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In early July Oracle suddenly and without warning shut down the three servers Sun contributed to the build and verify farm used to test developments in PostgreSQL, the open source database, according to itnews.com.au.
The build farm is vital to PostgreSQL, which is sometimes cast these days as a possible alternative to MySQL but it’s really an alternative to Oracle’s own database, which is why IBM and Red Hat have equity positions in PostgreSQL commercializer EnterpriseDB. read more
According to Microsoft Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner, Microsoft is getting ready to roll out IE version 9 in September. As per some leaked report, Microsoft is expected to release the Beta version in August. The Beta is supposed to feature more user interfaces. The Web Developers are keenly waiting for the new browser. ... Read more »raquo;»
SAP’s quarter didn’t turn out quite as well as Oracle’s, its great competitor.
Oracle’s earnings in the calendar second quarter were up 25%, helped by the Sun acquisition. SAP’s profits were up 16% to $638 million (€491 million), or 52 cents a share, but not as much as the punters thought they should be and it didn’t boost its sales outlook as much as expected either.
It did say that its acquisition of Sybase should increase software and software-related services by 9%–11% this year, up from 4%–8%, with an operating margin of 30%–31% and its Q2 results, especially in the U.S., where software revenue was up 64%, seem to indicate that the spending freeze has thawed. read more
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Ballmer: Tablet coming 'as soon as we can'
REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft will compete with Apple's iPad, but it isn't saying when.
Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer says the company is working with Intel Corp. and computer makers to perfect tablet touch-screen computers.
Analysts attending an annual meeting at Microsoft headquarters on Thursday got few concrete .... Source Gaea News Network.
NaviSite, Inc., a provider of complex hosting, application management and managed cloud services for the enterprise market, is using a combination of Oracle's Sun servers and Oracle software to run its mission-critical systems.
With more than 1,500 customers in 10 datacenters across the US and UK, NaviSite needed to expand its virtualization platform to meet the growing infrastructure demands of its customers, while delivering industry-leading performance and availability. <a href="http://java.sys-con.com/node/1477933" target="_blank"read more
After months of promising we have finally moved Exadel Flamingo to exadel.org and released version 2.2.0. exadel.org is our community site for hosting open source projects. Flamingo is a light weight framework for connecting rich web and mobile user interfaces to enterprise back end.
Flamingo connects Seam, Spring, and Java EE 6 (soon via CDI/JSR299) with the following user interfaces.read more
Exadel has released Exadel JavaFX Plug-in for Eclipse version 1.3.4. The biggest feature in this release is Organize Imports (just like in Java editor).
The class for Text node is missing, pressing Ctrl+Shift+O, will display the dialog where the correct class can be selected.
You can also invoke Organize Imports from the editor context menu (right-click anywhere in the editor and select Organize Imports).
You can also invoke Organize Imports from the editor context menu (right-click [...]read more
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Jinfonet Software, a provider of Java reporting solutions, on Thursday unveiled JReport 10. This new version adds rich visualization and interactive reporting to a robust, agile BI platform, providing embedded operational reporting to developers and self-service reporting to end users.
JReport 10 brings Agile Business Intelligence to the next level with rich visualization features. Web 2.0 self-service reporting allows highly interactive reports to be accessible across the enterprise with superior performance and scalability.read more
In Part 4 I discussed the Oracle Enterprise Pack for Eclipse and how it allows you to view, create, and manage JPA entity relationships. The Entity Editor provides a centralized view of all entity relationships, allows you to modify entity properties, and allows you to navigate between the object model, mapping associations, and database schema layers.
In Part 5, I will explore persistence settings. The persistence.xml file defines the context for JPA persistence. In this step, you will use the JPA Persistence Configuration Editor to explore the persistence.xml file for your JPA web project. read more
BIRT Introduced OLAP style data cubes and crosstabs in version 2.2 and while they have been around for some time we still get a lot of questions on how to use and manipulate them. Below are just some of the resources that have been posted to BIRT Exchange that should help you with cubes and crosstabs.
To get an idea of what a BIRT cube is and how to tie it to a crosstab report item, take a look at this article which provides a detailed write-up of the technology and supplies some examples.
To see a recorded demonstration of a crosstab style report being build see this tutorial video.read more
This feature of Windows 7 (its correct name is “Aero Peek“) is often hated by users that want to be free moving the mouse anywhere in the screen, without that anything happens.
The new “show desktop” corner in the right is a really good idea and I use it everyday, but I also prefer to click [...]
WebLogic Server Scripting Tool (WLST) provides powerful command-line capability for system administrators and developers to configure WebLogic server environments. However, its usage and adoption does not reach its full potential, seen at many working places, due to various reasons. This article gives a detailed example of using WLST to configure some of the latest security provisions (SAML 2.0) of WebLogic server, and provides insights on how to overcome the possible hurdles which prevent one from using the tool.
Why WLST and What's Stopping You?read more
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