Java Product News (updated July 20, 2001)

Borland TeamSource DSP unites dispersed development teams

Borland has announced Borland TeamSource development services platform (DSP), a collaborative development platform for distributed teams to rapidly develop e-business applications. TeamSource features a high-performance hosted infrastructure, source code management, and integrated business messaging that unites widely dispersed teams and provides a secure environment that scales up or down with development teams as they collaborate across the firewall. Borland will announce general availability and pricing of TeamSource by the end of third quarter 2001.

https://www.borland.com/

DWL, Sun, and iPlanet introduce transactional CRM solution

DWL Incorporated, Sun Microsystems, and iPlanet E-Commerce Solutions, have made available an Enterprise JavaBeans architecture-based transactional CRM (customer relationship management) solution. Built on DWL Unifi Engine, powered by iPlanet Application Server, Enterprise Edition software, and supporting Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition, the solution will help financial services and insurance companies consolidate backend legacy and administrative systems to create personalized portals that support CRM functionality.

https://www.dwl.com/website/index.html

https://java.sun.com/j2ee/

https://www.iplanet.com/

Report outlines what XML offers developers

ZapThink has released The Pros and Cons of XML. This research report outlines the major advantages and drawbacks facing the adoption of XML.

https://www.zapthink.com/reports/proscons.html

Aligo and Sun partner for mobile development

Sun Microsystems has added extension modules from Aligo to the Forte for Java integrated development environment (IDE), thereby easing integration with Aligo’s Java-based Mobile Application Server, M-1 Server 2.0. The combined offering allows developers to select their preferred IDE when building and deploying mobile enterprise applications.

https://www.aligo.com/

https://www.sun.com/forte/ffj/index.cgi

ATG Dynamo e-Business Platform Version 5.5 now available

The e-Business Platform 5.5, the latest version of ATG (Art Technology Group) Dynamo, includes enhancements designed to support the development and management of enterprise-wide Web initiatives with scenario-based personalization and relationship management capabilities. The ATG Dynamo e-Business Platform also includes support for the ATG Dynamo Application Server and will deploy on third-party Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition application servers.

https://www.atg.com/en/index.jhtml?_requestid=118597

Cape Clear launches RAD tool for Web services

Cape Clear Software has released a beta version of CapeStudio, a rapid application development (RAD) tool that enables software developers to graphically build and deploy Web services. CapeStudio automatically generates code for Java or Visual Basic from Web services description language (WSDL) files, which describe the interfaces to Web services. CapeStudio also provides a graphical environment for defining bidirectional transformations between XML documents and Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) messages.

https://www.capeclear.com/download

BEA adds J-Integra to WebLogic

J-Integra from Intrinsyc allows software developers to work in one environment and reuse software written in another. Now included with BEA’s WebLogic Server, J-Integra inexpensively provides a COM (Component Object Model) API to customers’ Java-based products.

https://www.intrinsyc.com/

https://www.bea.com/index.shtml

MKS updates its source configuration management solution

Mortice Kern Systems (MKS) has released Source Integrity Enterprise Edition 8.1, the company’s solution for enterprise source configuration management (SCM). The Java-based multitier architecture is platform transparent and designed to be highly scalable and reliable.

https://www.mks.com/

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.

https://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/