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Oracle updates NetBeans Java IDE with Swing support

With its newly updated NetBeans Java IDE (integrated developer environment), Oracle has focused on updating the tools and libraries so they can be used to build more sophisticated user interfaces.
Oracle makes JRockit free

Oracle will no longer charge for personal use of its legacy JRocket Java Virtual Machine
Oracle and IBM share Java alliance

Executives from both companies recognise their mutual Java interests and pledge to do what's best for the platform
IBM beats up Oracle over middleware stack

IBM is returning fire to Oracle in an increasingly heated battle over who has the faster stack of middleware.
Oracle pushes out Glassfish Java application server update

GlassFish Server 3.1 features OSGi capabilities and high availability features like load balancing and failover.
Web services interoperability group disbands after acheiving mission

Web services interoperability group formed by Microsoft, IBM, and Oracle says it is going out of business because it has concluded its charter to document best practices for web services.
Oracle ULAs: Read the fine print says Forrester

Oracle's unlimited licence agreements (ULAs) can make great sense for companies that want to use a lot of the vendor's software, but a number of potential pitfalls can get buried in the fine print, according to a new report from Forrester Research.
Oracle updates Tuxedo to support IBM mainframe apps

Oracle promises a lower cost way to run legacy mainframe apps.
Java creator backs Oracle and Enterprise Edition

James Gosling, formerly of Sun, also touts latest version of Java Enterprise Edition
Oracle to merge Java virtual machines in two years

Oracle's plan to merge the Sun HotSpot Java Virtual Machine with the JRockit JVM is still evolving, but a single JVM based on both technologies is expected in 18 months to two years, an Oracle representative said during a Webcast.

Latest Features

The green computing backlash grows

IT executives are dealing with far too many headaches to let themselves be led on an environmental guilt trip.
The basics of identity management

FIM is one of the phrases that has slowly entered the IT lexicon, while few people have really grasped all the implications. We lay out the premise behind the phrase and examine whether FIM can really deliver on their promises.
Don't forget the processes

Business process management is, above all, about the processes. But too many organisations lose sight of this and think that the technology alone is enough. It's time to put the 'P' back into BPM.
Financial services: High pressure, high performance

No wonder financial IT is a big investor in storage products.
Will Intel abandon the Itanium?

Some say that Intel should give up on the so-called Itanic -- but it never will because its arch-rival AMD is a core reason for the Itanium's woes.
VMware's VM Challenge leads to bigger things

Virtualisation is the biggest trend in the server market right now, and with good reason. Yet there are many ramifications to the virtualisation trend, many as yet unexplored.
Trouble in paradise?

Going all-IP was supposed to take us to the promised land, but for those on the journey there it often doesn't feel like that - and some wonder if they'll ever make it.
BT dials into SOA

Using Microsoft's Connected Services Framework, the telecoms giant tests markets and deploys a wide variety of targeted offerings for SMB customers
Q&A: Novell CEO touts Linux, identity products

Novell CEO Jack Messman talks about strategy, efforts to court Windows users and recent shake-ups in Novell's executive ranks.
Mobile synchronisers take on the middleware giants

RIM and Good want to handle more than just email. How will the established players respond?

How-tos

Case Study: ILIM's quick response time

Case Study: Apple continues to mostly ignore the enterprise (part 1)

Case Study: Virtualisation reality check

DST: How to get IT vendors to give you the right time of day

How to define an SOA

Case Study: Grid systems speed Wachovia transaction apps

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?Enterprise-Class? Means More Than ?Used in Enterprises?

Not all software deployed in an enterprise, however, deserves the ?enterprise-class? appellation. That term is properly reserved to describe software that may be safely relied upon for business-critical uses, software with particular qualities that themselves define the term ?enterprise-class?.
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A Barometer of Web 2.0 Social Computing in Europe

A recent BEA survey of more than 320 respondents in seven European countries reveals that the major business reason why organizations are now adopting Web 2.0 technologies for Enterprise Social Computing is to improve interaction with customers.
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Migrating JBoss® Application Server Applications to BEA WebLogic Server® 9.0

BEA wants to ?future-proof? you and your enterprise by keeping an unwavering eye on the industry?s strategic direction. We hope this paper helps lay the foundation for a positive migration experience by giving you the information you need to make an informed project plan, and removing any unknowns that would prevent you from considering a migration to BEA WebLogic Server.
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BEA AquaLogic? Service Bus behind the Firewall in Service-Oriented Architecture

This paper discusses the security set-up and configuration for clients, BEA AquaLogic Service Bus proxy services, and business services. The set-up assumes that a client Web application sends an HTTPS request message from outside a company?s firewall to the BEA AquaLogic Service Bus server located behind its firewall (the ?inbound request?).
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