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Updater Application Block Updated For .NET 2.0
An updated version of the Updater Application Block has been released. This version includes updates for compatibility with the latest Enterprise Library release as well as .NET framework 2.0 support.
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Building Applications On Windows Workflow Foundation
Three main factors that have limited the adoption of workflow models. The cost of most workflow products has been quite high. Integrating the workflow platform with existing systems and standardizing on a particular workflow model is also costly. Microsoft's David Green has written an article explaining the use cases for workflow and how to realize one with Windows Workflow Foundation.
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WebSphere 6.1 Released; Updated for Java 5, SOA
IBM has released WebSphere 6.1 to it's customers (free trial download not available yet), marking a signficant release that updates the server with J2SE 5, JSF 1.1, 64 bit, JMX management via JSR 160, support for WS-Addressing, Notification, Business Activity, WS-I Security Profile 1.0, and more. The release comes a year and a half after the J2EE 1.4 compliant WebSphere 6.0 was released.
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H2 Database by Hypersonic Creator Nearing 1.0
HSQLDB creator Thomas Mueller recently released the v0.9 of H2, his pure Java database successor to HSQLDB. H2 benchmarks significantly faster than HSQLDB, supports JDBC and ODBC, supports XA, can be clustered for HA and supports encryption.
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Grid Computing Overview
Tim Bray, co-inventor of XML and high profile blogger, has posted a useful overview of alternatives for Grid Computing, including the Web services-based OSGA.
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Agile DSM Workshop at XP2006
Steven Kelley and Alan Cameron Wills are holding a workshop at XP2006 in Oulu Finland on June 19th where participants will discuss how to add domain specific modeling to an agile software development project.
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Should Architects Code? Agile Ones Do!
One of the "religous" issues within the architecture community is whether or not architects should code, at least this is still being debated within the traditional community. For agilists, the answer is a resounding YES.
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New Rails Powered Sites Announced
A couple of shiny new Rails-powered websites were announced in the last couple of days. Invitika is described as SMS + mobile blogging + event planning + LBS + photos. Thebeststuffintheworld.com is a comprehensive database of, well, the best stuff in the world, just as implied by the name.
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Pitchfork: EJB 3 Interception & Injection to WebLogic using Spring
Spring 2.0 is now being used by BEA to provide EJB 3 dependency injection and interception, the result of Pitchfork, a new Spring add-on project by BEA and Interface21 that allows Spring to provide JSR 250 dependency injection and EJB style interception. WebLogic users can also use additional Spring features over the EJB spec, and Pitchfork may be used by other Java EE servers in the future.
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SOA "Soft Landing"
Is SOA a bubble? How will new emerging technologies fit in to the SOA picture? Are we due for an SOA bubble bursting, or a "soft landing" for SOA?
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Informatica Announces On-Demand Integration
Informatica, well-known for data integration products, has announced plans to support data integration across company boundaries.
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InfoQ Enterprise Software Development Community Unlaunched
Welcome to the "unlaunch" of InfoQ.com, a new community that aims to be your source for keeping up with change and innovation in the enterprise software development community, specifically serving the Java, .NET, Ruby, SOA, and Agile communities. Please read this news item to learn about the site, its goals, features, and why it matters.
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Project Tango - WCF And Java Interop
Sun Microsystems has launched the open source initiative called Project Tango. Windows Communications Foundation Engineers are working together with Java Web Services Engineers on the interoperability of enterprise features.
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Interview with SAP CEO Henning Kagermann
In an interview at their annual user conference, SAP's CEO Henning Kagermann talks about the role SOA plays in SAP's application strategy.
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Jetty Founder Proposes Asynchronous Servlet API
Jetty founder Greg Wilkins has blogged about the need for the Servlet spec to evolve into an asynchronous model in order to, among other things, deal with the new challenges brought on by Ajax. Greg proposes standardizing a coordinator which could be called by the container in response to asynchronous event and would coordinate the call of the synchronous service method.