Formally known as Eclipse SDK 4.0, release 4 of Eclipse's open source development tooling platform will feature a more services-oriented approach and a developer
Oracle Corp., with the new version of its free JDeveloper Java development tool, is looking to compete with the Eclipse open-source juggernaut. The company is also shipping an upgrade to its application server, bundled with a rules engine and an ESB (enterprise service bus).
Oracle Corp. by the end of the year plans to release an upgrade of its JDeveloper tool for Java that backs the latest J2EE standard, which focuses on Web services.
Enterprise Java applications will be able to run directly on Palm Tungsten handhelds now that Palm Inc. has licensed IBM Corp.'s WebSphere Micro Environment Java run-time environment. Palm will offer WME on all its Tungsten devices.
In a move to position Java programmers within the .NET framework, Microsoft Corp. has launched Visual J# .NET, however its biggest potential user group are Visual J++ developers, according to analysts.
In a move to position Java programmers within the .NET framework, Microsoft Corp. has launched Visual J# .NET, however its biggest potential user group are Visual J++ developers, according to analysts.
Palm Inc. will try to boost its appeal among corporate customers at its annual conference next week, where it plans to provide further details about the next big release of its operating system and highlight new business applications from partners.