Sun had a suitor other than IBM and Oracle. It says so in its proxy statement where it tells of its blow-by-blow adventures since November 6 when Sam Palmisano, the CEO of IBM, thinly disguised in the account as Party A, approached Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz about a takeover. Sometime between November 6 and December 19 Sun approached the unidentified Party B, who was interested but found the timing inconvenient.
The consensus seems to be, at least from the myriad surveys, studies, and research, that cloud as a model is the right answer, it’s just the location that’s problematic for most organizations. Organizations aren’t ignoring reality; they know there are real benefits associated with cloud computing. But they aren’t yet – and may never be – willing to give up control. And there are good reasons to maintain that control, from security to accountability to agility. But the “people” still want the benefits of cloud, so the question is: how do we put the power of ( cloud | elastic | on-demand) computing into the hands of the people who will benefit from it without requiring that they relocate to a new address “in the cloud?”
Risks with virtualization is same as it ever was but different. Hoff makes a good point about cloud security last month in his “The Cloud is a Fickle Mistress: DDoS&M” which was, if I may quote, “it’s the oldies and goodies that will come back to haunt us.” In other words, it’s the well-known, well-understood protocol-based attacks of uncloud computing that will be problematic for cloud computing.
The Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) API is used to access a SQL database from a Java application. JDBC also supports tabular data sources, such as a spreadsheet. Oracle JDeveloper is a free Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for modeling, developing, debugging, optimizing, and deploying Java applications.
The Java Community Process requires the development of not only technical specifications, but also Reference Implementations (which prove that specs can be implemented) and conformance test suites (Technology Compatibility Kits or TCKs), which are used to verify that implementations conform to the specifications.
Veryant has announced a new software release to help organizations lower operational costs by modernizing COBOL assets. This latest version of Veryant’s isCOBOL Application Platform Suite (APS) simplifies COBOL and Java integration, enhances the Eclipse-based development environment, and includes several improvements to make moving to isCOBOL from alternative platforms even easier.
The Java Persistence API (JPA) is the enterprise standard for accessing relational data in Java. JPA provides support for mapping Java objects to a database schema and includes a simple programming API and expressive query language for retrieving mapped entities from a database and writing back changes made to these entities. JPA offers developers productivity gains over writing and maintaining their own mapping code allowing a single API regardless of the platform, application server, or persistence provider implementation.
SpringSource, the company behind the ever-popular but free Spring Framework, the Apache-licensed Java framework used by half of the Fortune 2000, said Monday that it’s acquired most of the assets of Hyperic, the company with the equally popular and open source web application and infrastructure management software that SpringSource has been OEMing for a couple of years.
A few days ago I blogged about suppressing the SOAP fault detail Java stack trace on WebLogic Server when using the JAX-WS @SchemaValidation annotation for your web services. One of the problems with the @SchemaValidation annotation is dependent on the error in your incoming SOAP payload, you may get all sorts of potential errors returned in a SOAP fault.
“SpringSource is taking responsibility for streamlining enterprise Java to fully cater to the needs of developers, IT administrators and operators who create, deploy and manage business-critical applications,” said Rod Johnson, SpringSource CEO, as it was announced this morning that SpringSource has acquired substantially all of the assets of Hyperic, the open source leader in web application and infrastructure management.
SpringSource, the leader in enterprise Java, today announced it has acquired substantially all of the assets of Hyperic, the open source leader in web application and infrastructure management. With the acquisition, SpringSource offers a comprehensive product set for powering the entire Java application lifecycle, with lean and powerful solutions for building, running and managing enterprise applications. By accelerating and unifying the application lifecycle from developer to data center and bridging the divide between development and IT operations teams, SpringSource can meet all the needs of companies building and deploying business-critical Java applications.
Today Aptana announced Aptana Cloud Connect (v1.0), a free plugin for Eclipse-based IDEs that connects projects in Eclipse to Cloud Hosting and hosted application life-cycle services. If you are creating Web applications using Java, PHP or Rails, the Aptana Cloud Connect plugin for Eclipse lets you get all the benefits of scalable, on-demand Cloud hosting, with the ease of full IDE integration. More info at http://www.aptana.com/cloud
The Java Community Process(SM) (JCP(SM)) Program Management Office (PMO) today announced the 2009 Star Spec Leads, distinguishing top Spec Lead performance and rewarding exceptional service to the community. The Star Spec Leads Program recognizes JCP Spec Leads who consistently showcase their value through high quality specifications and establishing best practices, including transparency and mentoring others.
There is no charge to attend CommunityOne on Monday, June 1, with only a nominal fee to attend the deep technology sessions on June 2 and 3. All CommunityOne attendees will receive free access to the JavaOne(SM) conference general sessions and Pavilion on Tuesday 2 June through Thursday 4 June 2009. Click here for full program details and to register today.
JavaBlackBelt just announced its “Coached e-Learning” for Java developers. In a developer survey to be released next week, this Coached e-Learning was selected as the #1 choice for Java learning compared with classroom training and self-paced e-Learning.
Some walls are necessary. We use brick-and-mortar walls to support buildings and firewalls to protect our computers from attack. But not all walls are good. Consider the Berlin Wall, a wall of segregation. It divided a country and its citizens, but has subsequently been brought down by people working together because upon re-evaluation the Wall did more harm than good.
Revenues for the third quarter of fiscal 2009 were $2.614 billion, as compared with $3.266 billion for the third quarter of fiscal 2008, and compared with $3.220 billion for the second quarter of fiscal 2009. Total gross margin as a percent of revenues was 42.7, a decrease of 2.2 percentage points as compared with the third quarter of fiscal 2008 and an increase of 0.8 percentage points as compared with the second quarter of fiscal 2009.
SpringSource has announced the general availability of SpringSource tc Server, an enterprise version of Apache Tomcat. SpringSource tc Server is hardened for enterprise use and coupled with the mission-critical operational capabilities and advanced diagnostics required by the most demanding IT environments. SpringSource tc Server is a drop-in replacement for Apache Tomcat 6, ensuring a seamless upgrade path for existing custom-built and commercial software applications already certified for Tomcat.
Yet I spent too many years writing, publishing, and producing for Sun to let this deal go uncommented upon. The relationship started when we shook hands and signed a deal with Ed Zander to acquire an in-house magazine on the day the Loma Prieta earthquake hit the Bay Area (I was with IDG at the time).
As I noted at the time, Sun’s recent announcements with respect to Cloud Computing were sadly rather overshadowed by the torrent of interest around a piece on the Wall Street Journal site the same day, which broke the news that acquisition talks were allegedly underway between Sun and IBM. Much has changed since then and we [...]
The European Commission has reportedly drafted a final antitrust decision on Intel that – predictably – calls for a fine and a ban on Intel’s allegedly anticompetitive rebates, though what any “ban” – a complex issue – might entail remains to be seen. Imagine now a European entity regulating the business between two American firms like, oh, Intel and IBM, Intel and HP, Intel and Dell, Intel and Cisco, Intel and Apple, Intel and Sun or between Intel and any of the Asian firms.
How odd. Southeastern Asset Management, which spent $2.1 billion buying 22% of Sun over the last few years, didn’t wait around to collect Oracle’s $9.50 a share, money it should have been able to pick up by summer and a price it would have lost roughly $500,000 on. Instead it sold most of its 162 million shares to “unnamed parties” Monday at prices ranging from $9.04 to $9.09, costing it another $65 million–$80 million, according to Reuters, which read it in a regulatory filing.
VMIX continues to grow as a market leader with year-over-year triple-digit revenue growth and an expanding client list of dominant brands including Scion, Burton Snowboards, American Cancer Society, as well as top media and entertainment groups, including Tribune Company, McClatchy, Lee Enterprises, Raycom, Lin, and Post-Newsweek Stations.
The conventional approach to scaling Java applications – distributing applications out on a large number of instances – yields diminishing returns, which leads to unpredictable scalability and escalating costs and complexity. Azul Compute Appliances have proven to dramatically increase application scalability while providing faster, more consistent response times.
The discussions have begun about the seismic nature of the Oracle-Sun deal. This deal affects all the major players, as well as you!