Jini Starter Kit 1.2 now available; Zeosoft partners with SavaJe; FreeTTS turns text into speech; and more Jini Starter Kit 1.2 now availableDecember 28 — Sun has updated the Jini Technology Starter Kit to version 1.2. In addition, the updated Jini Technology Core Platform Compatibility Kit 2A aligns with the starter kit’s new features. Jini network technology is an open architecture that enables developers to build network-centric services, whether implemented in hardware or software.https://www.sun.com/software/communitysource/jini/download.htmlZeosoft partners with SavaJeDecember 28 — Zeosoft, now a SavaJe Silver Partner, has integrated its ZeoSphere embedded application server with the SavaJe XE operating system. ZeoSphere is currently in beta version, with plans for a market launch in the first quarter of 2002. The app server is an open architecture foundation technology that fits with various enterprise technology strategies. https://www.zeosoft.com/https://www.savaje.com/FreeTTS turns text into speechDecember 28 — Researchers from Sun Microsystems Laboratories have created FreeTTS, an open source speech synthesis engine written entirely in the Java. The software converts text to speech: computer users type it, and their workstations speak it. https://freetts.sourceforge.net/docs/index.htmlBorland introduces Web services toolkitDecember 21 — The Borland Web Services Kit for Java allows enterprises to create and deploy Web services with the Borland JBuilder IDE. The kit is a collection of APIs, architectures, and additional standards developed by the Java community. Available as a plug-in with JBuilder, the kit handles the SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol), UDDI (Universal Description Discovery and Integration), and WSDL (Web Services Description Language) implementations, allowing developers to focus on their Java developmenthttps://www.borland.com/jbuilder/webservices/ Innoopract launches W4 ToolkitDecember 21 — The Framework W4 Toolkit is an object-oriented Java component model with graphical objects such as panels, input fields, and tables. It also includes an event controller as well as layout managers similar to those of AWT/Swing.https://w4toolkit.com/index.php?bsID=2Java XML Pack now availableDecember 21 — Sun Microsystems has released the Java XML Pack, a collection of XML and Web services technologies for the Java platform. The package includes the Java API for XML Messaging (JAXM) 1.0.1, Java API for XML Processing (JAXP) 1.2, Java API for XML Registries (JAXR) 1.0, and Java API for XML-based RPC (JAX-RPC) 1.0. https://java.sun.com/xml/downloads/javaxmlpack.htmlX-Hive releases upgraded XML databaseDecember 21 — X-Hive/DB 2.0 is the latest version of the X-Hive Corporation’s native XML database. New features include document versioning, binary object support, and full text searching.https://www.x-hive.com/products/ Softera updates UML modeling toolDecember 21 — Softera has released SoftModeler 3.5, its UML modeling tool. Version 3.5 features customization of generated Java code, grid background in diagrams, improved sequence diagrams, relative source files location, and online tutorials.https://www.softera.com/products.htmThought Inc. adds Ant to CocoBaseDecember 21 — Thought Inc.’s CocoBase Enterprise O/R, Dynamic Mapping for the Enterprise now supports Apache Ant. Ant scripts allow developers to standardize build files across servers or platforms; its integration with CocoBase was designed to reduce the cost of building and deploying applications, and increase flexibility. https://www.thoughtinc.com/cber_index.htmlSaffeine protects code with JCEDecember 21 — Saffeine Research has launched Saffeine 1.0, a framework that uses Java Cryptography Extension (JCE) to provide feature-driven license management and code protection. The framework enables the creation of protected application storage, with different groups of classes or resources encrypted with different keys. The Saffeine runtime environment only loads those application parts if the customer has a license with the appropriate decryption keys. https://www.saffeine.com/index.jspXMetaL 3 now supports XML SchemaDecember 14 — SoftQuad Software has upgraded XMetaL, an XML content creation software, to version 3. This latest version offers collaboration capabilities for content authors and provides developers with a development environment that supports the W3C (Worldwide Web Consortium) XML Schema.http://www.softquad.com/top_frame.sq SpiritCache 1.2 now shippingDecember 14 — SpiritSoft has released SpiritCache 1.2, a Java caching framework that increases a distributed system’s performance. The product consists of a Java API for handling cached data and objects, and a framework for pluggable implementations, strategies, and tools. To boost performance, SpiritCache eliminates bottlenecks by storing frequently used data locally.https://www.spirit-soft.com/products/cache/overview.htmlFlashline and TogetherSoft form partnershipDecember 14 — Flashline has integrated its enterprise reuse solution, Flashline Component Manager, Enterprise Edition 3 (CMEE) with TogetherSoft’s Together ControlCenter 5.5. The combined solution allows developers to search for, submit, and extract software assets stored in CMEE from Together ControlCenter. https://www.flashline.com/https://www.togethersoft.com/products/controlcenter/index.jsp;jsessionid=3qrme5lc81.www6Jcorporate updates eContentDecember 14 — The latest version of eContent, a Java-based Web application development environment, features an improved Web browser-based user interface that allows users and developers to develop and maintain Web content from anywhere. Developed by Jcorporate, eContent 2.0 also includes enhanced workflow management, XML content management, Struts integration, and template-based content deployment. https://www.jcorporate.com/econtent/Content.do?state=resource&resource=732LogicLibrary and TogetherSoft integrate productsDecember 14 — Logidex 2.0, a model-based asset management system from LogicLibrary, will support the Together ControlCenter development platform. Logidex customers will be able to launch Logidex directly from Together ControlCenter during Web-based application design and development. A later release will enable related asset data to be automatically captured and stored in Logidex from Together ControlCenter.http://www.logiclibrary.com/ https://www.togethersoft.com/products/controlcenter/index.jsp;jsessionid=3qrme5lc81.www6iBus//Mobile now supports IBM’s J9 VMDecember 14 — Softwired AG has added the J9 Virtual Machine from IBM to its Java Message Service iBus//Mobile middleware platform. The iBus//Mobile platform enables the development of wireless, interactive client/server applications deployable on Java-enabled devices.https://www.softwired-inc.com/products/products.html Espial releases TV application suiteDecember 7 — The Espial Suite for TV is an integrated suite of Java applications from Espial and complements established TV middleware platforms. The suite is a 100 percent Java application layer that sits independently from the operating system, JVM, and middleware on the upper layer of a set-top box stack. It includes a graphical operating environment, a Java browser, a Java e-mail client, and a GUI development toolkit.https://www.espial.com/main/page?view=f-homeNeuArchitect applications now deploy on HP app serverDecember 7 — NeuVis Software will add HP Application Server 8.0 support to NeuArchitect, its RAD (rapid application development) platform. NeuArchitect offers a model-driven development environment for creating Web, wireless, XML, and Web services applications. From these models, NeuArchitect’s code construction system automatically creates e-business applications for deployment on the HP Application Server.https://developer.neuvis.com/neudev/devindexhtml http://www.hp.com/WebGain updates TopLink with EJB 2.0December 7 — The next version of WebGain TopLink, a persistence solution that facilitates the development of enterprise Java applications that integrate with databases, will support Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) 2.0. TopLink 4.0, which will be available at year’s end, will allow non-EJB architectures to take advantage of EJB 2.0 features such as EJBQL, the EJB query language.https://www.webgain.com/products/toplink/LynuxWorks to license Apogee’s Aphelion IDEDecember 7 — LynuxWorks will offer Apogee Software’s Aphelion IDE to LynuxWorks customers deploying Java applications on the LynxOS real-time or BlueCat Linux operating systems. Aphelion develops high-performance embedded Java applications for deployment on Sun’s Connected Device Configuration (CDC) and Connected Limited Device Configuration (CLDC) Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME) virtual machines.https://www.apogee.com/apogeejde.htmlhttps://www.lynuxworks.com/Oracle adds CapeStudio support to its app serverDecember 7 — CapeStudio, Cape Clear Software’s Web services development tool, now supports the Oracle9i Application Server. This support allows developers to automatically build Web services for the Oracle9i Application Server within the CapeStudio environment.https://capeclear.com/products/capestudio/index.shtmlhttps://www.oracle.com/ip/index.html?content.htmlMKS provides SCM support to WebSphere developersDecember 7 — MKS will integrate its MKS Source Integrity Enterprise Edition software configuration management (SCM) product with IBM’s WebSphere Studio Application Developer, a Java development environment for J2EE (Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition) application developers. IBM’s WebSphere Studio Site Developer, an environment for Website developers, will also feature the MKS SCM product suite. The incorporated product offerings will provide WebSphere developers access to advanced software configuration management functionality, such as file check in/out, create project, create sandbox (private developer workspace), and file merge/compare.https://www.mks.com/https://www-3.ibm.com/software/info1/websphere/index.jspJohn Wiley & Sons releases J2ME guideDecember 7 — In Mobile Information Device Profile for Java 2 Micro Edition: Professional Developer’s Guide, Enrique Ortiz and Eric Giguère explain how to write Java applications with the J2ME Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP). The authors cover the MIDlet lifecycle, user interface basics and examples, network communication, security, how to use XML in an application, and techniques for writing better MIDP applications.https://www.j2medeveloper.com/midpbook/index.htmlPsiNaptic launches Jini-based softwareDecember 7 — PsiNaptic has released JMatos, Jini-based software for embedded processors with a JVM. JMatos enables Jini technology to be deployed on resource-constrained devices such as mobile phones, PDAs, automobile subsystems, and medical monitoring equipment.https://www.psinaptic.com Technology Industry