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Corticon Java/.NET Business Rules Management System Updated

By John K. Waters

Progress Software released the latest version of its Corticon BRMS. Dubbed the "Corticon Rules Without Limits System," version 5.5 supports the development of business rules for deployment on both Java and Microsoft .NET Framework platforms.
Oracle Pushes Java EE 8 Release Date

By John K. Waters

Oracle has pushed the target release date of the Java Platform, Enterprise Edition 8 to the first half of 2017. Updates of the target dates for the Java Specification Requests "under the Java EE umbrella" reflecting this change are forthcoming, the company said.
Not So Fast on Death of Mobile Web Development

By David Ramel

Reports on the death of mobile Web development at the expense of native and hybrid approaches are greatly exaggerated.
Java at 20, Part 3: Q&A with JCP's Patrick Curran

By John K. Waters

John talks to Patrick Curran, a former Sun Microsystems exec who has served as the chairman of the Java Community Process since 2007, discussing why the programming language thrived and its upcoming challenges.
Java at 20 Years, Part 2: Still Top Dog After all these Years

By John K. Waters

John talks to Java mavens about why, despite licensing controversies, seemingly endless security challenges and the rise of languages like Node.js, Python, Google Go and JavaScript, Java continues to win so many hearts and minds.
Java at 20 Years, Part 1: What’s In a Name?

By John K. Waters

The Java guru goes back in time with Kim Polese, who helped shape -- and name -- the nearly ubiquitous programming language at Sun Microsystems 20 years ago.
Oracle's 2.5-Year Effort to Re-engineer APEX Bears Fruit

By John K. Waters

Enormously popular in the Oracle community, this upgrade of the rapid Web dev tool is a long time coming because it had a bigger objective, and the project leader says "we wanted to get it right."