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  • Java SE 6 Update 10 is out but what does it deliver?

    After being in beta for about a year and having more than 1 million downloads, the Java SE 6 Update 10 (6u10) , dubbed the “Consumer JRE” has been released. With this release which is primarily focused on the Java Plug-In, Sun is trying to deliver on its promise for an enhanced rich client user experience and paves the way for the upcoming JavaFX Desktop 1.0.

  • What Makes Good REST?

    Roy Fielding casts an eye at the SocialSite REST API and finds it is less than a perfect REST citizen.

  • Amazon's EC2 Switches from Beta to Production

    Amazon's EC2 services are no longer offered as beta, but they have been switched into production, Amazon offering a Service Level Agreement (SLA). Windows on EC2 is still available as beta.

  • ParseTree 3.0 Released, Many Related Libraries Updated

    Ryan Davis announced the release of ParseTree 3.0, as well as an update to related libraries: Ruby2Ruby and Flog. Sexp_processor, the library to write visitors for analyzing parse tree s-exprs was split out as a gem. Also: ruby_parser 2.0, a Ruby parser written in Ruby, was released with many improvements.

  • Is Mono Ready for Production?

    A question was asked on Stack Overflow having the title "Is Mono ready for prime time?" Several users responded including Miguel de Icaza, founder of the Mono project. The responses are helpful to evaluate the opportunity to deploy an application on Mono.

  • Article: Why BPEL is not the Holy Grail for BPM

    In this article, Pierre Vigneras of open source workflow engine Bonita fame, discusses the pitfalls of using the BPEL for designing workflows.

  • Mule 2.1 Enterprise and Mule Galaxy 1.5 Enterprise Released

    MuleSource, a provider of open source service oriented architecture (SOA) infrastructure software, announced the general availability of Mule 2.1 Enterprise and Mule Galaxy 1.5.

  • Mono 2.0 Is Available on MacOS X

    Miguel de Icaza has announced the release of Mono 2.0 installers for MaxOS X. Mono 2.0 was released earlier this month closing the gap between Microsoft's .NET and open source Mono.

  • More on Granite Data Service's with Project Founder Franck Wolff

    Earlier this year, InfoQ discussed Granite Data Services (GDS) with project founder Franck Wolff. In this post, we follow-up with Wolff to learn more about the recent 1.1 release of GDS.

  • Is Vendor Lock-in a Barrier to Cloud Computing Adoption?

    Tim Bray, Dare Obasanjo and Dewitt Clinton exchanged their point of view about Vendor Lock-in as a barrier to Cloud Computing Adoption. Do you see it as a major issue or do you think that when a vendor will offer something better that people want to migrate to, it will also solve the migration problem for you.

  • Moving the SOA Goalposts

    During the past several years industry tried to define and redefine SOA many times, often contradicting itself in the process. Is SOA really changing that much, or all this is happening due to continuing lack of understanding of what SOA really is?

  • Interview: Tom Preston-Werner on Powerset, GitHub, Ruby and Erlang

    In this interview filmed at RubyFringe 2008, Tom Preston-Werner talks about how both Powerset and GitHub use Ruby and Erlang, as well as tools like Fuzed, god, and more.

  • A Speedier Groovy Coming Soon

    The Groovy development team and G2One have been working to improve the performance and features of Groovy, while maintaining a stable release. The steady work on Groovy 1.6 has led to significant performance improvements available in beta form right now.

  • Business Processes for SOA Governance

    Prabhakar Mynampati, an Advisory Architect at IBM, published last week an article detailing 6 SOA Governance business processes. The article includes a BPMN-like process definitions, rationales and benefits of adopting more formal approaches to SOA Governance.

  • Is BPM-as-a-Service Giving a new Chance to BPM?

    Rashid Khan, former CEO of Ultimus, was noting this week that the BPM market did not live up to its expectations. It is a problem of cost, skills, ease of use, standards? Can BPM-as-a-Service relying on Web 2.0 technologies and business model change the fate of BPM?

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