Paul Krill

Focusing on high availability, Sun Microsystems Inc. is hoping to make a bold leap in the Java application server space with its upcoming Sun ONE Application Server 7 Enterprise Edition.

Sun Microsystems Inc. hopes to make a bold leap in the Java application server space with its upcoming Sun ONE Application Server 7 Enterprise Edition, featuring high availability.

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) last week issued its Web Ontology Language, its acronym spelled and pronounced

Software AG is extending its EntireX communications broker to Enterprise Java Beans (EJB) and Microsoft Corp. .Net applications, enabling these systems to pass information back and forth to other platforms.

Microsoft Corp. is boasting that it has surpassed Java usage with .Net and is preparing to make its application development platform more conducive to Web services.

Oracle Corp.'s upcoming database addresses major issues surrounding grid computing by enabling enterprises to build reliable grids based on commercial, rather than customized, technology, an Oracle official said on Monday.

Looking to scale Java applications on its Windows-based multiprocessor system, Unisys Corp. on Monday will announce availability of a Java Virtual Machine (JVM) for its ES7000 server running Windows and as many as 32 Intel Corp. processors.

Sun Microsystems Inc. has entered into an agreement to acquire Pixo Inc., makers of Java-based server technology, to manage distribution of digital content to mobile phones and PDAs.