Java News Desk

Desktop Java Editorial: Management – The Final Frontier

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:30:00 EDT

The finest programmer I've ever worked with told me recently that she was giving up coding altogether. The reason – a succession of inept and incompetent managers had just destroyed her faith in software development. Recounting her experiences over the past couple of years, she categorized management personalities into certain traits.

AJAX World RIA Conference - JavaScript: The Good Parts

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:45:00 EDT

JavaScript is a language with more than its share of bad parts. It went from non-existence to global adoption in an alarmingly short period of time. It never had an interval in the lab when it could be tried out and polished. JavaScript has some extraordinarily good parts. In JavaScript there is a beautiful, highly expressive language that is buried under a steaming pile of good intentions and blunders. The best nature of JavaScript was so effectively hidden that for many years the prevailing opinion of JavaScript was that it was an unsightly, incompetent abomination. This session will expose the goodness in JavaScript, an outstanding dynamic programming language. Within the language is an elegant subset that is vastly superior to the language as a whole, being more reliable, readable and maintainable.

AJAX World RIA Conference: The Beauty of JavaScript

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:45:00 EDT

JavaScript is one of the most interesting and misunderstood programming languages in common use today. Most developers will go their entire careers without realizing its full potential. It's not often that you get a language that supports the feature set that JavaScript does, while still being as widely deployed. This talk will spotlight some patterns surrounding JavaScript's most elegant features such as closures, lambdas, object and array literals, object prototypes, private members and dynamic scope resolution -- all without boring you to tears.

Real-Time Java Aonix Supports VxWorks

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:45:00 EDT

Aonix, the provider of the PERC product line for embedded and real-time Java developers, announces the release of PERC Ultra 5.1 cross development and target support on Wind River's VxWorks 6.6 real-time operating system and Wind River Workbench development suite. With more than 1 million field systems in markets such as aerospace, defense, telecommunications, industrial control and robotics, PERC Ultra well suits the broad real-time market leadership of VxWorks. These joint solutions will enable developers to take advantage of Java language capabilities while ensuring that critical deterministic behavior requirements can still be met.

SUSE Real-Time 10 Ensures Java Workloads

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:04:00 EDT

Enabling customers to run their time-critical business applications faster, and with more reliability and predictability, Novell announced SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 10 is now certified on select IBM BladeCenter hardware and supported by IBM WebSphere Real Time middleware. Utilizing best-of-breed products, Novell's real-time operating system and IBM's real-time Java hardware together ensure enterprises running latency-sensitive applications have the highest possible performance and availability across their entire solution stack.

MyEclipse Java Tool Goes Green

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 09:32:00 EDT

Genuitec, LLC, the leading provider of the popular MyEclipse integrated development environment (IDE) and a founding member of the Eclipse Foundation, announced their commitment to being a company with a near-zero carbon footprint.

DevExpress Channel is Now Broadcasting Product Training Videos and Live Interviews

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:32:00 EDT

DevExpress is proud to announce the newest addition to its web properties - the DevExpress Channel – broadcasting at tv.devexpress.com. The DevExpress Channel offers our software development community access to over 100 product training videos and dozens of one on one interviews.

Sun Eclipsed by Economy

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:15:00 EDT

If Sun hadn’t done that one-for-four reverse stock split in November and turned its $5 stock into a $20 stock, it would now be a $2 stock. Instead, it’s a $9 stock, down more than 50%. And things don’t look like they’re gonna get much better. So it’s going to peel off another billion of that fortune it’s still got in the bank and buy back more stock.

Java & Rich Internet Applications: Sun Launches JavaFX SDK Preview Release

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:30:00 EDT

Designed to “deliver content across all the screens of your life,” Sun's rival to Adobe's Flash/Flex - JavaFX - today releases a preview release of the JavaFX SDK, focusing on the RIA workflow. Sun's aim is to help the world's six million Java developers to create RIAs.

WinForms Data Grid Control by DevExpress

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:30:00 EDT

DevExpress has announced the immediate availability of the XtraGrid Suite v2008, vol 2 - a feature-complete WinForms Grid control for Visual Studio .NET. Easy-to-use with advanced presentation and theme options, the XtraGrid Suite by DevExpress allows software developers to introduce cutting edge user interfaces to their next Windows Forms application.

Java SpringSource Announces Enterprise Application

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:30:00 EDT

SpringSource, the company behind Spring, the de facto standard in enterprise Java, and a leading provider of infrastructure software, today announced the general availability of SpringSource Enterprise. SpringSource Enterprise delivers the software, services, and technical support necessary to develop and run Spring-powered enterprise applications more productively, securely and with the greatest uptime.

New Nitobi AJAX Suite Released: Complete UI

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:15:00 EDT

Ajax specialists, Nitobi Inc., releases Complete UI 2008 Q3 with enhancements to two of the suite's Ajax components, support for JavaServer Faces (JSF), and support for Firefox 3. Nitobi's Complete UI integrated platform for building web user interfaces includes 10 Ajax-powered components that improve user experiences for any Web 2.0 application.

Sony Selects Esmertec Java Platform

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:45:00 EDT

Sony Ericsson announced it has chosen Esmertec's Jbed Java Multitasking Virtual Machine which will enable the users to access Java-enabled content on the Ericsson's new multimedia XPERIA mobile phone range.

Fring Adds Linux, Java Support

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:00:00 EDT

Mobile phone application Fring announced support for Linux and J2ME mobile handsets. Fring is a mobile phone Internet application that allows users to make VoIP calls, messaging and chatting using networks such as MSN, Yahoo and GoogleTalk from their cellphones.

Sun's Java Mobile Enterprise Platform Available

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:15:00 EDT

Enterprises that run applications on Sun Microsystems servers can now give their mobile workers access to those applications, using Sun's Mobile Enterprise Platform (MEP). Sun has made MEP available, a little more than two months after it put the platform out to beta at Java One in May.

Hassle-Free Password Management: Cloakware's Java Plug & Play Server

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:15:00 EDT

Cloakware Inc., the security solutions provider that makes security inseparable from software, announced the immediate availability of Cloakware Server Password Manager (CSPM) version 3.5, the first enterprise-grade Shared Account Password Management (SAPM) platform designed to support multi-site, heterogeneous and high-volume datacenters. CSPM 3.5 delivers enhanced performance and scalability to meet the password management needs of the largest organizations, ensures high availability in distributed networks, and improves integration with heterogeneous datacenters without system interruption or downtime.

ScriptMaster Allows Java Code Use- Without Expertise

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:45:00 EDT

360Works, a FileMaker product developer, will be releasing a new version of its ScriptMaster tool later this month. A completely free, modular plugin for FileMaker, ScriptMaster allows developers to use Java code even without Java expertise. Version 2.0 includes modules for file manipulation, URL downloads, XML Web Services, encoding/encryption, FileMaker script triggering, shell scripting, audio and video, email sending, and much more. FileMaker developers can also extend ScriptMaster functionality by writing their own Java modules.

Morph AppSpace Supports Cloud-Based Java, Grails

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 11:30:00 EDT

Platform as a Service (PaaS) firm, Morph Labs, has added capabilities to its end-to-end platform as a service, Morph AppSpace, to allow Java and Grails applications to be deployed, delivered and managed.

Dreamtech Creates Java Black Book

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 09:45:00 EDT

Kogent Solutions Inc., backed by experienced and well-trained technical writers has come up with ?Java EE 5 Black Book,? in association with Dreamtech Press.

Terracotta integrates Sun's Java VisualVM

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 09:15:00 EDT

Terracotta today announced it is integrating Sun's new VisualVM technology, which is included as part of Java Platform Standard Edition 6 Update 7, with the analysis capabilities in the Terracotta management console. The integration will provide Java software developers and operators breakthrough visualization capabilities that can help dramatically reduce the cost of tuning and troubleshooting Java software.

Updated Interactive Java Applets Guide

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:45:00 EDT

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the 'Digital Audio Signal Processing, 2nd Edition' report to their offering. Well established in the consumer electronics industry, Digital Audio Signal Processing (DASP) techniques are used in audio CD, computer music and multi-media components. In addition, the applications afforded by this versatile technology now range from real-time signal processing to room simulation.

Sun's Java Platform Launches Sun Fire x4540

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:00:00 EDT

Technology company Sun Microsystems Inc. announced the further expansion of its Open Storage portfolio with the introduction of a new line of economical storage arrays, as well as a new high-performance addition to the Sun Fire X4500 'Thumper' family.

Java GUI Squish Supports New Eclipse Ganymede 3.4

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:30:00 EDT

Squish for Java is a leading functional GUI and regression testing tool enabling the creation and execution of automated GUI tests for Java SWT/RCP and AWT/Swing applications.

Action Engine and Millennial Media Extend Mobile Advertising Reach in Downloadable Applications

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:30:00 EDT

Action Engine Corporation, The On-Device Portal Company (ODP), and Millennial Media announced that they will integrate Action Engine's in-application Mobile Advertising Engine (MAE) technology with Millennial Media's premium MBrand network. The move enables Millennial Media to continue its support of advertising within a variety of Java, BREW, BlackBerry, and Windows Mobile applications via a complete solution for inserting, rotating and tracking advertisements across a wide variety of downloadable mobile applications.

Java Technology Enables Wireless E-mail Service For HP iPAQ 900 Series Business Messenger

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:00:00 EDT

Sun Microsystems, Inc. announced that Java Platform Micro Edition (Java ME) is integrated in the new HP iPAQ 900 series Business Messenger smartphone. Based on the Sun Java Wireless Client software ? Sun's Java ME implementation for wireless handsets ? and enhanced with custom features designed specifically for HP, the new HP 3G smartphone delivers a flexible wireless e-mail experience1, including convenient voice2 control and hands-free operation.

MyEclipse Best Java IDE Value According to Evans Data Study

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:00:00 EDT

Genuitec is pleased to recognize its recent showing in the annual Evans Data 'User's Choice IDEs' survey. MyEclipse was recognized as one of the world's top eight IDEs, along with CodeGear's Delphi, Sun's NetBeans, Sun Studio, Oracle's JDeveloper, Microsoft's Visual Studio, Adobe's Creative Suite and IBM Rational Tools. Of note, the top IDEs list included only four Java IDEs.

The JCP Program Announced the Winners of Its 6th Annual Awards

Wed, 07 May 2008 12:30:00 EDT

The JCP introduced the Annual Awards six years ago to recognize excellence in Java standards development and innovation. Since its launch in 1998 as the open, inclusive process to develop and revise Java technology specifications, reference implementations, and technology compatibility kits, the Java Community Process program has fostered the evolution of the Java platform in cooperation with the international Java developer community.

SpringSource CEO: "The Future of Enterprise Java is Clear and Bright"

Thu, 01 May 2008 14:45:00 EDT

'Organizations now have a choice that reduces the complexity associated with legacy Java EE servers,' said SpringSource CEO Rod Johnson yesterday as his company attempted to redefine the application server market by releasing the SpringSource Application Platform, an enterprise Java application server that Johnson contends provides 'a dramatically simpler alternative to legacy application servers and redefines the way in which Java applications are deployed and run.'

JCP Program Announces 6th Annual Awards Nominations

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:30:00 EDT

The Java Community Process (JCP) Program Management Office (PMO) and the Executive Committees, have announced the nominations for the 2008 JCP Program Annual Awards. Among the international honors for Java technology, the JCP Program Awards recognize excellence in Java standards development and innovation.

Why Do 'Cool Kids' Choose Ruby or PHP to Build Websites Instead of Java?

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:30:00 EDT

Here is a question that I have been pondering on and off for quite a while: Why do 'cool kids' choose Ruby or PHP to build websites instead of Java? I have to admit that I do not have an answer. Why do I even care? Because I am a Java developer. Like many Java developers, I get along with Java well. Not only the language itself, but the development environments (Eclipse for example), step-by-step debugging helper, wide availability of libraries and code snippets, and the readily accessible information on almost any technical question I may have on Java via Google. Last but not least, I go to JavaOne and see 10,000 people that talk and walk just like me.

3rd International Virtualization Conference & Expo CFP Deadline April 11

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 12:15:00 EST

Key opinion-formers in the field of infrastructure and pioneers of virtualization technologies of all types have already begun submitting speaking proposals to Virtualization Conference & Expo 2008 East, being held in New York City, 23-24 June, 2008. Topics covered will range from Server Virtualization, Application Virtualization, Desktop Virtualization, Network Virtualization, I/O Virtualization and Storage Virtualization, to Virtual Machine Automation, Physical to Virtual (P2V) Migration, Management Applications, Tools and Utilities, and Virtualization Scripts and Procedures.

SpringSource Introduces Spring.NET 1.1

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 12:00:00 EST

SpringSource, formerly known as Interface21, has announced the final release of Spring.NET 1.1, an application framework for the development and deployment of enterprise .NET applications. With roots in the widely used Spring Framework programming model for Java, Spring.NET extends the features of the Spring Framework to the .NET environment.

New Device Development Features in Visual Studio 2008

Tue, 25 Dec 2007 19:30:00 EST

Roughly two years ago, when I was writing an article on 'New Features for Device Developers in Visual Studio 2005' that was published in the August 2005 issues of this magazine, our program management team was already busy shaping the next release of the product, which is soon to be released as Visual Studio 2008. We spent a lot of time talking to our major customers and reviewing the feedback we got on blogs and questions on forums on newsgroups to identify what enhancements/features would be most useful to our device developers. One thing that surfaced was that device developers needed more help when it came to testing their applications efficiently. Whether that meant testing on multiple devices or under varying conditions or simply being able to write unit tests, they clearly needed help getting applications to market faster by reducing the testing time.

froglogic Releases AJAX GUI Testing Tool

Tue, 25 Dec 2007 10:00:00 EST

froglogic GmbH today announced version 3.3 of the leading, cross-platform automated GUI testing tool Squish. Squish supports creating and running automated GUI tests of applications based on many user interface technologies including Trolltech's Qt, Java AWT/Swing/NetBeans, Java SWT/Eclipse RCP, Web/HTML/AJAX and Mac OS X Carbon/Cocoa. Squish is being successfully used in QA departments across the world in companies such as Reuters Financial Software, EADS, Siemens, Synopsys, Xilinx, Trolltech and France Telecom Group.

Objective Interface Systems Announces High-Performance CORBA Middleware for Mentor Graphics' Nucleus OS

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 11:00:00 EST

Objective Interface Systems, Inc. announced that ORBexpress RT, its high-performance CORBA ORB, now supports Mentor Graphics Corporation's Nucleus operating system. Developers of a wide variety of resource-constrained devices can now get a high-performance, small-footprint software development platform from industry leaders who have carefully integrated their products to maximize ease-of-use.

Beyond Screen Pop and Automated Dialing

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 09:00:00 EST

Think of Computer Telephone Integration (CTI) and you probably think about screen popping IT systems and automated dialling. And you might also think CTI is a complex system development. Rostrvm Solutions? new Java toolbar provides easily-deployable standard CTI functions and more.

Diving Straight Into the Real World of Open Source SOA

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 11:15:00 EST

This session will dive straight into the middle of a real-world open source SOA implementations, showing how all the facets of how the SOA Big Rules are attained within the solution. This will cover an in-depth walkthrough, by example and demos, of: How to implement large XML Schema-driven document/literal Web services using partly Java EE 5 and partly J2EE 1.4; How security is enabled through certificate-based authentication with WS-Security; How the services are orchestrated with WS-BPEL; and how JSR-168 portlets leverage the end-user experience and how these are exposed using WSRP. The solution is based strictly on open source software and a guide for picking the right frameworks and the right products in the myriad of these will be addressed as well. Prerequisites: Knowledge of Java technology, IDEs, XML, and an interest in SOA.

Pratical Introduction to Using Java Web Services and AJAX to Implement SOA

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 11:00:00 EST

Java expert Mark Hansen provides a practical introduction to using Java Web services and AJAX to implement SOA. Mark covers creating, deploying, and invoking Web services that can be composed into loosely coupled SOA applications. He begins by reviewing the 'big picture,' including the challenges of Java-based SOA development. Next, he introduces the latest Java EE 5 Web services APIs and discusses how they work with AJAX. He concludes by showing how AJAX and Java Web services can be used to integrate Yahoo Shopping, eBay, and Amazon to create a universal shopping application.

Troubleshooting SOA, Web Services and J2EE Source Software Stacks

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 14:45:00 EST

Applications continue to become more on-demand and application environments continue to grow in complexity and scale. Real-time troubleshooting is now a requirement for every application administrator, developer, and support person. How can developers, data center professionals, and support staff understand what's happening with their distributed applications and troubleshoot problems more effectively? This session will highlight the challenges of troubleshooting modern application environments. We'll examine tools and techniques and provide practical advice through real-world troubleshooting examples. Attendees will learn more effective approaches to common and complex problem identification, analysis, and resolution.

Open Web Developer Summit to Take Place April 21-22, 2008 in New York City

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 14:45:00 EST

In keeping with the longstanding SYS-CON tradition of being at the very forefront of software development with all its online and offline resources, SYS-CON Media & Events jointly today announced a double whammy, launching both 'Open Web Developer's Journal' (http://openweb.sys-con.com) and 'Open Web Developer Summit' (http://openweb.sys-con.com) - to be held for the first time in New York City April 21-22, 2008.