Java

Long live SOA in the cloud era

SOA's dictum that 'everything is a service' is more relevant than ever

Red Hat releases NoSQL database for enterprise Java

The Red Hat JBoss Data Grid can store large amounts of data in memory, to aid enterprise Java programs

QCon: Application development faces seismic shift

Java overtook C++ in popularity because it was better suited for the Web, now server-side architectures are giving way to thin-server architectures

Software Architects Need Not Apply

JW Archives: How the Java virtual machine performs thread synchronization

Understanding threads, locks, monitors and more in Java bytecode

10 unsung fathers of technology

Here are some industry 'fathers' you may not have heard of

Moving Beyond Core Hamcrest in JUnit

Ruby, Clojure, and Ceylon: Same goal, three very different results

Charles Nutter, Rich Hickey, and Gavin King each discovered that 'simplicity' doesn't mean the same thing

Oracle: Java 7 auto-update could kill E-Business Suite functionality

Java Runtime Environment 7 isn't yet compatible with Oracle's flagship ERP application, so the company is advising E-Business Suite users to turn off auto-updating

Apple issues Java update in sync with Oracle

The move is a first -- Apple normally 'many, many months' behind, which left 650,000 Macs in the lurch with Flashback infections and no fix available