Java Product News (October 27, 2000)
INDEXHEAD: Intuitive Systems updates Optimizeit
Intuitive Systems is now shipping Optimizeit 4.0, a revised version of its Java-based language-profiling tool that allows developers to evaluate Java programs, including EJBs, servlets, JSPs, and server-based Java applications. Optimizeit helps Java developers locate and resolve performance problems such as excessive object allocation, inefficient algorithms, memory leaks, and inefficient processor use. New program capabilities include:
- Universal Java VM support
- Integration with additional application servers
- Offline profiling for testing programs in production environments
Optimizeit 4.0 is currently available for Microsoft Windows and Solaris. Linux versions are expected to ship at the end of October 2000. Pricing for Optimizeit starts at 99.
INDEXHEAD: Instantiations revises Java compiler
Instantiations has announced the availability of JOVE 2.0 Optimizing Native Java Compiler for Java Technology. JOVE optimizes standard Java class files, adds runtime support to them, decreases them to native machine code, and then generates an executable file for simple deployment on a standalone system or server. New additions to JOVE 2.0 Optimizing Native Compiler for Java Technology include:
- Software optimization engine
- Scaleable runtime platform that allows Java applications to be deployed as executable files
- Native Java compiler
- Administrative console
JOVE 2.0, Optimizing Native Compiler for Java Technology, is priced at 95 per developer seat. No runtime or royalty fees are necessary for the deployment of executable files created by JOVE.
INDEXHEAD: Zucotto’s WHITEboard SDK drives device development
Zucotto Wireless has unveiled its WHITEboard SDK Bluetooth Edition. The application is expected to speed the development of applications for wireless devices (such as pagers, PDAs, and cellular phones) that rely on Sun’s J2ME technology. The WHITEboard SDK Bluetooth kit supports the Mobile Information Device Profile and the J2ME Connected Limited Device Configuration. It also offers an IDE based on Sun’s Forte, but optimized for J2ME development. Single versions of the WHITEboard SDKI are priced at ,995.
INDEXHEAD: Aviva for Java offers Web-to-host solution for mainframes
Aviva Solutions, a division of Eicon Technology, has introduced Aviva for Java 3.00, a thin-client browser-based emulator that supports multihost TN3270, TN5250, and VT220 environments. It offers graphical color and keyboard mapping, dynamic font resizing, printing, and encryption. Aviva for Java can securely enable non-SSL servers with its security redirector, and it supports direct encryption with all SSL-enabled TN servers. Because the application supports EJBs and other APIs, it allows users to create customized interfaces and Java applications.
Aviva for Java 3.00 can be used as an intranet browser-based terminal emulation offering, a B2B and B2C application enabler, and a tool for creating intranet-based productivity applications.
Pricing for Aviva by Java 3.0 starts at 5 per user or concurrent user license.
INDEXHEAD: Netaphor Software tests development tools
Netaphor Software has released beta versions of six development tools for network management applications. The Cyberons for Java tools are as follows:
- SNMP Manager Toolkit, version 2.0, organizes Java classes for SNMP management. It handles decoding, retries, encoding, and other protocol management needs. Pricing is 99 for one seat or 99 to upgrade from version 1.0.
- SNMP Utilities, version 1.0, offers a tool to compile MIBs into a mode for network management agents and applications. It also offers a tool that acts as a graphical frontend to the MIB compiler and transmits SNMP requests. Pricing is 99 per seat with royalty-free distribution.
- HTTP Server Toolkit, version 1.0, facilitates the creation of HTTP server applications by allowing developers to create network management clients that run in browsers. It offers a small footprint and multithreaded design that makes it useful for embedded applications. The toolkit should be available during the fourth quarter of 2000. It is priced at 99 per seat with royalty-free distribution.
- TFTP Client Utility, version 1.0, is used to transmit and receive files via TFTP and is helpful for configuring switches and routers. Availability is expected during the fourth quarter of 2000; the product costs 99 per seat with royalty-free distribution.
- SMTP Client Utility, version 1.0, helps developers create SMTP client applications, which allows applications to transmit mail messages and the encoding with control over the To:, Cc:, and Bcc: list. It is scheduled to be available during the fourth quarter of 2000 and is priced at 99 per seat with royalty-free distribution.
- NMS Application Toolkit, version 1.0, contains the Cyberons for Java-SNMP Manager Toolkit and the Cyberons for Java-SNMP Utilities as well as a small HTTP server, a TFTP client, an SMTP client, and a logger utility. The NMS Application Toolkit is priced at ,999 per seat or ,699 for an upgrade from Cyberons for Java-SNMP Manager Toolkit version 1.
INDEXHEAD: Attunity Connect adds XML and Java capabilities
Attunity has updated Attunity Connect enterprise integration software to version 3.0. The application helps companies connect legacy applications, systems, and databases to each other and to the Internet. New features include:
- JDBC Interface that allows Java (Type 3) applications in any Java VM to access and update Attunity Connect-supported data sources and applications
- Frontend and backend XML connectivity to simplify the sending, validating, and interpreting of transactions and data across organizations and applications
- Virtual database technology, which helps IT administrators present an integrated selection of database tables and stored procedures into a single relational database
- Thin-client architecture
- The ability to support Web-enabled mainframes with a native IMS/DB Adapter for the S/390 platform and a native DB/400 Adapter for the AS/400 platform
INDEXHEAD: IBM eServer pSeries 680 serves up Java
IBM’s eServer pSeries 680 (code-named Turbo) will begin shipping in November 2000. The pSeries 680, built on IBM’s RS/6000 S80 design, relies on IBM’s copper Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI) technology. Features of the pSeries 680 include:
- Built-in service processor to monitor systems
- Capacity upgrade on demand, which eases processor expansion for Unix customers
- Dynamic CPU deallocation
- Increased memory capacity to 96 GB
IBM tested the system’s Java capabilities with the Volcano benchmark and found it outperformed the competition. Company officials partially attribute that performance to operating system enhancements, which include improved usage of AIX native threads, more scalable heap management, improved garbage collection, and IBM’s just-in-time compiler with Mixed Mode Interpreter.
Pricing for the IBM eServer pSeries 680 starts at 20,000.
INDEXHEAD: AVIDWireless debuts wireless development tools
AVIDRapidTools (ART) 1.0, a set of Java tools, facilitates the creation of wireless applications. ART, developed by AVIDWireless, contains a Java server as well as a collection of reusable EJBs that help developers coordinate multiple sessions, data access, and personalization access. Other features of ART include:
- Single source code that can be used across all wireless devices
- Support for multiple formats, including iMode/CHTML, WAP/WML, Palm VII/PQA, and HTML
- Application templates that allow developers to write in an English-style syntax
AVIDRapidTools is priced at ,995 for a single-server license. A developer license is available for 95.
INDEXHEAD: IntelliJ CodeSearch offers developers usage-based searches
IntelliJ Software is now shipping IntelliJ CodeSearch, an advanced code search tool that is an add-in to Borland’s JBuilder 3.5 application. IntelliJ CodeSearch provides developers with a Java-based search engine that finds the different uses of a single program component throughout an entire program. A usage search helps developers locate and correct a variety of coding issues such as different classes sharing the same name or overloaded methods.
INDEXHEAD: ARM extends Java byte code to devices
ARM has improved its ARM architecture with the announcement of the ARM Jazelle architecture extension. That revision allows devices relying on the ARM architecture to execute Java byte code directly. That capability supplies developers of embedded applications with a low-power microprocessor option that can execute Java applications. The ARM Jazelle extension does not require any additional memory or hardware add-ons, or JIT compiler technology. The Jazelle extension supports the ARM Thumb instruction set, which means operating systems and application code can be reused on Jazelle-enabled, ARM-Powered devices.
The ARM Jazelle-enabled microprocessors are expected to be licensed as intellectual property (IP) cores for implementation within ASIC or ASSP designs. Pricing will vary, based on negotiations with ARM semiconductor licensees and customized system-level design requirements.
INDEXHEAD: GemStone/J 4.1 provides simultaneous multiple application operation
With its new Extreme Clustering technology, Brokat’s GemStone/J version 4.1, a J2EE-based application server offering, can help organizations support many concurrent users. The technology allows users to operate multiple applications simultaneously, while providing them with realtime shared access to business rules and data. GemStone/J 4.1 also supports Entrust Technologies’ Entrust/PKI 5.0 software, an e-business security application that provides digital signature, encryption, and certificate management.
Pricing for GemStone/J version 4.1 starts at ,995.
INDEXHEAD: Prefersoft unveils eControl Customer 2.0
eControl Customer 2.0, a browser-based business productivity application, improves an organization’s ability to respond to customer service issues. Developed by PreferSoft, the customizable application operates directly from an organization’s ASP. eControl Customer relies on a multihost architecture, which decreases user costs by allowing multiple subscribers to use a single application license via an ASP. It also offers a self-configuration mode that simplifies setting up a new account. Other features include:
- Standard and customizable case templates to help agents respond to various situations
- Call wizards to help agents enter and respond to customer service requests
- Contact management tools to track communications
- Escalation features that keep management apprised of situations and send warnings if tasks are on the verge of escalating
