Even before the first Oracle-driven JavaOne conference has seen the light of day, an alternative Java conference is being
planned for those not thrilled with Oracle.
Paul Krill,
August 2010
VMware finds 'killer app' in Salesforce.com add ons
The VMforce cloud platform in development by EMC VMware and Salesforce.com will be most useful for customers with existing
Salesforce deployments, but can technically be used to build any Java application, a VMware official says.
Jon Brodkin
,
August 2010
InfoWorld review: Free Java application performance monitors
The code is polished, the site map is frozen, and the UI is dripping with gorgeous colors. Everything is perfect -- aside
from worrisome reports that some beta testers are finding that buttons are slow or even completely unresponsive. The AJAX
calls that seemed so snappy in the lab were working well -- except for those inexplicable moments when they aren't. And those
moments can't be duplicated.
Peter Wayner,
July 2010
Mirah brings Ruby niceties to Java
A key Java platform developer is moving forward with an experimental programming language dubbed Mirah, which attempts to
meld the niceties of Ruby with the heavy-duty performance of Java.
Paul Krill,
July 2010
ThoughtWorks Studios Go helps automate agile development
ThoughtWorks Studios is releasing on Tuesday Go, for automating the entire build, test, and deployment process in agile software
development projects.
Paul Krill,
July 2010
Top five scripting languages on the JVM
Anyone who has followed software development tools during the last decade knows that the term "Java" refers to a pair of technologies:
the Java programming language and the Java Virtual Machine (JVM). The Java language is compiled into bytecodes that run on
the JVM. Through this design, Java delivers its vaunted portability.
Andrew Binstock,
July 2010
Java and security skills offer IT job security
For those who wondered whether Java had a future now that it's under the Oracle umbrella, fret no more. A recent survey by
job-hunting site Dice.com found that the people who are hiring IT pros put Java/J2EE at the very top of their hiring criteria.
Lisa Schmeiser,
July 2010
CollabNet unites scrum project management with agile ALM
Linking agile application lifecycle and project management disciplines, CollabNet is releasing on Thursday ScrumWorks Pro
4.4, a project and program management product that is integrated with the company's TeamForge ALM platform.
Paul Krill,
July 2010
Hadoop gets closer to being enterprise-ready
Hadoop, the open source distributed computing platform for handling large volumes of data, is making its way toward enterprise-readiness
but still needs capabilities for SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley) compliance, a Yahoo official said Tuesday at the Hadoop Summit 2010
conference.
Paul Krill,
June 2010
Apache upgrades Tomcat Web server
Apache Tomcat 7.0, the latest version of the popular open source Java Web server, is available Tuesday from the Apache Software
Foundation.
Paul Krill,
June 2010
Eclipse Helios technologies arrive on the release train
This year's train is the largest ever, featuring a Linux IDE package and improved support for JavaScript and Java Enterprise
Edition 6
Paul Krill,
June 2010
Surprising findings in developers' open source usage
Results from the 2010 Eclipse User Survey reveal interesting trends surrounding open source usage and opinions. Although it
would be a stretch to say that these results from the 1696 respondents represent the overall market, they do provide an interesting
picture of development decisions being made by companies that are oriented to open source adoption.
Savio Rodrigues,
June 2010
JavaScript library lets iPad read Flash ads
A mobile advertising company has written a JavaScript library that makes Flash advertisements viewable on devices such as
the iPad, working aroundApple's opposition to Adobe Systems' multimedia platform.
Jeremy Kirk,
June 2010
Enterprise Java developers get Force.com cloud access
Developers will be able to run enterprise Java applications on the Salesforce.com cloud platform through an initiative being
announced on Tuesday.
Paul Krill,
May 2010
Engine Yard offering support services for JRuby
Cloud platform vendor Engine Yard is offering professional support for JRuby, which is a version of the Ruby programming language
running on the Java Virtual Machine.
Paul Krill,
April 2010