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OASIS forms Web Services for Remote Portals group

LinuxWorld: Companies push open source up into enterprise

Software and hardware heavyweights plan raft of products, services at the show

Axis: The next generation of Apache SOAP

Apache takes its SOAP implementation to new heights

Java Product News (updated January 25, 2002)

Thought Inc. releases CocoBase 4.0; PolarLake updates Web services platform; Synergy connects development teams; and more

Overpower the PreparedStatement

Save time debugging your database queries with DebuggableStatement

Oracle9i JDeveloper 4 spells services

Oracle9i JDeveloper 4 puts the tools for J2EE, SQL, XML, and Web services development all in one box

Letters to the Editor

Readers debate the value of enums, propose an additional advantage to EJB, and comment on exception-handling practices

Singletons with needles and thread

Two approaches to creating thread-safe singletons

Talent shortage could stifle Dell’s move into IT services

Hiring the right people may pose hurdle in competing with IBM, EDS, others

New federal CTO to tackle security, productivity gains

First U.S. government CTO wants public sector to use IT to mimic private sector efficiencies

I want my AOP!, Part 1

Separate software concerns with aspect-oriented programming

Macworld: Java is alive and well on the Mac

Mac OS X gives Java developers unprecedented opportunities

Borland JBuilder 6 Enterprise delivers

Borland JBuilder 6 serves developers well from design time to coding, testing, documenting, and deployment

Build database-powered mobile applications on the Java platform

Use JavaServer Pages as a gateway between MIDP applications and databases

Java Product News (updated January 18, 2002)

Sybase updates PowerJ; FatWire beefs up UpdateEngine; The Breeze Factor repackages XML Studio; and more

Clients can invoke servlets too

Launch a servlet with a Java app rather than a JSP

PwC, Siebel partner on employee relationship management

The great debate: J2EE versus .Net

Platforms explored at Next-Generation Web services conference

Tale of two CRM strategies: Microsoft and AT&T

Software leader implements Web services while telecom giant takes one-vendor approach

Microsoft, Avinon forge Web services partnership

Combined products designed to build customer-facing solutions

Ask Jeeves acquires data integrator Octopus

SunGard lights up services group

Inktomi, Fujitsu align to speed content delivery

Microsoft ushers Office XP into Web services world

Toolkit targets desktop, platform ambitions

Magic Software gets into the Web services game with eDeveloper 9.2

Magic upgrades e-commerce framework

Enterprises seek Web services platform unity

Debate emerges over role of integration tools

Edify, Envision in CRM partnership

Combine the Session Façade pattern with XML

Apply the Session Façade pattern to J2EE-based applications

Pick up performance with generational garbage collection

Use the appropriate Java HotSpot VM 1.3.1 parameters to improve throughput

WebLogic Portal: Built on a firm foundation

BEA WebLogic Portal 4.0 builds on app server strengths to ease B2C administration and B2B integration

Master the Jxta shell, Part 1

Gain hands-on Jxta experience with the interactive Jxta shell

When it comes to good OO design, keep it simple

Feature-rich OO design tools fail where simple solutions succeed

A second chance for outsourcing

The emergence of Web services looks to be a life preserver for the foundering hosted application services business model

Second standards phase emerges

After XML and SOAP, the next Web services standards wave will focus on security, reliability

Serena Software integrates code and content management

PTC uses Idiom for globalization

Tibco buys Talarian in messaging deal

IT execs to hold tight on spending

Extreme caution pervades 2002 budgeting process

Joshua Bloch: A conversation about design

<em>Effective Java</em>'s author discusses API design, reuse, and trust in Java environments

Study guide: Trash talk, Part 2

Brush up on Java terms, review homework assignments, and read Jeff's answers to student questions

Java Product News (updated January 4, 2002)

JavaOne registration opens; Alcea Technologies releases bug tracking system; and more

UI design with Tiles and Struts

Several solutions for organizing your HTML and JSP view components

Java Product News (updated January 11, 2002)

Data Representations introduces micro Java development tool; Quickstream and Drala Software combine products; JWorks develops embedded apps; and more

Pakistan IT ambassador closing up shop

Use XML data binding to do your laundry

Explore JAXB and Castor from the ground up

Java Product News (updated December 28, 2001)

Jini Starter Kit 1.2 now available; Zeosoft partners with SavaJe; FreeTTS turns text into speech; and more

Web application components made easy with Composite View

Implement Web applications featuring pluggable components with the Composite View design pattern

Letters to the Editor

Humphrey Sheil defends EJB performance, and Jeff Friesen talks more trash

Memory matters

Discover how much memory an object consumes