Java Product News (updated January 4, 2002)

JavaOne registration opens

January 4 — This year’s JavaOne will be held March 25-29 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. Conference topics will include “Web Services Today and Tomorrow,” “Java Technologies for the Desktop: Web to PC,” “Emerging Technology,” “Wireless and Handheld Devices: Changing the Boundaries of the Internet,” “Java Technologies, Products, Solutions, and You,” “Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE): The New Foundation of the Web,” and “Core Java Technology.”

Alcea Technologies releases bug tracking system

January 4 — The Alcea Fast BugTrack 1.2 is a Web-based bug tracking system written in Java. Platform independent, Fast BugTrack deploys on Windows, Solaris, HP, and Linux systems.

Jini Starter Kit 1.2 now available

December 28 — Sun has updated the Jini Technology Starter Kit to version 1.2. In addition, the updated Jini Technology Core Platform Compatibility Kit 2A aligns with the starter kit’s new features. Jini network technology is an open architecture that enables developers to build network-centric services, whether implemented in hardware or software.

Zeosoft partners with SavaJe

December 28 — Zeosoft, now a SavaJe Silver Partner, has integrated its ZeoSphere embedded application server with the SavaJe XE operating system. ZeoSphere is currently in beta version, with plans for a market launch in the first quarter of 2002. The app server is an open architecture foundation technology that fits with various enterprise technology strategies.

FreeTTS turns text into speech

December 28 — Researchers from Sun Microsystems Laboratories have created FreeTTS, an open source speech synthesis engine written entirely in the Java. The software converts text to speech: computer users type it, and their workstations speak it.

Borland introduces Web services toolkit

December 21 — The Borland Web Services Kit for Java allows enterprises to create and deploy Web services with the Borland JBuilder IDE. The kit is a collection of APIs, architectures, and additional standards developed by the Java community. Available as a plug-in with JBuilder, the kit handles the SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol), UDDI (Universal Description Discovery and Integration), and WSDL (Web Services Description Language) implementations, allowing developers to focus on their Java development

Innoopract launches W4 Toolkit

December 21 — The Framework W4 Toolkit is an object-oriented Java component model with graphical objects such as panels, input fields, and tables. It also includes an event controller as well as layout managers similar to those of AWT/Swing.

Java XML Pack now available

December 21 — Sun Microsystems has released the Java XML Pack, a collection of XML and Web services technologies for the Java platform. The package includes the Java API for XML Messaging (JAXM) 1.0.1, Java API for XML Processing (JAXP) 1.2, Java API for XML Registries (JAXR) 1.0, and Java API for XML-based RPC (JAX-RPC) 1.0.

X-Hive releases upgraded XML database

December 21 — X-Hive/DB 2.0 is the latest version of the X-Hive Corporation’s native XML database. New features include document versioning, binary object support, and full text searching.

Softera updates UML modeling tool

December 21 — Softera has released SoftModeler 3.5, its UML modeling tool. Version 3.5 features customization of generated Java code, grid background in diagrams, improved sequence diagrams, relative source files location, and online tutorials.

Thought Inc. adds Ant to CocoBase

December 21 — Thought Inc.’s CocoBase Enterprise O/R, Dynamic Mapping for the Enterprise now supports Apache Ant. Ant scripts allow developers to standardize build files across servers or platforms; its integration with CocoBase was designed to reduce the cost of building and deploying applications, and increase flexibility.

Saffeine protects code with JCE

December 21

— Saffeine Research has launched Saffeine 1.0, a framework that uses Java Cryptography Extension (JCE) to provide feature-driven license management and code protection. The framework enables the creation of protected application storage, with different groups of classes or resources encrypted with different keys. The Saffeine runtime environment only loads those application parts if the customer has a license with the appropriate decryption keys.

XMetaL 3 now supports XML Schema

December 14 — SoftQuad Software has upgraded XMetaL, an XML content creation software, to version 3. This latest version offers collaboration capabilities for content authors and provides developers with a development environment that supports the W3C (Worldwide Web Consortium) XML Schema.

SpiritCache 1.2 now shipping

December 14 — SpiritSoft has released SpiritCache 1.2, a Java caching framework that increases a distributed system’s performance. The product consists of a Java API for handling cached data and objects, and a framework for pluggable implementations, strategies, and tools. To boost performance, SpiritCache eliminates bottlenecks by storing frequently used data locally.

Flashline and TogetherSoft form partnership

December 14 — Flashline has integrated its enterprise reuse solution, Flashline Component Manager, Enterprise Edition 3 (CMEE) with TogetherSoft’s Together ControlCenter 5.5. The combined solution allows developers to search for, submit, and extract software assets stored in CMEE from Together ControlCenter.

Jcorporate updates eContent

December 14 — The latest version of eContent, a Java-based Web application development environment, features an improved Web browser-based user interface that allows users and developers to develop and maintain Web content from anywhere. Developed by Jcorporate, eContent 2.0 also includes enhanced workflow management, XML content management, Struts integration, and template-based content deployment.

LogicLibrary and TogetherSoft integrate products

December 14 — Logidex 2.0, a model-based asset management system from LogicLibrary, will support the Together ControlCenter development platform. Logidex customers will be able to launch Logidex directly from Together ControlCenter during Web-based application design and development. A later release will enable related asset data to be automatically captured and stored in Logidex from Together ControlCenter.

iBus//Mobile now supports IBM’s J9 VM

December 14 — Softwired AG has added the J9 Virtual Machine from IBM to its Java Message Service iBus//Mobile middleware platform. The iBus//Mobile platform enables the development of wireless, interactive client/server applications deployable on Java-enabled devices.

Source: www.infoworld.com