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BEA focuses on flexible, collaborative SOA
September 29, 2006--As IT managers continue to wrangle with creating and managing service-oriented architectures, in which application components are used and re-used to meet business demands, BEA Systems is focusing on providing an underlying open platform for cohesive, companywide SOA (service-oriented architecture).
Jennifer Mears , September 2006

Demofall to highlight Java wares
September 25, 2006—The Demofall show has never had quite the cache of the bigger Demo conference, but it's still a fun time, as startups from across the tech sector give their patented six-minute pitches for why their company's product will change the world.
Jennifer Orr , September 2006

Agitar testing product will write code
August 14, 2006—Agitar Software plans to ship a software testing product next year that will test a developer’s code and, if necessary, automatically generate alternate bug-free and more efficient code, according to an executive of the company.
John Ribeiro , August 2006

BEA touts Federation, adds Eclipse to IDE
July 10, 2006—Customers hoping to taste the fruit of BEA's acquisition of Plumtree Software almost a year ago will have to wait a bit longer: a planned upgrade to its WebLogic Portal server will not include Plumtree technology.
Paul Krill, July 2006

Adobe pumps up rich Internet apps with Flex 2
July 3, 2006—Looking to increase adoption of its Flex rich Internet application development technology, Adobe Systems is releasing its Flex 2 product line, which features free versions and the ability to push data to clients.
Paul Krill, July 2006

WS02 offers open source app server sans J2EE stack
June 12, 2006—WS02 is offering an open source application server, which, unlike that of its rivals, is not based on a J2EE stack, but instead focuses on XML and Web services.
Paul Krill, June 2006

JavaOne 2006 Product News (May 29, 2006)
INDEXHEAD: Introscope 7 now shipping
, May 2006

BEA showing PHP on Java app server
May 16, 2006—BEA Systems at JavaOne will expand beyond its traditional, bread-and-butter Java base, demonstrating PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor) running on the WebLogic Server application server
Paul Krill, May 2006

Sun releases Java EE 5, promises openness
May 16, 2006—Sun Microsystems has made its Java programming language a little more open source friendly, releasing a major enterprise update at its annual developer conference Tuesday, and cautiously committing to turn Java into an open source project.
Robert McMillan , May 2006

JavaOne to showcase easier development tools
May 15, 2006—Sun's JavaOne conference this week is expected to highlight the vendor's growing embrace of open source, as well as its move to make Java-based applications easier to deploy and integrate with legacy systems.
, May 2006

BEA seeks to modularize app server
April 3, 2006—BEA Systems is working to modularize services from its WebLogic Server application server, enabling them to run independently with open source frameworks.
Paul Krill, April 2006

Java Product News (updated March 27, 2006)
INDEXHEAD: Instantiations introduces Java desktop development tool
, March 2006

Sun pairing tools for identity technology
March 13, 2006—Sun Microsystems plans to add management and other software to its identity platform so that users can converge access to physical and logical resources onto a single smart card.
John Fontana , March 2006

Borland: Interest, but no buyer for tools line
March 6, 2006— Deciding to concentrate on ALM (application lifecycle management), Borland Software last month announced plans to sell off its faltering JBuilder Java IDE business, as well as its Windows tools platform, including Delphi. With its SDO (Software Delivery Optimization) for ALM, Borland is squaring off against formidable opponents in IBM and Microsoft. With nearly a month having passed since Borland's announcement, InfoWorld Editor at Large Paul Krill spoke to Borland's Erik Frieberg, vice president of product marketing and strategy, about the company's intentions, and to get a progress report on the planned sale of Borland's developer tool lines.
Paul Krill, March 2006

ObjectWeb announces EasyBeans
February 20, 2006—Europe's ObjectWeb consortium is developing an Enterprise JavaBeans container based on the EJB 3.0 specification, giving developers another open source option for Java application development.
James Niccolai , February 2006

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