Java Product News (updated July 13, 2001)

Motorola and Visto partner to promote mobile computing

Visto now develops applications to enable wireless access to corporate e-mail, calendar, and contacts through Motorola handsets with Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition technology. Users download the Visto desktop companion to achieve wireless access to messaging applications. For larger organizations, the Visto mLynx Enterprise Server is available.

https://www.motorola.com/idendev

https://www.visto.com

TraceBack debugs Java apps

InCert Software has launched TraceBack 1.0 for Java, a program that detects and alerts operations personnel to hung or crashed applications. Embedded into the application, TraceBack catches crashes and hangs, freezes the disruptive code, and delivers a root cause analysis of the code problems causing the fault.

https://www.incert.com/index.htm

CapeConnect now supports IBM WebSphere

Cape Clear Software has added full support for IBM WebSphere Application Server to CapeConnect, its Web services platform. CapeConnect enables corporations to link diverse applications together and deliver new collaborative applications over the Internet.

https://www.capeclear.com/

O’Reilly releases Java Cookbook

Patterned after Perl Cookbook, the Java Cookbook by Ian F. Darwin is a collection of hundreds of solutions to problems that Java programmers frequently face. Published by O’Reilly, the book offers developers short, focused pieces of code that can easily be incorporated into other programs. Topics include compiling, running, and debugging Java programs; interacting with the environment; strings and pattern matching; servlets and JavaServer Pages; developing network clients and servers; distributed programming; and internationalization.

http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/javacook/chapter/ch18.html

Cirquet develops and deploys distributed apps

Improv Technologies has released the alpha version of Cirquet, the company’s platform for the development, deployment, and management of distributed applications. With Cirquet, software developers can dynamically assemble Java software components, including JavaBeans and Enterprise JavaBeans, into custom applications at run-time.

https://www.improv-tech.com/

Spectrum Software launches Java-based SCM product

Spectrum Software has released SpectrumSCM, a platform-portable system of integrated source configuration management (SCM) tools. SpectrumSCM includes tools for version control, release management, process control management, branching, and issue tracking. Security is provided through the Java suite of safeguards, including Secure Socket Layer and cryptography extensions, profile-based access, and digital signature security.

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

helloNetwork streams lightweight Java applets to devices

helloNetwork has introduced Java-based streaming media software. This new technology encodes, distributes, and streams live and on-demand content to any Java device without plug-ins, downloads, or installed players. helloNetwork’s software streams the player in front of the video in the form of a lightweight Java-based applet as small as 4KB.

https://www.hellonetwork.com/default_plus.jsp

RSA Security introduces encryption software for wireless devices

RSA BSAFE Wireless Core encryption software enables developers to build wireless solutions designed to communicate seamlessly with any standards-based application or network. The software from RSA Security ensures interoperability with the existing wired infrastructure and offers developers the ability to rapidly add cryptographic security to wireless or embedded products.

https://www.rsasecurity.com/products/bsafe/