IBM bets on ‘smart’ computing
Senior VP Steve Mills discusses IBM’s grid and autonomic computing initiatives STEVE MILLS, IBM’S senior vice president in charge of the company’s software solutions group, is responsible for shaping IBM’s overall software strategy. Mills met with InfoWorld Test Center Director…
Got resources?
Two strategies for loading resource bundles and property files from Java code November 22, 2002 What is the difference between Class.getResource() and ClassLoader.getResource() ? Because Class.getResource() eventually delegates to ClassLoader.getResource(), the two methods are indeed very similar. However, the first…
Java Product News (updated November 22, 2002)
Trigent Software launches J2EE training courses; Flashline integrates CMEE with WebSphere; and more Trigent Software launches J2EE training courses November 22 — Trigent Software will offer three- to five-day training sessions on Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) development and…
Stretching middleware
Oracle9iAS is a viable solution for enterprise-wide mid-tier integration Integrating dissimilar and far-flung enterprise assets can be daunting. But IT executives can successfully address the issue by selecting mid-tier technologies that can act as scalable hubs. With its latest application…
Update distributed applications
A comparison of auto-updating solutions for thick Java clients Thick and thin clients each have major strengths and weaknesses when compared to each other. Often, the strength of one is the weakness of the other. In general, thick clients are…
Product Snapshot: DevPartner Java Edition 3.0
Compuware overhauls profiling and analysis tools November 22, 2002 — More than two years have passed since Compuware last issued a major feature update to its DevPartner Java Edition development productivity tool. But Bob Michaud, product manager for DevPartner Java…
Pentagon data mining: Just say ‘no’
New civilian spy program is a bad idea run amok When East and West Germany were reunited some 13 years ago, those of us in democratic countries — not to mention the East Germans themselves — were aghast at the…
Digital Harbor deals in live apps
See correction below DIGITAL HARBOR IS taking the wraps off a development and deployment platform that leverages “smart client” technology to help build applications composed of bits and pieces of disparate back-end sources. Based on J2EE (Java 2 Enterprise Edition)…
Mindreef diagnoses Web services
MINDREEF IS ROLLING out its first product this week, which the company claims is the first diagnostics system for Web services designed to head off problems that arise when developing in the nascent programming model. Mindreef SOAPscope Personal 1.0 gives…
Sybase, SuSE link on Linux
SYBASE AND SUSE Linux on Tuesday announced a technology partnership in which the two companies intend to synchronize product planning and development to provide joint customers with a consistent support base. Sybase’s Adapter Server Enterprise database will support the upcoming…
