This week's JavaOne show in the US is playing host to a range of
companies offering everything from development tools for Web
services to business-to-business functionality.
Heavyweights, such as Sun Microsystems and Oracle, are fighting for
the headlines with a slew of other companies.
Borland Software is announcing an expansion of the Borland Software
Platform for Java with the debut of Borland OptimizeIt Suite and
JDataStore.
Intended to drive adoption of Java technologies by migrating Java
development beyond power users to mainstream enterprise developers,
the Borland Software Platform enables delivery of projects at a
lower total cost of ownership, the company claims.
The expanded Borland Software Platform, which features Borland
JBuilder and Borland Enterprise Server, will include: OptimizeIt, a
performance assurance and testing tool that integrates with major
development and deployment environments; JDataStore, a
platform-independent Java database solution integrated with
JBuilder for embedded, Web, and mobile database applications; and
TeamSource, a collaborative development environment for distributed
teams across the firewall.
Micro Focus International and Dublin-based Cape Clear Software are
announcing a marketing and development alliance intended to bridge
Cobol technology with Java in a Web services environment.
Customers will be able to use a combination of Micro Focus and Cape
Clear Software products to publish Cobol Web services.
Micro Focus has integrated Cobol-to-Java wrapping technology into
the Cape Clear CapeStudio 3 development and deployment environment.
By the summer customers will be able to use a combination of Micro
Focus Net Express and Cape Clear CapeStudio 3 to deploy Cobol
applications as Web services, the company said.
M7 Networks is announcing the availability of Web Foundry, a server
and tools offering to enable rapid development of enterprise-class
Web applications. M7 Web Foundry provides a consistent approach to
Web application development and enables the separate development
and assembly of the application's presentation layer, application
flow, business process flow, business rules, application logic, and
data integration.
"It makes integration of business data from different sources
extremely easy. It allows for manipulation of workflows and even
has a graphical editor," said M7 architect Tim Lopez.
DataDirect Technologies is releasing Connect JDBC 3.0, for
connecting J2EE (Java 2 Enterprise Edition) applications to data
running on all major databases.
This release also will include a connectivity component that lets
developers transform data between relational databases and XML in
JDBC (Java Database Connectivity) applications.
UK company IntaMission will unveil its IntaSpaces infrastructure
software. IntaSpaces enables businesses to keep complex distributed
systems running while changes are made to enterprise applications
and services.
Its architecture and design aims to simplify complex tasks,
allowing businesses to expand existing operations while managing
costs, increasing productivity, and bringing new services to
customers faster. Target customers are large players running
multiple applications and services across widely distributed
networks.
Empirix will announce FirstACT 2.0, the latest version of the
company's automated testing product for complex Web services.
FirstACT enables organisations to generate tests containing
user-defined data, with no computer language programming or
training required. This tool automatically alerts the user of any
defects early in the development process, which allows the user to
isolate the problem and deliver working applications in real time,
Empirix said.
US startup Infravio, a provider of Web services software and
professional services, will announced the availability of Infravio
Web Services Management System (WSMS) 2.0.
Infravio's WSMS enables existing applications to act as Web
services, as well as build new Web services from the ground up.
Through the use of an XML-based management model, the application
provides a single point of command over the development, lifecycle
management, and run-time execution of Web services, which improves
developer productivity and reduces ongoing maintenance costs.
Fuego is launching Unidentified XML Objects (UXOs), a standalone
technology that incorporates small enterprises into the
business-to-business world. With UXOs, customers, partners, and
providers can conduct transactions with no change to
infrastructure, no programming effort, and no maintenance issues,
Fuego said.
InCert Software's latest version of Halo provides advanced
application fault-management capabilities to companies developing
enterprise-level J2EE applications. Halo J2EE provides
source-code-level diagnoses of software faults in EJBs (Enterprise
Java Beans), servlets, JSPs (Java Server Pages), and any other Java
code.