Java Product News (updated August 15, 2003)

Segue Software increases J2EE and Web services support

August 15 — Segue Software’s latest version of its load and stress testing tool, SilkPerformer 6.0, now includes optimized support for Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) and Web services, which allows users to test the functionality, interoperability, and performance of Web services and Enterprise JavaBeans components and Java RMI objects. SilkPerformer 6.0 also includes load-testing support for Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) 2.0’s Multimedia Message Service (MMS), record and replay support for the latest version of Oracle Call Interface (OCI), and TrueLog technology for SQL operations.

https://www.segue.com

Excelsior JET 3.15 launches

August 15 — Excelsior JET is a Java VM consisting of three major components: optimizing ahead-of-time (AOT) compiler, caching just-in-time (JIT) compiler, and high-performance runtime. Currently available for Windows only (Linux version is under development), Excelsior JET 3.15 is a maintenance update that adds support for Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE) 1.4.2 and addresses customer issues.

https://www.excelsior-usa.com/jet.html

Fiorano rolls out new Tifosi release

August 15 — Fiorano Software has announced release 3.0 of Tifosi 2002 ESB (Enterprise Service Bus). Key features include an SAP adapter, a WorkList component, mapper and database adapter enhancements, and application context support.

https://www.fiorano.com/products/tifosi/overview.htm

Software Tree’s JDX 1.4 branches out

August 15 — Software Tree’s JDX 4.1 OR (Object Relational) Mapper offers an updated JDXStudio graphical user interface tool, improved configuration of example programs with Ant scripts, a bundled lightweight database engine, and performance optimizations.

https://www.softwaretree.com

Tortuga betters bug reports

August 15 — Tortuga Technologies has released Ozibug 2.0, a Web-based bug tracking system. Ozibug 2.0 can now use a Java Database Connectivity (JDBC)-compliant database for data storage. Reporting functionality has also been enhanced with RSS reports, cross module reporting, and report sharing between the bug summary and report pages.

https://www.ozibug.com/index.html

CodePro Studio strengthens collaboration with IDEs

August 15 — Instantiations’ CodePro Studio 2.3 product suite works with IBM WebSphere Studio and Eclipse development environments. New features include team collaboration and workspace administration tools and project dependency analysis tools.

https://www.instantiations.com/codepro

ReportingEngines fires up Formula One e.Report Engine

August 15 — ReportingEngine’s Formula One e.Report Engine now includes the ability to access and generate reports from in-memory Java objects, a functionality known as Application Data Reporting. This model improves data access efficiency and performance by allowing application data to be queried once and accessed repeatedly.

https://www.reportingengines.com/index.jsp

IBM adds WebSphere plug-ins; licenses middleware and testing tools

August 15 — IBM has introduced two new WebSphere plug-ins, Application Tools for Extension Services and Visual Application Builder. Application Tools for Extension Services are WebSphere Studio-based tools that support the development of Web applications for the Extension Services for WebSphere Everyplace (ESWE) platform for mobile devices. Visual Application Builder is a set of WebSphere Studio plug-ins that allows quick development of form-based Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) applications.

https://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/eswetools

https://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/visualbuilder

IBM has also made licenses for these four technologies available: J323 Engine, a Java middleware for videoconferencing and IP telephony applications; XML Schema Quality Checker, a program that diagnoses improper use of the W3C XML schema language; and the IBM Page Detailer and High Resolution Time Stamp application performance testing tools.

https://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/license

Netcoole moves ASP apps to J2EE

August 8 — Netcoole’s J-ASP 3.0 provides a graphical user interface that enables the migration of Microsoft Active Server Pages (ASP) applications to JavaServer Pages (JSP) or Java servlet applications that run on any Web servers that support JSP/servlets.

https://www.netcoole.com/j-asp.htm

Pramati enhances app server

August 8 — Pramati has improved performance and manageability with its Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) app server, Pramati Server 3.5. The Dynamic Content Caching framework increases performance of production applications, and extensive analytics capability has been added to the Server Management Console.

https://www.pramati.com

Tangosol improves cache architecture

August 8 — Tangosol’s Coherence 2.2, the clustered JCache software for enterprise Java and grid computing platforms, offers cache server process support out-of-the-box, configurable thread pools, and cache statistic standardization.

https://www.tangosol.com

Embarcadero upgrades DT/Studio

August 8 — Embarcadero Technologies has released DT/Studio 2.0, a data integration solution. Support for message queues, object reusability, and enhanced workflow has been included.

https://www.embarcadero.com

Aonix takes on NewMonics

August 8 — Aonix, a supplier of mission-critical embedded software solutions, has acquired NewMonics and its PERC product line, a real-time Java platform for network infrastructure and telematics applications.

https://www.aonix.fr

https://www.newmonics.com

IBM alphaWorks provides product trio

August 8 — IBM alphaWorks offers Solution Enabler 2.2, JAR Class Finder, and Jikes Bytecode Toolkit. The Solution Enabler framework helps developers create and deploy applications locally or to remote machines with various operating systems. JAR Class Finder is a WSAD/Eclipse plug-in utility that finds JAR files containing a given class for a project’s Java build path and resolves NoClassDefFound exceptions. The Jikes Bytecode Toolkit is a Java class library that has been updated with bug fixes, performance improvements, and two new sample projects.

https://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/solutionenabler

https://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/jarclassfinder?open&ca=dgr-awjw04jarclassfinder

https://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/jikesbt?open&ca=dgr-awjw04jikesbt

Innoopract plugs into Eclipse

August 8 — Innoopract has launched its Eclipse Plugin for visual development of HTML-based user interfaces. Innoopract combines its Eclipse Plugin with its W4 technology to ease development of Web-based user interfaces.

https://www2.w4toolkit.com

Avaki enables grid technology

August 1 — Avaki has released Avaki Data Grid 4.0, grid-based technology that helps organizations to provision, access, and integrate distributed data from heterogeneous systems.

https://www.avaki.com

AlachiSoft unveils TierDeveloper 3.0

August 1 — TierDeveloper 3.0, an object-to-relational mapping and code generation tool, is now integrated with BEA WebLogic 7.1/8.1 and JBoss 3.2.x, and has added database support for MySQL.

https://www.alachisoft.com

Pramati partners with Savvion

August 1 — Pramati Technologies will provide the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) application server engine for the Savvion BusinessManager, a system that transforms business processes to automated Web-based applications.

https://www.pramati.com

https://www.savvion.com

New version of Arjuna Message Service delivered

August 1 — Arjuna Technologies has implemented Java Message Service (JMS) 1.1, optimized client-server transfer protocols, and extended server administration protocols in Arjuna Message Service 3.0.

Arjuna also announced the early access availability of Arjuna XML Transaction Service (XTS). XTS provides coordination infrastructure to support business transactions across multiple Web services.

https://www.arjuna.com

Blue Pumpkin embeds Data Junction technology

August 1 — Blue Pumpkin has integrated Data Junction technology into its Workforce Optimization Suite, bringing together information between the Blue Pumpkin Fusion platform and its customers’ applications and systems.

https://www.datajunction.com

https://www.bluepumpkin.com

Jeta Software releases Abeille 1.4

July 25 — Abeille 1.4 is a Java-based data browser, model viewer, and prototyping tool for relational databases. The latest release supports DB2, Oracle, HSQLDB, McKOI, MySQL, and PostgreSQL.

https://www.jetaware.com

FileNet partners with Ilog

July 25 — FileNet and Ilog have partnered to provide FileNet Business Process Manager and Ilog JRules integration for data exchange of business objects between the two products.

https://www.filenet.com

https://www.ilog.com

Manning unveils AspectJ in Action

July 25 — Ramnivas Laddad’s AspectJ in Action starts with basic AspectJ concepts and then teaches you how to develop features of an AspectJ system including resource pooling, caching, thread-safety, authentication and authorization, and transaction management.

https://www.manning.com/laddad

Log into JMyra

July 25 — JMyra 2.0.1, a Java logging and monitoring platform, gives users online access to log messages, statistical data, information about running threads, and memory usage. In addition to its own logging API, JMyra 2.0.1 supports log4j, the Apache Commons Logging API, and the Java Logging API (JDK 1.4 or later).

https://www.jmyra.com

Hoplo eCMS streamlines workflow

July 25 — Hoplo’s Electronic Catalog Management System (eCMS) 1.0 is a Java-based Web application that helps businesses organize and modify their product catalogs. The catalog’s online version includes a search engine and keyword-like meta-information to direct users to the proper content.

https://www.hoplo.com/eng/index.html

Information Builders extends Web services offerings

July 25 — Information Builders has released a Java API for the company’s WebFocus product. Developers can now make WebFocus calls from directly within the Java environment using this API.

https://www.informationbuilders.com

IronGrid adds new IronTrack product family

July 25 — IronTrack SQL 1.0 is the first product in IronGrid’s new IronTrack product family. IronTrack enables Java performance tuning by displaying database usage over time for all SQL queries in any Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) application, comparing performance metrics to provide analysis and solve performance problems, and automating performance testing via Ant-based assertions.

https://www.irongrid.com/irontracksql

OSCache 2.0 beta upgraded

July 25 — OSCache 2.0, a Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) caching solution, now includes support for grouping of cache entries, and can distribute caches across a cluster. Documentation has also been revamped.

https://www.opensymphony.com/oscache

VIBE offers infrastructure support

July 25 — Visual Information Broker Enterprise (VIBE) is an IDE that automates the design and development of infrastructure components for distributed, cross-platform applications. Infrastructure support includes relational-to-object mappers and XML-to-object mappers, and support for Java Message Service (JMS)-compliant messaging products.

https://freshmeat.net/projects/vibe