GigaSpaces Technologies announced Tuesday OpenSpaces.org, a Web site for developers who want to use and contribute to the open source OpenSpaces development framework. Tools provided on the site offer the ability to upload, review and download code. Bug tracking and forums are offered as well. Geared to the building of applications for distributed environments such as SOA and cloud computing, OpenSpaces extends GigaSpaces Technologies announced Tuesday OpenSpaces.org, a Web site for developers who want to use and contribute to the open source OpenSpaces development framework.Tools provided on the site offer the ability to upload, review and download code. Bug tracking and forums are offered as well. Geared to the building of applications for distributed environments such as SOA and cloud computing, OpenSpaces extends the Spring Framework for Java and leverages the GigaSpaces eXtreme Application Platform (XAP) for data caching, messaging and as the container for application business logic, GigaSpaces said. OpenSpaces has been used in industries such as financial services, telecommunications, e-commerce, Web 2.0 and retail. OpenSpaces.org features more than two dozen projects submitted by developers. Among these projects is an instant messaging platform and another that integrates with PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor). GigaSpaces recently announced its OpenSpaces Developer Challenge, a developer competition that will feature prizes for the most innovative applications built using OpenSpaces. Technology Industry