June 3, 2009 4:19 PM
Posted by: Jack Vaughan
JavaThe varieties of Java frameworks and component architectures have expanded greatly since the days when the JBoss application server arose as an open-source alternative to commercial J2EE engines. Now the major JBoss steward is responding.
April 20, 2009 3:56 PM
Posted by: Jack Vaughan
JavaDatabase software giant Oracle has reached a definitive merger agreement to purchase Solaris OS and Java originator Sun Microsystems for about $7.4 billion. The move follows reports of a breakdown in merger discussions between Sun and IBM that would have set the price of Sun at $6.5...
February 24, 2009 3:04 PM
Posted by: Jack Vaughan
integration,
JavaBy Eric Newcomer
Whether the Java Community Process has completely lost its way or not, it is increasingly influenced by external activities. The Spring Framework and Hibernate influences on EJB3 and JPA are good examples. Another influence being increasingly felt is the growing adoption of the...
November 15, 2008 10:10 AM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
.NET,
Enterprise architecture,
Java,
MicrosoftHow will IT organizations maintain the COBOL applications written by the whiz kid programmers of the 1970s? Continued »
August 22, 2008 5:16 PM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
Ajax,
JavaThe Web wins, says Nexaweb's CTO Jeremy Chone analyzing what happened with the ECMAScript working group Harmony decision announced earlier this month. "This is really good for the Web."
In his view, the debate was...
June 23, 2008 10:21 AM
Posted by: StorageSwiss
BEA Systems,
Java,
Oracle development,
SOA developmentNext Tuesday Oracle will announce its plans for how it intends to integrate BEA inside its corporate walls. While we probably won't get too many specific product roadmaps, we should get an idea of how Oracle intends to handle the product overlap in the areas of SOA and Java development.
Yet...
May 6, 2008 1:52 PM
Posted by: StorageSwiss
GlassFish,
Java,
JavaOne,
rich Internet applications (RIA)If serverside developers and enterprise architects were left feeling forgotten by last year's JavaOne conference, then they'll be feeling positively orphaned by this year's major keynote address.
Sun Microsystems executive vice president for software Rich Green hammered away on how Java provides...
May 4, 2008 11:26 PM
Posted by: StorageSwiss
Eclipse,
GlassFish,
Java,
JavaOne,
OSGi,
Service Component Architecture,
SOA developmentI'm heading out to the JavaOne conference this week and it struck me that Java has had a very quiet year. Two years ago Sun launched Java EE 5 and almost immediately analysts began to call it a heavyweight dinosaur
