Java Industry News

Jinfonet Announces JReport 10

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:35:00 EDT

Jinfonet Software, a provider of Java reporting solutions, on Thursday unveiled JReport 10. This new version adds rich visualization and interactive reporting to a robust, agile BI platform, providing embedded operational reporting to developers and self-service reporting to end users. JReport 10 brings Agile Business Intelligence to the next level with rich visualization features. Web 2.0 self-service reporting allows highly interactive reports to be accessible across the enterprise with superior performance and scalability.

IBM’s Dustin Amrhein to Present at Cloud Expo Silicon Valley

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 10:42:00 EDT

Face it, setting up Java EE application environments can be a time-consuming, error-prone, and highly variable process. A cloud computing approach to Java EE application environments can address these problems and more. In his session at the 7th International Cloud Expo, Dustin Amrhein, Technical Evangelist for Cloud Technologies at IBM, will describe how the IBM WebSphere test organization utilizes a cloud computing solution to enable the construction, deployment, and maintenance of Java EE application environments for testing purposes throughout the organization. This new cloud computing implementation means decreased environment setup times, elevated asset utilization, and increased test iterations. All of this adds up to make the IBM WebSphere test organization more responsive and agile than it has ever been.

Intel Hits It Up, Up & Away; Delivers Record Quarter

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:30:00 EDT

In the midst of one of the diciest global economies in generations, with whole countries going bust, Intel has delivered the single best quarter in its 42-year history. The news sparked the tech sector and an erratic Wall Street in general.

Windows Azure with Java at Cloud Expo Silicon Valley

Sun, 11 Jul 2010 10:15:00 EDT

Microsoft's Windows Azure platform is a virtualized and abstracted application platform that can be used to build highly scalable and reliable applications, with Java. The environment consists of a set of application services such as "no-SQL" table storage, blob storage, queues, relational database service, Internet service bus, access control, etc. Java applications can be built using these services via Web services APIs, and your own JVM, without having to be concerned with the underlying server OS and infrastructure. In his session at the 7th International Cloud Expo, David Chou, technical architect at Microsoft, will provide an overview of the Windows Azure platform environment, and cover how to develop and deploy Java applications in Windows Azure and how to architect horizontally scalable applications in Windows Azure.

New Start-up to Support MySQL

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 04:15:00 EDT

MySQL veterans either disaffected or dismissed by Oracle are starting a new company called SkySQL that will offer “enterprise-class support and services for the MySQL ecosystem.” The outfit is being pulled together by former MySQL SVP of global services Ulf Sandberg and its one-paragraph web site, dominated by a picture of a dolphin, says that whoever else is there – without saying who exactly – are former MySQL employees. However, SkySQL is hiring in “all areas, including support, consulting, training, marketing and sales.” Being detail-free left room for MySQL founder Monty Widenius, who’s formally objecting to the Oracle–Sun acquisition now, to position SkySQL as an alternative to Oracle–Sun, which he evidently blames for running off the old MySQL home team.

Monty Appeals Oracle’s Acquisition of Sun

Wed, 07 Jul 2010 08:30:00 EDT

He said he was going to do it and he has. MySQL founder Monty Widenius has made good his quixotic threat to appeal the European Commission’s decision to approve Oracle’s acquisition of Sun – and with it MySQL, which Sun paid a downright silly billion dollars for two years ago. Oracle closed on Sun in January and Widenius had a few months grace to take his case to the Court of First Instance in Luxembourg. It is unclear what he hopes to accomplish since he has basically gone underground and turned off his phone while the futility of the move has already cost him his chief spokesman Florian Mueller.

EC Wants to Legislate Interoperability

Mon, 05 Jul 2010 06:00:00 EDT

Having forced a dominant player like Microsoft to open up some of its interfaces in the name of interoperability, the European Commission is now proposing to force any “significant” player like, oh, say, Apple and Adobe or RIM and Nokia to open up their proprietary interfaces so it can create a brave new kumbayah level playing field. It forced Microsoft to do it by dint of antitrust prosecution and heavy fines but now it’s proposing to legislate the licensing of interfaces and data formats outside of antitrust considerations by 2012. According to EC’s new digital agenda commissioner Neelie Kroes, who’s proving to be a very dangerous woman, “Any kind of IT product should be able to communicate with any type of service in the future.”

Oracle Killed Sun’s Plan to Clone Intel’s Xeon Chip: NYT

Sun, 04 Jul 2010 15:00:00 EDT

The New York Times says that Oracle killed a Sun project to clone Intel’s x86 Xeon server chip and turn out a “no-frills, low-power variant” that it could put into thousands of servers for folks like Facebook, Yahoo and Google. The paper said it had heard tell of such a thing for a long time but could never quite nail it until recently when it happened to interview a couple of people “with knowledge of Sun’s plans,” “who are not authorized to speak publicly.” As part of the fey plan Sun bought the assets of one Montalvo Systems that had done work on low-power Intel clones and hired some “top talent” out of AMD.

General Dynamics Sexes Up Sun Ray

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 10:00:00 EDT

General Dynamics (GD), the big $32 billion-a-year American defense contractor, ushered in four new Tadpole ultra-thin clients Monday, two mobile, two wireless desktops. Those up on their Sun lore will recall that Tadpole was the name of the Texas start-up that created the first and only Sparc-based laptop; that General Dynamics acquired Tadpole; and that General Dynamics is also a Sun Ray licensee, has been for 10 years. So it will come as no great surprise that these Tadpole clients are Sun Ray clients that Itronix, part of General Dynamics' largest unit, has gussied up and means to sell into the cloud as a greener, securer, sustainable alternative to traditional desktop computing.

Larry Hires David Boies to Snag a Billion Off of SAP

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 22:00:00 EDT

Oracle has hired David Boies to argue its case against SAP. Oracle has made it clear in a 2008 filing with the court that its damages “are, at a minimum, well into the several hundreds of millions of dollars and likely are at least a billion dollars.” Boies is the guy who won the Justice Department’s antitrust suit against Microsoft although the judge’s breakup decision didn’t stick. He also lost Al Gore the presidency and his boys lost SCO its case against Linux. Maybe he and his people will understand this one better. Oracle charged SAP’s now defunct discount maintenance subsidiary TomorrowNow with ripping off its IP. It looks like the Armonk-based Boies is going to argue this one himself judging from his pro hac vice admission to the California bar. The trial is set to start November 1. The judge wants the parties to settle beforehand but with Boies in the picture that doesn’t look like that’s gonna happen. SAP has already admitted TomorrowNow was off base. Boies represented Oracle CEO Larry Ellison in his litigation over the America’s Cup race.

Sun’s Ex-Cloud CTO Finds Home at Cisco

Sat, 26 Jun 2010 13:00:00 EDT

Lew Tucker, who was CTO of Sun’s cloud initiative and was pretty much untouched by the cloud-aborting Oracle, has been hired by Cisco as CTO of its cloud effort, a brand new job with broad pull-it-together remit that reports to Cisco CTO Padmasree Warrior and Service Provider Group boss Tony Bates. In a previous life he led the design and implementation of salesforce.com’s App Exchange arguably one of the largest cloud computing success stories so far. He thinks networks need to be more programmable.

Azul Zings Its Java Hardware – Poof, It’s Software

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 08:00:00 EDT

Born to peddle pricey proprietary iron built around exotic multi-core chips that ratchet up the scalability of Java apps – a dangerous exercise that has demanded a $200 million investment from its backers – Azul Systems is now going to start selling software that does pretty much the same thing as its fancy appliances but it’s optimized for the latest class of cheap, ubiquitous, increasingly powerful x86 commodity servers. If the stuff clicks in the next year, eight-year-old Azul may be in a position to organize an orderly retreat from its hardware business, which, as it happens, reportedly just saw record Q1 earnings. It may have hundreds of widgets out there, but software’s an easier sell.

FinancialForce.com Announces VMforce Connector Service for Java Developers

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 08:00:00 EDT

On Tuesday FinancialForce.com announced a new VMforce connector service that will enable Java developers to quickly and easily build FinancialForce Accounting functionality into their own VMforce applications. The announcement was made at The Grape Escape analyst event in Boston. The FinancialForce VMforce connector provides pre-configured web services, opening the doors for VMforce Java developers that want fast, easy access to enterprise accounting functionality on the Force.com platform. It will significantly reduce configuration and set-up time of the FinancialForce Accounting web services layer. Out of the box, VMforce developers will have access to the accounting functionality they need to make their apps enterprise-ready quickly and easily.

Oracle’s Arun Gupta to Present at Cloud Expo Silicon Valley

Sun, 20 Jun 2010 13:00:00 EDT

GlassFish v3, the Reference Implementation of Java EE 6, can easily run on multiple cloud infrastructures. This session will provide a brief introduction to Java EE 6 and GlassFish v3. In his session at the 7th International Cloud Expo, Arun Gupta, Java EE and GlassFish evangelist working at Oracle, will explain how to create a simple Java EE 6 sample application and deploy it on GlassFish v3 running locally and then deploy it using Amazon, RightScale, Joyent, and Elastra cloud infrastructures.

KonaKart v5.0 Released - Java eCommerce System

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:04:54 EDT

DS Data Systems UK Ltd. is pleased to announce the release of KonaKart v5.0.0.0, a Java-based eCommerce shopping cart application that provides an extensive set of features to enable retailers to successfully sell their products over the internet. KonaKart is a Java / JSP / XML based solution with easy to use Java APIs and a SOAP Web Service interface that allow you to quickly integrate eCommerce functionality into your existing systems. The customizable parts of KonaKart are Open Source and available under the GNU LGPL. The new version includes many new features as well as some bug fixes. Reward Point Functionality has been introduced which allows customers to receive and redeem points online. Support for recurring billing has been added for native billing or to use the recurring billing functionality of the payment gateway. A customer and administrator can now download invoices in PDF format and many new custom and other attributes have been added to the important objects of the system. Full details of the new features can be found at http://www.konakart.com/downloads/ver-5000-whats-new

Managed Runtimes Suck; Azul Organizing Rescue Party

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 02:30:00 EDT

Azul Systems, the Java server appliance house, says Java, Ruby and, for that matter, .NET managed runtimes are pushed to their limits and basically crippled. Their response times are inconsistent, their scale is limited, and they’re unable to exploit modern commodity hardware with its multi-cores and memory. They’re unstable and need continuous tuning. They suffer from daily restarts, garbage collection pauses and out-of-memory errors. Operating systems aren’t optimized for them and virtualization and the cloud aggravate the scaling issue.

New World Cup Stats Website 11v11.com Gets Managed Hosting Support From iomart

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 01:00:00 EDT

iomart Hosting has been signed up by football statistics website 11v11.com to provide round-the-clock managed hosting support in preparation for a surge of interest during the World Cup. 11v11.com is the Association of Football Statisticians' official website and has almost every possible World Cup statistic and fact. It aims to create a real-time online community where fans from all nations can discuss the tournament with a Twitter-based application allowing supporters to recreate the terrace atmosphere during matches.

Aepona Wins Global Telecoms Innovation Award

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 07:13:00 EDT

Aepona is pleased to announce that it is the joint recipient of a Global Telecoms Business 2010 Innovation Award. Ibrahim Gedeon, CTO of TELUS, Graham Trickey, Senior Director at the GSMA, and Michael Crossey, VP Marketing at Aepona accepted the award on behalf of Bell Canada, Rogers Wireless, TELUS , Aepona and the GSMA for its work on the Canadian OneAPI Pilot. The Canadian OneAPI Pilot, an initiative that makes it easy for application developers to access the network and billing assets of multiple operators, was launched by the GSMA, TELUS, Rogers Wireless and Bell Canada in February 2010, with Aepona providing the technology platform and managed services.

More Heads to Roll at Sun

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 07:15:00 EDT

Sun appears to be sticking in Oracle’s craw and so it’s gonna cough up more of what it can’t digest and lay off what looks to be a lot more Sun people – mostly in Europe and Asia, it says. It didn’t say how many people but late Friday it told the SEC that the severance charges alone would run somewhere between $550 million and $650 million. Shortly before its acquisition closed Sun fired 3,000 people and took a $75 million–$125 million restructuring charge. You do the math. Oracle’s also projecting charges of $85 million–$115 million related to facilities and $40 million–$60 million in contract termination costs.

Azul Systems Achieves Record First Quarter Bookings and Revenue

Thu, 03 Jun 2010 11:15:00 EDT

Azul Systems announced record first quarter bookings and revenue for its fiscal year 2011 ending April 30, 2010, with revenue up 64% over the prior quarter. Customers purchasing Azul appliances and services in the quarter included Farmers Insurance, Success Factors, Saks.com, TD Securities, Juniper Networks, Global Collect and many other Global 2000 companies. Azul Compute Appliances enable business-critical Java-based applications to achieve unprecedented levels of scalability, throughput and response times without the complex setup, management, or high operational costs associated with traditional computing models.

Sun Founder Signs Ex-UK Prime Minister

Sat, 29 May 2010 17:00:00 EDT

In a Carlyle Group kind of move, Britain’s former Prime Minister Tony Blair – he of the great rhetoric even if he was Labor – has become a senior advisor on public policy to Khosla Ventures, the $1.1 billion green VC fund run by Sun co-founder Vinod Khosla. Blair’s not merely decorative; he actually knows something about this stuff and is hopefully more honest about it than former US vice-president Al Gore, who’s a partner at Kleiner Perkins. He and his consulting firm Tony Blair Associates are there to pull strings. Meanwhile, RealNetworks chairman Rob Glaser has joined Accel as a venture partner. He will focus on digital media, social media and mobile services.

Ehcache Tickled

Sat, 29 May 2010 12:00:00 EDT

Terracotta, the open source company focused on enterprise Java application scalability and availability, has tweaked Ehcache, the high-performance distributed caching widgetry. The new 2.1 release is said to be a significant upgrade. CEO Amit Pandey says that since Terracotta took Ehcache over last August adoption has accelerated; it currently claims 50,000 users and 100 companies paying for the enterprise version of the stuff including Adobe, News Digital Media, a division of News Corporation, and Raytheon. The hundred signed up in the last four months.

Best Practices for Building Linux Installers

Thu, 27 May 2010 10:45:00 EDT

Linux developers, stop building RPM packages that don't install properly. Watch this Webinar to learn how to build professional Linux installers fast that install your applications reliably on Red Hat, SUSE, Ubuntu, and more. If you develop Linux applications for commercial use, it's critical that your software installs correctly the first time. Learn how the world's biggest software companies are building error-free installers for their Linux applications.

Best Practices for Building Multi-Platform Installers

Thu, 27 May 2010 08:00:00 EDT

A well-planned installation and deployment strategy should be part of any serious software development project. This white paper helps developers of multi-platform applications create professional, reliable installers that make a favorable first impression for your products. It covers the fundamentals of installation planning and shows you how to use InstallAnywhere to manage the different aspects of your installation projects according to proven best practices. This white paper is a must-read for any developer of Unix, Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows applications.

Terracotta’s Innovation Spurs Massive Adoption of Ehcache

Tue, 25 May 2010 22:00:00 EDT

Terracotta, a provider of infrastructure software for enterprise Java scalability, on Tuesday announced the availability of Ehcache 2.1, an upgrade to its distributed caching solution. Since Terracotta acquired Ehcache in August, 2009, its adoption rate has accelerated, driven by the company’s investment in research and development. As a result, a growing number of customers are using Ehcache for all their caching needs – scaling applications seamlessly from a single computer to large virtualized data center environments and private clouds. The importance of distributed caching is outlined in a report that ranks Terracotta as a leader: “The Forrester Wave: Elastic Caching Platforms, Q2 2010,” Forrester Research, Inc., May, 2010. In the last ten months, Terracotta has released four upgrades to Ehcache all in response to customer demands. In that same period, 50,000 users have moved to the latest version of Ehcache, and more than 100 organizations have upgraded to enterprise editions including Adobe, News Digital Media, a division of News Corporation, and Raytheon. Ehcache and Hibernate users find that the combined value of established open source technology and simple configuration changes enables them to scale their applications to hundreds of nodes. It represents a non-disruptive, easier to use and more broadly applicable alternative to proprietary distributed caching technologies such as Oracle Coherence.

Google Pairs up with VMware Touting Cloud Portability

Mon, 24 May 2010 10:23:59 EDT

VMware and Google are aligning with each other to make it easier for applications deployment and to allow interoperability between their respective platforms. Much of the collaboration seems to be centered around VMware's Springsource division that develops and supports Java based enterprise middleware. Specifically Java developers can use the Eclipse based SpringSource Tool Suite to deploy Spring Java apps in their private VMware vSphere environment, in VMware vCloud partner clouds, or choose to directly port them to the Google App Engine with no changes to their code. They will be able to mix and match Google and VMware performance tools on apps for public, private and hybrid cloud environments. Further the companies are integrating Spring Roo, VMware's application development tool and the Google Web Toolkit (GWT) targeted at browser apps. Another project on the works is to link VMware's Spring Insight performance tracing technology within the SpringSource tc Server application server with Google's Speed Tracer technology for testing apps on cloud.

Google & VMware: New BFFs

Sat, 22 May 2010 08:00:00 EDT

Google and VMware have never been particularly chummy but now they’re suddenly each other’s new best friend and a little cloud brought them together. As a result Google is going to support some of the Java tools VMware got with its acquisition of SpringSource, enough so users can move relatively painlessly between Google’s cloud, any VMware-based clouds like, say, its VMForce cloud combined with Salesforce, and Amazon’s EC2. It will also make certain adjustments in the Google Web Toolkit to oblige the effort. See, Google is cultivating its yen for the enterprise and claims that its App Engine, its platform for web applications, is now ready to support customers’ internal apps so it announced a version called App Engine for Business that big companies are supposed to use as infrastructure.

The Essential Guide to Better Release Management & Deployment

Mon, 17 May 2010 19:45:00 EDT

Managing an application release and its distribution is a complex piece of the development process. A release may pass every test in QA, then quickly go haywire when in production. Components can get left behind, destination targets are missed or files get installed in the wrong locations with no easy way to roll back. Download this eBook from Aldon and learn how to how to make your efforts feel like a walk in the park and not a day on the battlefield.

Cloud Expo, Inc. Names Jeremy Geelan President & COO

Wed, 12 May 2010 08:00:00 EDT

SYS-CON announced today that Jeremy Geelan was named President & COO of Cloud Expo, Inc. "Cloud Expo, Inc." was spun out of SYS-CON Events, Inc. as a startup events management company which produces and presents Cloud Expo (TM) events worldwide. Jeremy Geelan served as Sr. Vice-President of SYS-CON Media & Events and Conference Chair of the worldwide Cloud Expo series, the Virtualization Conference series, and of the upcoming UlitzerLIVE! event. He's founder of Cloud Computing Journal, Web 2.0 Journal, AJAX & RIA Journal and other leading SYS-CON titles. From 2000-6, as first editorial director and then group publisher of SYS-CON Media, he was responsible for the development of all new titles and i-Technology portals for the firm. Today he has complete responsibility for the content of SYS-CON's entire portfolio of Events.

Is MySQL Doomed to Extinction?

Mon, 10 May 2010 05:45:00 EDT

What if all that tap dancing, posturing, bargaining and political in-fighting Oracle had to do to get clearance to pick up MySQL along with Sun Microsystems was an utter waste of time and money. What if MySQL was suddenly shown to be one of Mr. Darwin’s fabled evolutionary dead ends. Clustrix, a 30-man San Francisco start-up that just broke cover, thinks it was born and bred to replace MySQL with a more viable, genetically superior built-from-the-ground-up product that can do what MySQL’s not very good at and that’s scale into the billions of the entries.

SpringSource Buys Gemstone

Fri, 07 May 2010 06:15:00 EDT

Fresh from its acquisition of Rabbit Technologies – and not all that very long after its own acquisition by VMware – SpringSource, the open source Java application framework commercializer, has gone and bought Gemstone Systems and its distributed caching technology. The buy is supposed to flesh out its middleware and advance its strategy of delivering the application infrastructure needed by modern distributed cloud applications. They’re not disclosing the terms of the acquisition but Gemstone, which is going on 30, is beholden to no VCs, is profitable, and has a reportedly thriving legacy Smalltalk business that VMware means to keep.

Jobs to Adobe: ‘Yer Stinkin’ Flash is Over-the-Hill. Get Over It.’

Sun, 02 May 2010 08:45:00 EDT

As a diversion from its high-profile “who-knows-where-it-will-end” dogfight with Gizmodo over an errant iPhone prototype, Apple has posted a longish open letter on its web site over the signature of its CEO Steve Jobs reiterating all the reasons why Apple has no use for Adobe’s Flash technology. Steve – or his ghost writer – says Adobe mischaracterizes the Apple ban when it says it’s business-driven and only meant to protect the Apple App Store. He claims it’s technology-driven.

VMware & Salesforce Percolate Java Cloud

Fri, 30 Apr 2010 15:45:00 EDT

So VMware and Salesforce’s heralded little secret is a joint Java cloud for developers. A little off the beaten tract for Salesforce whose own widgetry is based on a proprietary Apex language and who isn’t exactly in the developer-catering business but a sensible, non-competitive infrastructure consort for VMware, who’s got to justify its odd $420 million acquisition of SpringSource, the open source-based Java framework, and latch onto the developer base before it drifts off to Azure or some other cloud. It’s called the first mission-critical deployment environment for enterprise Java apps in the cloud. It’s still in the oven though and won’t be available as developer preview until later this year when pricing will be announced.

Salesforce.com and VMware Form Strategic Alliance

Tue, 27 Apr 2010 11:15:00 EDT

Salesforce.com and VMware on Tuesday announced a partnership to jointly deliver, sell and support a new enterprise Java cloud called VMforce. VMforce will bring together the technologies, expertise and communities of these two cloud computing companies, driving the tectonic shifts in the information technology industry. With VMforce, the more than 6 million enterprise Java developers, including the over 2 million developers using the Spring framework backed by the SpringSource division of VMware, will have an open path to cloud computing. Now, CIOs and IT departments will be able to leverage their existing programming skills and investments in Java applications, and take full advantage of the industry-leading Force.com platform to build Cloud 2 enterprise applications that are social and work on any mobile device in real-time. VMforce will dramatically simplify how enterprises and enterprise Java developers can harness the economics of cloud computing without compromising the flexibility, control and choice they require.

Unisys Cloud Computing Poll Finds Customers "Ready But Cautious"

Tue, 27 Apr 2010 02:15:00 EDT

“Even though the poll respondents clearly see the value of cloud computing, the results indicate that they remain reluctant to relinquish control of complex enterprise applications using sensitive information,” said Colin Lacey, vice president, Solutions and Services, Unisys. “Those results echo comments we hear in conversations with clients. While they believe that cloud computing can help them improve cost management and operational efficiency, they are skeptical that the cloud infrastructure used by commodity providers can stand up to the stringent service levels that enterprise workloads require. Plus, they are often concerned about entrusting those applications to a third party without assurance that the data could be kept secure."

Gosling Hints He Left Oracle over Money

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 15:06:00 EDT

Java papa James Gosling, who left Oracle on Good Friday slamming the door behind him, has dropped another provocative hint about the circumstances of his departure from Sun's new master. When he blogged that he'd quit, he wrote "As to why I left, it's difficult to answer: Just about anything I could say that would be accurate and honest would do more harm than good. The hardest part is no longer being with all the great people I've had the privilege to work with over the years."

Oracle’s Plans for MySQL Such as They Are

Fri, 16 Apr 2010 13:45:00 EDT

To reassure an uneasy and dubious MySQL community about Oracle’s administration of the open source database, Oracle’s chief corporate architect Edward Screven, a Larry Ellison direct report, said at a MySQL conference Tuesday that Oracle would be increasing investment in the thing “on every front” (without putting a dollar figure on it) and improving its performance (without unveiling a roadmap). Oracle’s point in doing so is to harry Microsoft’s feature-rich SQL Server and penetrate parts of the market Oracle itself doesn’t reach. It’s also protecting Oracle’s flank since its own customers run MySQL too. It will mean better integration with Windows.

VP Who Melded Sun & MySQL Turns Up at Oracle DB Rival

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 05:45:00 EDT

The Sun VP once responsible for key Sun open source products like MySQL, GlassFish, Identity Management and SOA – and who headed the technology and engineering integration of MySQL into Sun – has gone to work for Oracle’s closest open source rival EnterpriseDB as vice-president of products and marketing. Karen Tegan Padir, who didn’t make the jump to Oracle, will report to EnterpriseDB President and CEO Ed Boyajian.

Gosling Out of Oracle

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:38:00 EDT

James Gosling, acknowledged as the father of Java, has left Oracle, apparently unable or unwilling to make the transition from Sun. In a blog post Friday he said he resigned on April 2, the Friday before. His only comment on why he left was more provocative than explanatory. “As to why I left,” he wrote, “it’s difficult to answer: Just about anything I could say that would be accurate and honest would do more harm than good. The hardest part is no longer being with all the great people I’ve had the privilege to work with over the years.”

Oracle Reports Growth; Talks up Sun’s Contributions

Thu, 08 Apr 2010 09:33:37 EDT

Oracle reported its financial results for the third quarter of fiscal 2010 ended in February, and sales of Oracle's products sans Sun rose by 7 percent. Including one month of sales attributable to Sun, Oracle's revenues were up 17 percent, to $6.4 billion. Sun has brought in $273 million in hardware systems sales since the acquisition, and another $185 million is attributed to hardware support. It also touted its Exadata Storage Server introduced over a year ago as "the fastest growing product in Oracle's history". Oracle's history of strategic acquisitions have always compensated for any intrinsic lapses in innovation. The latest entrant to its portfolio is no exception. The company's Cloud plans seem to have gained more buzz after the Sun acquisition. Armed with its own enterprise apps in conjunction with Sun's home grown server and storage wares, Oracle is doggedly intensifying its integrated platform services that could tread on the territory of the other lead (ex)contender for Sun, IBM.