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EclipseCon debuts OSGi runtime offerings, common platform frees up developers from middleware drudgery: EclipseCon debuts OSGi runtime offerings, common platform frees up developers from middleware drudgeryIBM just hammered another nail in M$ coffinIt's nice to see how IBM is blowing away all M$ products with superior and inovative offerings.LOL!I have no idea where you get your material, but keep it up! What an...; Tags: middleware drudgery, runtime offering, OSGi, middleware; Discussion threads 2008-03-17
EclipseCon debuts OSGi runtime offerings, common platform frees up developers from middleware drudgery: Tony Baer has a great rundown of the EclipseCon OSGI-based runtime Equinox news today. Extending the Eclipse community's unity to runtimes makes a ton of sense, given that developers can focus on the applications and business logic and become far less concerned with complex deployment issues. Write once, run anywhere?...; Tags: Developer, Runtime, SOA, Eclipse, OSGi, Tony Baer, Equinox, Eclipse-Equinox Ecology Symmetry, Java Community, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Java Development Tools, Open Source, Middleware, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Dana Gardner; Blog posts 2008-03-17
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

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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
Profits-strapped Sun continues decade-long pitch to developers on Java dominance: Leading up to the JavaOne developers conference, Sun Microsystems posted an embarrassing quarterly profit loss, is making OpenSolaris more open than ever, bringing the OpenSolaris platform value to the Amazon Web Services cloud, and is still using variations on the projectile theme to send T-shirts into the international crowd of...; Tags: Developer, Sun Microsystems Inc., NetBeans Ecosystem, Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Dana Gardner; Blog posts 2008-05-06

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
Web publishing, CMS, BI most hot for open source disruption, but ESB and security are not?: Acquia, KnowledgeTree and JasperSoft touted new open source web publishing, social software, content management and business intelligence products at the Open Source Business Conference this week. Acquia, of Andover, Mass., said it is on track this fall t ship a new social web publishing platform...; Tags: Business Intelligence, Security, JasperSoft, Web-publishing, Content Management System, KnowledgeTree, MuleSource, MuleSource 2.0 Community Edition, Open Source Security, 3D System, Open Source, Tools & Techniques, Enterprise Service Bus, Management, Enterprise Software, Middleware, Software, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2008-03-26
News to know: Apple; Hakia; EclipseCon; ActiveX security: Notable headlines: David Morgenstern: Did Microsoft beat Apple to dual-sided touch technology? Jason O'Grady: Apple bumps Airport Express to 802.11n Paul Miller: hakia licenses OntoSem technology to third parties Paula Rooney: Run-time rival for Java, .NET? Dana Gardner: EclipseCon debuts...; Tags: Security, Data Center, Hewlett-Packard Co., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., ActiveX, Data Centers, Semantic Web, Storage, ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Hardware, Data Management, Internet, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-03-18
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
Sybase readies means to make iPhone a Lotus Notes client: Take a look at this Flash demo of an Apple iPhone running corporate email mainstay Lotus Domino and Microsoft Exchange using Sybase technology. And this is without the benefits of the recently delivered SDK. Not sure when this will be available I expect quite soon. But it...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, IBM Lotus Notes, Sybase Inc., IBM Corp., Prices, E-mail, Databases, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Dana Gardner; Blog posts 2008-03-13
Sun waits out Microsoft, gets some interoperability bang after all: What a nut I was. Back when Sun Microsystems and Microsoft announced they would be joining forces on interoperability between Sun, nee Java, and .NET (remember Steve Ballmer [of "Ballmer and Butthead" fame) and Scott McNealy sitting side by side) I thought they meant it. I pushed...; Tags: Interoperability, Sun Microsystems Inc., Thin Client, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Thin Clients, Programming Languages, Java, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Dana Gardner; Blog posts 2008-03-10
JVM adds to iPhone's seduction of enterprise IT buyers for mobile computing: Sun Microsystems' plans to tune the micro Java Virtual Machine to the iPhone -- leveraging the new SDK to characterize the JVM as an "application" -- could quickly turn the iPhone into a powerful business tool that IT executives can love too. The iPhone may have hit...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Information Technology, Mobile Computing, Internet Device, JVM, Mobile Internet Device, Advertising & Promotion, Java, Marketing, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Dana Gardner; Blog posts 2008-03-08
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
Don't want to swim with the SOA sharks? Here's another SOA 'fish': If you prefer not to swim with the SOA sharks, then the less treacherous open-source variety of aquatic creature may be for you. The latest open-source integration platform to consider is something called Swordfish, details of which were covered in this report in InfoWorld. ...; Tags: SOA, Swordfish, General Availability, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Open Source, Software, Joe McKendrick; Blog posts 2008-01-03
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
MuleSource fires up MuleForge collaboration site; Apache Tuscany team announces 0.99 SCA release: Collaboration is at the heart of open source, and in that spirit, MuleSource, which provides open-source infrastructure and integration software, this week launched MuleForge a Web platform that will allow developers to explore, download, test, and contribute to re-usable mule extensions. With over 45 projects already...; Tags: Developer, Team, Collaboration, Apache Software Foundation, Service Component Architecture, MuleForge, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Open Source, Emerging Technologies, Dana Gardner; Blog posts 2007-09-05
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