Updated: 2012-02-24 16:00:00
In Java Spotlight Episode 70, host Roger Brinkley interviews Andrey Breslev, lead language designer at JetBrains on Project Kotlin, a statically typed programming language compiled to JVM byte code and JavaScript.
Updated: 2012-02-24 16:00:00
Oracle scored another triumph in its campaign to dominate OpenStorage with its SPC-1 benchmark result that was 2X faster at half the cost of NetApp. The systems involved were Oracle's 7320 and two NetApp systems, 3270 and 3160. Blogger Darius Zanganeh attributes this level of performance to Oracle's superior engineering and its use of the Hybrid Storage Pool in the ZFS Storage Appliance.
Updated: 2012-02-24 16:00:00
There is high praise for "Murach's Java Programming" in Geertjan Wielenga's recent post, where he writes, "The book is really driven via NetBeans IDE 7 and uses Java 7, so you'll be using the latest version of Java, together with the tools created to support it. With 23 chapters, 802 pages, 340 illustrations... it seems like a very worthwhile book to buy. I know I'm going to get it and will report back on my findings soon!"
Updated: 2012-02-24 16:00:00
Oracle has not only covered the extension of Ksplice support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux but also extended the Oracle Linux Support lifecycle to cover a time frame of 10 years. With this announcement, Oracle is bringing its Linux support policy in line with the already existing support periods for Oracle Solaris. Existing customers can continue to run the same release of Oracle Linux 5 and 6 for two additional years.
Updated: 2012-02-21 16:00:00
"Smartphones extend the network perimeter like never before, but also give potential attackers new entry routes. Consider these get-tough strategies. What's the best way to secure mobile devices used in the enterprise?
Start by realizing that employee-owned mobile devices, in the wrong hands, could provide anytime, anywhere access to corporate secrets. Accordingly, they must be secured, and your business secured against their potential misuse. Here's where to start ..."
Updated: 2012-02-20 16:00:00
A new ORC International study, "Database Manageability and Productivity Cost Comparison Study Oracle Database 11g Release 2 vs. Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Release 2," finds that Oracle Database 11g Release 2 took half the amount of time and effort to complete four routine database administrator (DBA) tasks compared to Microsoft. The study measured typical tasks such as initial database setup, routine daily administrative tasks, and backup and recovery, as well as performance and tuning tasks.
Updated: 2012-02-17 16:00:00
: Daily News Current Issue Archives by Activity by Section by Date Blogs Keywords Condensed List List Cloud Mediakit Advertise Free Trial System News Volume 168 Issue 3 Java Technology Sign in Register Password Help Membership types Java Spotlight Episode 68 : Patrick Curran on the JCP and JSR 355 vBeers-SF Illumos MySQL Linux SPARC Top10 LibreOffice Sysadmin Networking Virtualization Java Technology Trademarks Previous Next Sun and Oracle Veteran with Extensive Experience in Conformance Testing February 17, 2012, Volume 168, Issue 3 Episode 68 of the Java Spotlight features an interview with Patrick Curran , JCP Chair , who shares his views on the JCP and the recently filed JSR 355 which will combine the two JCP Executive Committees . Sitting on the Java All Star Developer Panel are
Updated: 2012-02-17 16:00:00
The current Java Magazine features several articles sure to be of interest to Java fans, including:
An interview with Cameron Purdy on why Java EE is ideally suited for the cloud.
A "Lightweight PubSub (with Java EE 6) article by Adam Bien.
Julien Ponge's first part to a series of GlassFish-related articles: "clustering and HA made simple with GlassFish".
Devoxx 2011 Java EE 7 coverage.
An interview with Mollom's Dries Buytaert on "Winning the War Against Spam with Java" (a follow-up to this GlassFish story).
Part 2 of Max' Introduction to RESTful Web Services.
Updated: 2012-02-17 16:00:00
On the latest episode of the Meet The MySQL Experts podcast focuses on MySQL & PHP and features Andrey Hristov and Johannes Schlüter from the MySQL Connectors Team talk who discuss the various ways PHP developers can use MySQL, and also how they can leverage the MySQL Query Analyzer to optimize queries.
Updated: 2012-02-16 16:00:00
"Is Java Dead?" Darryl K. Taft asks in his eWeek.com article, and his answer is a resounding No!, citing as evidence of Java's continued viability the polyglot programming strategy RedHat has adopted about which JBoss President Mark Little writes, " ... it shows our continued commitment to Java and the JVM because all of these approaches to polyglot leverage our Java projects and platforms." Oracle, Taft writes, is persuading users of the JVM to use other languages than Java, recognizing that one way to keep Java in play is to encourage its use along with other languages on the JVM.
Updated: 2012-02-13 16:00:00
Because the Oracle VM dom0 (management domain) contains only a minimum set of packages, none of which provides the additional development packages required for building modules, Oracle has released the Oracle VM Server 3.0.3 SDK (delivered as Oracle VM Templates), which provides an environment for third party drivers to be built for the Oracle VM Server for x86. A post by Honglin Su asserts that it is easy to build a device driver for Oracle VM Server 3.0.3 with Oracle VM Server SDK and then proceeds to outline a five-step process to accomplish that end.
Updated: 2012-02-12 23:03:04
It’s quite a while since my last post and this one is related to JSF but not only, it might also be usefull for other use cases. I will show a way to not allocate any space for empty collections (mainly Lists/Maps) unless a first entry is added – and that in a way that [...]
Updated: 2012-02-06 16:00:00
In the interests of enabling its customers keep their respective software stacks current, Oracle has put together "The Software Stack and How to Keep Your Oracle Sun Server System Up to Date With the Latest Software," which displays the most recent versions of operating systems, software, firmware, middleware, drivers and applications for the several server series Oracle produces.
These are: SPARC T-Series Servers, SPARC Enterprise M-Series Servers, Sun Blade Systems and Sun Netra Carrier-Grade Servers
Updated: 2012-02-06 16:00:00
Oracle has developed the Oracle Server Finder, a compilation by system category of the various server offerings available from Oracle. The categories include:
Oracle Engineered Systems
SPARC Enterprise M-Series Servers
Sun Fire x86 Servers
SPARC T-Series Servers
Blade Servers and Chassis
Sun Netra Carrier-Grade Servers
Each category has a link that leads to the configurations within. This tool reveals just the right amount of information about Sun servers. Three clicks and you'll have all the info you need.
Updated: 2012-02-06 16:00:00
Oracle has produced a 25-page pdf that lists the Support Coverage for Hardware and Operating Systems, many of which are older Sun products that will reach the end of Sustaining Support in 2012-02.
