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Apache Synapse Graduates from Incubator, Releases 0.91
The Apache Synapse project has been promoted from the Apache Incubator to a full member of the Apache Web Services project. Apache Synapse is a mediation framework for Web Services that allows messages flowing through, into, or out of an organization to be mediated. The Synapse team has just released 0.91 of the project.
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Interview with Jim Sherburne of BEA on WebLogic Server Virtual Edition
InfoQ recently sat down with Jim Sherburne, Director or Product Marketing for BEA's virtualization offerings to discuss BEA's virtualization strategy that was announced last month and LiquidVM, a version of the JVM that includes basic operating system capabilities and will run on a hypervisor.
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SQL Server Always-On Solution Review Program
When building a mission critical database, a lot of attention needs to be paid to the hardware. Simply getting the fastest drives isn't enough if those drives cannot be hot swapped or corrupt data whenever the power fails. Fortunately Microsoft has created a program for choosing the correct storage mechanism.
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Flash: The Next Open Source Debate?
With Java open sourced and Microsoft unlikely to start open sourcing their software stack anytime soon, Flash stands and one of the most widely used technologies driving the internet which is not open source. Duane Nickull has written a starting point for the debate.
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O/R Mapping, Caching, and Performance
One of the common misconceptions about Object/Relational Mapping (O/R Mapping) frameworks is that they give developers caching for free and that caching improves performance. While O/R Mapping frameworks do rely on caching, improved performance isn't in the cards.
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JRake: Ant-Killer Combo of JRuby and Rake
As JRuby becomes a viable solution for real development tasks, former ThoughtWorker Matt Foemmel is hard at work improving the world of build scripts by replacing ant with rake. He's winning fans among heavy-hitters such as Martin Fowler.
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GigaSpaces 5.2: Adds support for Spring, .NET, local-views
GigaSpaces this month released version 5.2 of their in-memory datagrid and space-based architecture suite, now bringing it's capabilities to the .NET world, as well as adding support for Spring, SQL-based continuous queries and local-views, and special support for "slow consumers". InfoQ spoke to GigaSpaces CTO Nati Shalom to find out more.
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Ruby Test Integration With CruiseControl.net
Brent Heinz shows how to integrate your Ruby on Rails test suite into your CruiseControl build process so you can see the test results in the web dashboard.
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Using Regular Expressions in SQL Server Integration Services
Jamie Thomson demonstrates how to use .NET scripts in a SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) pipeline to add Regular Expression support.
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Debate: JSON vs. XML as a data interchange format
The debate about JSON vs. XML as a data interchange format has begun in blogspace, following JSON inventor and architect at Yahoo Douglas Crockford's talk at XML 2006 JSON, the fat-free alternative to XML. Microsoft's XML head Mike Champion weighed in, as well as Sun's Tim Bray and many others.
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Continuous Integration Server AnthillPro 3.1 Released
Urbancode has released AnthillPro 3.1, a commercial version of the Anthill OS open-source continuous integration server.
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Deploy Rails on Microsoft IIS
Brent Heinz's installer packages Shane Careveo's Fast-CGI ISAPI filter in conjuction with Ionic's Rewrite ISAPI filter and custom IIS scripts. It's a complete solution for hosting your Ruby on Rails application under IIS on Windows XP/Server 2003.
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Db4o Releases Version 6.0 Including .NET Support and Open Source Licensing Changes
Db4Object has released version 6.0 of their open source object database. The product allows data to be stored at the object level instead of in a relational format. Compatibility with relational databases can be achieved using the db4o replication system. Native support is provided for both Java and .NET environments.
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JRake: Build, Test, and Deploy Java applications without XML
JRake is the latest entry in build tools for Java that is based on a scripting language. JRake leverages JRuby and the Rake build tool for Ruby to make building, running tests, and deploying web applications quick and easy.
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ECMA Passes OpenXML Standard to the Chagrin of ODF Supporters
ECMA has passed Microsoft's Open XML standard. This format, original conceived as an XML version of the various Microsoft Office formats. While some are rejoicing at the prospect of Microsoft loosening its grip on the industry, others see it as an abuse of the process.