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IONA Technologies announced that Passenger has selected IONA to support its deployment of Apache ActiveMQ, the Open Source JMS-compliant messaging and integration platform. Passenger will deploy IONA's FUSE Message Broker, which is IONA's version of ActiveMQ, to deliver service-oriente...
Rogue Wave Software, Inc. announced the release of Rogue Wave SourcePro C++ Edition 10.0. The new edition offers enhanced functionality through full integration of the Apache C++ Standard Library, the addition of an RWZone database with time zone info for the entire world and support f...
Apache Corp. has declared regular cash dividends on the company's common shares and series B cumulative preferred stock. The dividend on the common shares is payable on February 22, 2008, to stockholders of record on January 22, 2008, at the rate of fifteen cents per share.
Apache Tuscany provides an open source services infrastructure for building SOA solutions. It's based on emerging Service Component Architecture (SCA) specifications. With the Tuscany implementation of SCA, application developers can easily create or reuse services in different languag...
Apache Tuscany provides an open source services infrastructure for building SOA solutions. It's based on emerging Service Component Architecture (SCA) specifications. With the Tuscany implementation of SCA, application developers can easily create or reuse services in different languag...
SourceLabs announced the availability of SASH 2 complete with a major new milestone - integrated support for Apache Tomcat. Comprised of the most widely deployed open source Java technologies used by the Global 2000, new SASH 2 is a robust platform that simplifies the development of en...
'Although the java.net package provides basic functionality for accessing resources via HTTP,' said Oleg Kalnichevski as the Jakarta Apache Project today released HTTPClient 3.1, 'it doesn't provide the full flexibility or functionality needed by many applications. The Jakarta Commons ...
There's a common misconception among many end users, consumers, and developers that AJAX is the ultimate solution for the Web, and that it can provide all the same functionality as a rich desktop solution. Sure, AJAX can mimic the functionality provided by a desktop application, but th...
In response to an open letter sent from Apache.org to Sun CEO Jonathan Schwarz, a posting at Sun's On the Record blog said it had previously considered this to be a private matter, and said, 'we need some time to consider it before we provide a more detailed response.'
The JCK license Sun is offering imposes IP rights restrictions through limits on the 'field of use' available to users of our software. These restrictions are totally unacceptable to us,' writes Geir Magnusson of Apache.org in a letter to Sun CEO Jonathan Schwarz.
The Apache Tomcat team is proud to announce the immediate availability of Tomcat 4.1.36 stable. This build contains numerous library updates, a small number of bug fixes and two important security fixes.
The new migration tool being contributed to the Apache Geronimo community converts applications built for JBoss to Geronimo by generating the appropriate configuration files. The Apache Geronimo Application Server is the lightweight J2EE-compatible pure open source application server ...
Apache Tuscany provides an open-source services infrastructure for building SOA. It is based on the widely supported Service Component Architecture (SCA) specification. With the Tuscany implementation of SCA, application developers can easily create or reuse services in different langu...
Chariot Solutions, a leading technology consulting firm specializing in software development using Java and open source, has introduced three new tools for the Apache Geronimo J2EE platform at ApacheCon US 2006. The new Geronimo components include a first-of-its-kind Apache Tomcat-to-G...
Terracotta, Inc., a leader in delivering groundbreaking solutions for enterprise Java scalability, announced it is hosting a free Webinar for Apache Struts framework developers ? ?Clustering your Struts Applications? ? on Wednesday, November 29, 2006, 8:00 a.m. ? 9:00 a.m. Pacific Stan...
In an effort to further reinforce its commitment to the open source community and to reduce Java fragmentation, Motorola today announced an invitation to the broader Java ME ecosystem to establish a complete Java Micro Edition (Java ME) software stack for the mobile industry, under the...
Azul Systems announced that The Apache Software Foundation's Geronimo Project has certified the Azul Virtual Machine and the Azul Compute Appliance for the Apache Geronimo open source J2EE application server. A testament to the company's innovation and customer interest, Azul has gaine...
Azul Systems has announced that The Apache Software Foundation's Geronimo Project has certified the Azul Virtual Machine and the Azul Compute Appliance for the Apache Geronimo open source J2EE application server. A testament to the company's innovation and customer interest, Azul has g...
Apache Jakarta, a top-level Project of The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), announced the first official release of Apache Jakarta BSF v 2.4.0, a scripting framework for Java. BSF v 2.4.0 allows Java programmers to invoke non-Java programs with as few as two lines of code written in ...
Chariot Solutions, a firm specializing in software development using Java and open source, introduced three new tools for the Apache Geronimo J2EE platform. The new Geronimo components include a first-of-its-kind Apache Tomcat-to-Geronimo migration tool, a Java Persistence API (JPA) pl...
This AJAXWorld presentation will showcase the concept of Local AJAX (LAJAX) and how to embed a database system such as Apache Derby to act as a local data store for Ajax-driven offline and online Web 2.0 applications. The challenge is not about embedding the database within the browser...
XAP (eXtensible AJAX Platform) allows the creation of AJAX applications using declarative syntax and provides a robust framework for event handling, messaging and extensibility. This presentation will provide an overall introduction to the XAP project and give attendees an understandin...
Samisa Abeysinghe, pioneer of the the Apache Axis2/C effort, architect of the core of the Apache Axis2/C Web services engine, and an AJAXWorld Conference 2006 speaker, has announced the release of Apache Axis2/C version 0.93.
The Apache Software Foundation announced the release of Apache Geronimo Version 1.1, an open source J2EE application server from the Apache Geronimo project. This release continues the evolution of the Apache Geronimo server, adding new features and capabilities to a fully compliant J2...
The Apache Software Foundation is pleased to announce the release of Apache Geronimo Version 1.1, an open source J2EE application server from the Apache Geronimo project. This release continues the evolution of the Apache Geronimo server, adding new features and capabilities to a full...
Derby is a pure Java, standards-based relational database engine. Derby aims to be an easy to use solution for data management for software developers with zero administration for end users.
Zimbra has withdrawn its proposed AJAX-related project from consideration for the Apache Incubator. The project was accepted for incubation in Apache in January 2006. In a letter to the Apacahe Incubator mailing list, Andy Clark of Zimbra said that discussions with other OpenAjax All...
The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) has announced the Call for Participation for ApacheCon US 2006, its 9th official conference. Lauded among the leading success stories in the Open Source community, the ASF stewards, incubates, and develops leading Open Source projects, including Apa...
The WSS4J team is happy to announce the 1.5.0 release of Apache WSS4J, the Web service security implementation. The distributions to the mirror(s) sites will be available in the next few days. Apart from the binary and source distributions, We have an additional ZIP file that contains ...
Apache Tomcat is proclaiming stability for the 16th release in its 5.5.x series. Tomcat is a widely deployed open source Java server technology considered 'the servlet container that is used in the official Reference Implementation for the Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages (JSP) techno...
Virtuas has announced the rollout of its comprehensive 2006 Apache Geronimo service and support offerings. Following the December 2005 1.0 release of Apache Geronimo, the J2EE 1.4-compliant pure open source application server has gained much greater mindshare and increased adoption in ...
Web Performance, Inc. announced the release of two articles describing how the performance of the popular open source application server Tomcat differs on Windows and Linux. Apache Tomcat is the official reference implementation of Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages, both specifications...
The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) - stewards, incubators, and developers of leading Open Source projects, including the Apache HTTP Server, the world's most popular Web server software for ten years running - reflects on its activities and milestones achieved during 2005. 'We are ho...
Apache Object/Relational Bridge (OJB) is an Object/Relational mapping tool that allows transparent persistence for Java objects against relational databases. The OJB team recently announced the 1.0.4 release, with several highlights, including support for embedded & network Derby (only...
Synaptris now has more than 2,000 customers and 17,0000 licensed users spread across 40 countries for its suite of products. Synaptris has an active presence in USA, Singapore, UK & India. The company aims to help businesses generate 'actionable information' from silos of data, through...
The Portals Bridges Project provides Portal independent and JSR-168-compliant Portlet components. The released set of components supports Portlet development using common web frameworks like Struts, JSF, PHP, Perl and Velocity.
The Apache Portals Jetspeed Team announced the final release of the Jetspeed 2.0 Open Source Enterprise Portal. This final release is fully-compliant with the Portlet Specification 1.0 (JSR-168). Jetspeed-2 has passed the TCK (Test Compatibility Kit) suite and is fully certified to the...
The new Apache release includes the Apache Portable Runtime (APR) version 1.2.2 bundled with the tar and zip distributions. The APR libraries libapr, libaprutil, and (on Win32) libapriconv must all be updated to ensure binary compatibility and address many known platform bugs.
'Today's professional developer plays a crucial, yet potentially overlooked, role in the success of the 21st century enterprise,' said Cory Isaacson, president, Rogue Wave Software division, Quovadx. 'With the donation of the Rogue Wave Implementation of the C++ Standard Library, we ho...
As a part of a blended approach to mixing and matching open source and commercial software, BEA Systems plans to offer blended BEA WebLogic management and deployment technologies. The technologies will be designed to provide automated management and production-level support for custome...

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