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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

Now raging: battle for the soul of JBoss

Intrepid analyst-on-the-go Tony Baer reports he's hopping between two simultaneous conferences in Orlando JBoss and IDS Scheer. The conferences may be sharing the same conference venue, but the cultural chasm couldn't be wider, Tony observes: "On one side, a bunch of open source developers [the JBossers], on the other, a...

Tags: red hat inc., jboss, tony baer, java development tools, development tools, open source, middleware, software development, software/web development, enterprise software, software, joe mckendrick

Blog posts 2008-02-14

Additional Resources

Sub-$600 general purpose PC, complete with Blu-ray support

Sub-$600 general purpose PC, complete with Blu-ray supportBlu-rayNero and others offer software that can play Blu-ray disks without a specialized drive for less than $30. Worth attention? And, if so, what would you spend the extra money on?Very similar to my rigI built a few months ago. I...

Tags: corporate governance, blu-ray, operating systems, desktops, general purpose, foxconn, disc, linux, pc

Discussion threads 2008-07-29

Citrix versus the Xen community

As the virtual machine software competition heats up, one would expect representatives of each of the suppliers to take shots at one another in the media. I've seen a recent example of this.Two of the proponents of Xen, Citrix and Virtual Iron, appear to be having at it in the...

Tags: community, citrix systems inc., xen, vmware inc., technology, virtual machine, dan kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-07-15

Enterprise 2.0 looking more like 1.0?

Enterprise 2.0 looking more like 1.0?A long way to goDennis, You will continue to get press releases with "XX, the leader in ... " for a couple of reasons:They are easy for the junior PR person to write, easy for the PR manager to approve, easy for the company executive...

Tags: public relations, pr manager, enterprise 2.0

Discussion threads 2008-07-14

Again, why does Microsoft want Yahoo?

Again, why does Microsoft want Yahoo?Again, why does Microsoft want Yahoo?You should be asking why not? Both companies will gain a lot from this buy out. Yahoo has the services, Microsoft has the brand recognition. They can take the best of both worlds and have a dominant...

Tags: team management, search, branding, microsoft want yahoo, microsoft corp., microsoft want, yahoo! inc., google inc.

Discussion threads 2008-07-14

iPhone 3G poses barriers to business adoption

UK enterprise adoption of the iPhone 3G may be hampered by security issues and Apple's exclusive partnership with O2, among other factors. For years, Apple has paid little attention to products for enterprise users. Now it's pitching its new iPhone 3G as: "The best phone for business. Ever". But...

Tags: barrier, apple iphone, phone, o2 plc., john romeis, gordon barnes, paul jarvis, phil jackson, ignacio toro lyng, 3g, cellular phones, gps, telecom & utilities, wireless, networking, consumer electronics, personal technology, natasha lomas silicon.com, iphone 3g, smart phones, apple, it

News items 2008-07-11

The next generation will deal with global warming, we promise

The next generation will deal with global warming, we promiseEmission cuts promised unfeasible without clean coalWithout clean coal, the emission cuts promised by the G8 puny though they are are unfeasible: "The vast majority of new power stations in China and India will be coal-fired; not "may be coal-fired"; will...

Tags: global warming, emission cut

Discussion threads 2008-07-08

Microsoft Hyper-V and Spin Marketing - Virtual Iron Chimes In

As I mentioned in the post, Microsoft Hyper-V and Spin Marketing, a number of companies contacted me in the hopes of presenting their view of Microsoft's Hyper-V announcement. This is the first of several posts on what they had to say. My friends at Virtual Iron; Tony...

Tags: marketing, hypervisor, microsoft corp., virtual machine, virtual iron, microsoft hyper-v, virtualization, desktop virtualization, hardware, dan kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-06-30

Cheat High Tech Cheaters

So Omar Khan wanted to get into college, but he didn't want to do his homework to get there. The Orange County, CA, high school senior decided instead to use spyware, grab credentials off teachers' log-ins, and then change failing grades to top grades. ...

Tags: student, teacher, khan, food & beverage, handhelds, team management, telecom & utilities, wireless, manufacturing, hardware, management, tom steinert-threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-06-25

Spike in enterprise 'events' spurs debut of Event Processing Technical Society

The recent growth -- and expected spike -- in business event data in enterprises has led a group of IT industry leaders to form the Event Processing Technical Society EPTS, designed to encourage adoption and effective use of event processing methods and technology in applications. Among the...

Tags: event, podcasts, utility computing, internet, dana gardner

Blog posts 2008-06-03

Polk Audio I-Sonic ES2

When the Polk Audio I-Sonic was released in the fall of 2006, it offered a then-unbeatable combination of features for a product in the tony "executive stereo system" genre: AM/FM radio with HD Radio compatibility; CD and DVD playback; and XM satellite radio support. Yes, the I-Sonic suffered from less-than-intuitive...

Tags: advertising & promotion, digital music, digital media, monitors & displays, polk audio i-sonic es2, polk audio i-sonic, radio, apple ipod, original i-sonic

Product reviews 2008-06-02

How SOA and IT are faring in the 'unrecession'

Rich Seeley, who has been tracking the relationship between the overall economy and IT/SOA in the recent turbulent months, just posted an update on how SOA has been faring through it all. SOA will sink or swim because of SOA, not the economy He...

Tags: information technology, soa, service-oriented architecture (soa), web services, middleware, enterprise software, software, joe mckendrick

Blog posts 2008-05-30

Attacks on NFC mobile phones demonstrated

Yesterday, Collin Mulliner of the trifinite.group, a group of computer experts researching insecurities in wireless communications, has released the slides as well as the research tools he came up with in order to demonstrate various attacks and vulnerabilities in Near Field Communication mobile phones, a technology that will change the...

Tags: phone, contactless payment, mobile, malware, cell phone, attack, advertising & promotion, cellular phones, security, marketing, consumer electronics, personal technology, dancho danchev

Blog posts 2008-05-28

Mobile 2.0 conference debuting in Europe on July 4th

Rudy De Waele sent me a message a couple of days ago announcing that the is expanding to Europe and the Mobile 2.0 Europe Conference is coming to Barcelona, Spain on July 4th this year. This is a one day event focusing on the Mobile Web and Disruptive Mobile...

Tags: mobile, conference, advertising & promotion, marketing, matthew miller

Blog posts 2008-05-27

Tension emerges between SOA and mashup camps

The promise of mashups -- that lightweight front-end apps that can be assembled by business users -- adds a new, more palatable dimension to SOA. Mashups make SOA real to business users - nothing wrong with that The mashup market appears to...

Tags: soa, mashup, tension, service-oriented architecture (soa), web services, enterprise software, software, joe mckendrick

Blog posts 2008-05-26

Google hosting malware? Google says they were!

Google isn't hosting malware anymore, but according to a tool they provide that lets you check up on any domain, their own google.com at one point was indeed hosting malware software that is installed on a users machine without their consent. After doing some digging, Tony Ruscoe found that...

Tags: google inc., domain, malware, hosting malware, viruses and worms, security, garett rogers

Blog posts 2008-05-23

Can Nortel pull an AMD on Cisco?

Can Nortel pull an AMD on Cisco?What's the First alternativeYou state "Customers are looking for a viable second alternative to Cisco."What is their viable first Alternative?RE: Can Nortel pull an AMD on Cisco?Yes not surprisingly.There are some real architectural reasons why Cisco switches are energy hogs, so they have a...

Tags: nortel networks corp., cisco systems inc., advanced micro devices inc.

Discussion threads 2008-05-22

Google holds firm against Lieberman's call to take down Islamist videos

Sen. Joe Lieberman wants Google to take down terrorist videos from YouTube. In a letter to Google CEO Eric Schmidt, Lieberman wrote: Many of the videos produced by one of the production arms of al-Qaeda show attacks on U.S. forces in which American soldiers are injured and, in some...

Tags: google inc., lieberman software corp, youtube inc., video, corporate communications, marketing, richard koman

Blog posts 2008-05-20

Comcast invests in P2P TV company GridNetworks

Update: George Ou is not amused by this news. He writes: "Comcast is nothing but trouble for the entire industry. They sure seem to be going out of their way to help make sure that congress has the motive to add regulation to ban the sale of QoS to...

Tags: network, comcast corp., p2p, industry, programming, gridnetworks, peer to peer (p2p), tvs, tv & home theater, internet, personal technology, home entertainment, richard koman

Blog posts 2008-05-19