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Open-Xchange releases preview of next groupware server for Web 2.0 era

Open-Xchange has released a preview version of its next generation open source collaboration server designed for the Web 2.0 era. Open-Xchange Server Edition, which will succeed Open-Xchange 6 and Open-Xchange Express Edition, features an Ajax-based, customizable user interface for managing emails, contacts, task and document sharing, new...

Tags: Groupware, Web, Open-Xchange, Mashup Feature, OSGi Framework, AJAX, Web 2.0, E-mail, Servers, Open Source, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Online Communications, Hardware, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-06-30

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Eclipse Galileo release train now arriving at gate 3.5

Besides death and taxes, there is one other certainty in the life of a software developer: slipping schedules. Every year, though, Eclipse continues to defy that expectation by releasing a major new version in late June. Today, the Eclipse Galileo release train arrived exactly on time, for the 6th year...

Tags: Eclipse, Eclipse Galileo, Java Development Tools, Open Source, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2009-06-24

News to know: Cisco; Kindle DX; MySpace; Microsoft

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Cisco's third quarter: Better than expected; Sales down; Economic recovery 'eventual' Andrew Nusca: Amazon Kindle DX: The solution to...

Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Twitter, Amazon Kindle, MySpace, Notebooks, Strategy, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-07

WSO2 moves data services component to OSGI-based Carbon framework

Moving to expand its user base to more database folks, WSO2 is releasing the promised data services component to Carbon, the open source company’s new modular service-oriented architecture SOA framework based on the OSGi component model. WSO2 Data Services is “completely re-architected” for Carbon’s componentized approach to...

Tags: Data Service, Database Administrator, SOA, WSO2 Data Services, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Databases, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2009-05-06

Hooray! Oracle acquisition of Sun makes perfect sense

Hooray! Oracle acquisition of Sun makes perfect senseYou said ..."Open source, too, may take a hit, as I don?t expect Unbreakable Linux to remain Oracle?s point on the OS arrow. Solaris will be the prime OS, meaning Oracle?s channel pipeline to Red Hat will shrink."As one WHO has a TON...

Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Linux, Corporate law, Sun Solaris, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, Sun Microsystems Inc., Oracle Corp., Oracle acquisition, Hooray, acquisition, IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-04-20

Eclipse Swordfish OSGi ESB enters fray for SOA market acceptance, Sopera to add support

Using the Eclipse Swordfish SOA Runtime Framework and the SOA Tooling Platform STP, Sopera now plans to further deliver a new service registry/repository, integrate process orchestration engines, and provide integration between the OSGi components -- all to create the SOA solution. by Dana Gardner

Tags: SOA, Eclipse, Eclipse Swordfish OSGi ESB, Eclipse Foundation, Deutscher, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Enterprise Service Bus, Middleware, Open Source, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2009-03-25

Iona exec: open source unit not for sale, Mule is "not ESB"

Iona may be on the block but it is not looking to spin off and sell off its nine-month-old open source business unit, said one key exec. Larry Alston, vice president and general manager of open source at Iona, acknowledged that the company is exploring strategic options after...

Tags: Iona Technologies, Apache Software Foundation, Mule, Open Source, Enterprise Service Bus, Enterprise Software, Middleware, Software, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-04-14

Eclipse launches super run-time project as alternative to Java and .NET

Eclipse launches super run-time project as alternative to Java and .NETEquinox is a great ideea...but I'm wondering if Eclipse has the resources to pull it off. Afterall $un and M$ invested billions before their runtime became usable and accepted.No one trusts IBM...Eclipse has lost the trust of the community at...

Tags: Programming languages, Java development tools, OPEN SOURCE, Middleware, Cross-platform, Java, Eclipse, Equinox, Microsoft .NET

Discussion threads 2008-03-17

Eclipse launches super run-time project as alternative to Java and .NET

The Eclipse organization has amassed a huge installed base of developers using its Java-based open source development tools. Now the organization has set its sights on the run-time arena and will take on Sun's Java and Microsoft's .NET with what it says is an agnostic open source component model that...

Tags: Microsoft .NET, Java, Eclipse, Eclipse Organization, Equinox, Run-time, Java Development Tools, Open Source, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-03-17

Is Jazz a trojan horse for IBM Rational tools?

CollabNet CTO Jack Repenning called in yesterday, all a-dither about Jazz being a "trojan horse" on behalf of IBM's Rational software tools. Jazz is merely a checkpoint to indicate distributed software development tools are still coming, he said. "I used Rational as a user for years, and...

Tags: Trojan Horse, Tool, IBM Corp., Jazz, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Productivity, Java Development Tools, Viruses And Worms, Open Source, Security, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-02-07

Eclipse moving into applications

The Eclipse Foundation is moving into the application space, based on its existing development tools. Director of marketing Ian Skerrett, interviewed from the Eclipse World conference in Reston, Virginia, said "We’re seeng more interest in people using Equinox on a server to build server-side applications, and also...

Tags: Eclipse, Eclipse Foundation, Java Development Tools, Open Source, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-11-08

Yet another Ajax toolkit: Eclipse RAP 1.0

Wouldn't it be nice if you could write your application once and then reuse the code in both a) a "fat client" for high interactivity and offline usage, and b) a "thin client" inside a web browser for ubiquitous access with zero install? The Eclipse Rich Ajax Platform RAP library...

Tags: Desktop, Google Inc., Web, Eclipse, Google Web Toolkit, Eclipse Rich Ajax Platform Library, Rich Ajax Platform, SWT API, AJAX, Java Development Tools, Desktops, Channel Management, Open Source, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Web 2.0, Development Tools, Software Development, Hardware, Marketing, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2007-10-15

Apache Camel addresses need for discrete infrastructure for services mediation and routing

Read a full transcript of the discussion. Sponsor: IONA Technologies. One size fits all has its limits. Most developers prefer to cherry-pick their infrastructure resources, keep them lightweight, and remain as agile as they can. Taking a clue from this philosophy, the Apache Software...

Tags: Java, Enterprise Integration, Iona Technologies, Apache Software Foundation, Apache Camel, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2007-09-04

Lotus Notes 8 due for Friday release

Lotus Notes 8 due for Friday releaseRead more about Expeditor here"IBM® Lotus® Expeditor software is IBM's universal managed client software to extend composite applications to laptops, desktops, kiosks and mobile devices and is the follow-on release of IBM WebSphere® Everyplace® Deployment and various IBM® Workplace™ Client Technology products. It can...

Tags: E-mail servers, Groupware, Enterprise software, IBM Lotus Notes, IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-08-15

Eclipse Europa on track for June 29th

Annual open source release train keeps chugging along with 17 million lines of code.Even if you're not a big fan of Eclipse you have to be impressed with one thing - their ability to deliver software on time. Later this week, while the rest of the world is standing in...

Tags: Programming, Linux, Java, General, Eclipse, Community

Blog posts 2007-06-27

New OSGi spec eases Java use in runtime

The OSGi Alliance has released the latest specification for Java SE/EE, promising enterprise users the same agility and management capability that mobile apps have had since last fall.OSGi Service Platform Release 4 Core Specification Version 4.1, the result of JSR 291, provides a framework for packaging Java applications as independent...

Tags: Developer Tools, Eclipse, Enterprise Java, IBM, Java, Mobile, Open Source, Software Development, Software Infrastructure, Web Services

Blog posts 2007-05-31

JSR 291 approved despite Sun's No vote

JSR 291 is a specification for a dynamic component framework based on the OSGi model. It just passed its Final Approval Ballot with 12 yes votes and 2 no votes. One of the no votes was from Sun, which wrote:The JSR 291 specification is simply a reference to the OSGi...

Tags: Community, General, Java, Sun

Blog posts 2007-05-22

Oracle commits to Eclipse persistence project, joins board of directors

EclipseCon 2007: In a surprise move, Oracle announced today it is donating its Java persistence framework, Oracle TopLink, to the Eclipse community under the Eclipse Public License. A new project called "EclipseLink" is expected to be formed to oversee development of the software, with Oracle at the helm.Additionally, Oracle will...

Tags: Licenses, Community, EclipseCon 2007, Java, Commercial, General, Eclipse

Blog posts 2007-03-06

Oracle cozies up to Spring developers by making EJB runtime open source under Eclipse

Oracle cozies up to Spring developers by making EJB runtime open source under EclipseI might be misreading[i]If Java and GlassFish are not allowing developers to access what they need of open source technology with ease, and if Oracle is now a top-tier member of Eclipse as it has now become,...

Tags: Programming languages, OPEN SOURCE, EJB, Oracle Corp., Java, Eclipse

Discussion threads 2007-03-06

OSGi gains momentum as .NET alternative at EclipseCon

Excellent story by Darryl K. Taft at eWeek on the Open Services Gateway Initiative OSGi framework. Its worth a read.Ill be digging into this more this week at the conference, for sure.

Tags: .NET, Agile Development, Apache, Developer Tools, Eclipse, Enterprise Java, Open Source, SOA, Software Development, Windows

Blog posts 2007-03-06