensive Hosting for Linux-JBoss Edition.

Training: Commitment to IT Pros Still Low

Even companies that have embraced next-generation mainframe workloads often give short shrift to the question of training. What gives?

The License! The License!

The beta release of some truly ground-breaking, ultra-hi-tech software is met with... bickering about the license.

rPath launches flagship SaaS platform

rPath is rolling out its rBuilder platform for building Linux software appliances.

Open-source business intelligence tools pick up pace

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.

Sun's new Java Platform Standard Edition rises

Yesterday, Sun Microsystems released its beta Java Platform, Standard Edition 6 (Java SE 6).

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Gates Packs ‘em in; McNealy Shows up with a Message

HP bundles Linux solution from Novell

HP has signed a new open-source bundling license agreement with Novell to offer HP customers a bundled Linux solution based on Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 and that is certified to run on HP's ProLiant servers and BladeSystem technologies.

Sun shines on a new NetBeans IDE

Sun Microsystems and the NetBeans community said yesterday that NetBeans IDE is available for download.

Eclipse-based BEA Workshop tool supports blended development model

BEA Systems is announcing the latest version of its Eclipse-based BEA Workshop Studio.

AccuRev rolls out new open API and replication enhancements

AccuRev's latest release of its software configuration management product AccuRev 4.0 promises enterprise integration, replication, usability and performance enhancements for teams performing complex, parallel and geographically distributed development.

Covalent announces support for Apache Geronimo 1.0

Open-source solution provider Covalent Technologies will offer full commercial support for Apache Geronimo 1.0, an open-source J2EE application server developed and recently made available by the Apache Software Foundation and distributed under the Apache license.

LogicLibrary's Logidex integrates with Eclipse BI toolkit

LogicLibrary has announced its flagship Logidex solution now integrates with Eclipse's Business Intelligence and Reporting Toolkit (BIRT).

Eclipse shines light on BI and reporting tools

On Monday, the Eclipse Foundation released version 2.0 of its Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools (BIRT) project.