Java Product News (updated August 30, 2004)

JetBrains announces IntelliJ IDEA 4.5

JetBrains has released the newest version of its Java IDE. IntelliJ IDEA 4.5 features enhanced code inspection and on-the-fly code analysis, full Java 5 support, and extended features to increase developer productivity.

http://www.jetbrains.com/

IBM opens Cloudscape

IBM has announced that it is contributing “Derby,” a copy of its Cloudscape relational database product to the Apache Software Foundation. IBM’s goal with this release is to offer developers and customers a new option for Java-based embedded database functionality.

https://www-306.ibm.com/software/data/cloudscape/

Chart FX for Java now available

Software FX is now shipping Chart FX for Java, a Java component that uses a J2EE application server and JavaServer Pages technology to produce charts in a variety of formats. Chart FX includes advanced visual attributes, runs on most popular Java application servers, is available as a server-side bean, and runs in “headless” mode.

https://www.softwarefx.com/sfxjavaproducts/cfxforjava/

EBM Software launches business intelligence platform

EBM Software has introduced OLAP4All, a business intelligence platform for data analysis and information delivery. The new tool is available as a Java-based API that provides developers with a data engine that can be accessed with third-party components.

https://www.olap4all.com/

nVision Fault Manager detects Java exceptions in real time

nVision Software Technologies has released nVision Fault Manager for Java, a fault performance tool. The cross-platform product features real-time Java exception detection and notification, reporting and charting, and support for most application servers.

https://www.nvisionsoftware.com/

IBM DB2 gets persistence boost from CocoBase

Thought Inc. has integrated its CocoBase Enterprise O/R, Version 4.5, Service Release 6 with IBM’s DB2 UDB Version 8.2 relational database system. With the CocoBase object/relational mapping tool, developers using DB2 have a solution for managing complex data requirements in their Java applications.

https://www.thoughtinc.com/cber_index.html

JDataConnect 3.0 now shipping

JNetDirect has updated JDataConnect, its type 3 Java Database Connectivity driver. Version 3.0 introduces native 64-bit capability and increased connection-pooling functionality.

https://www.jnetdirect.com/products.php?op=jdataconnect