JBoss has unveiled its implementation of Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) 3.0 across several key products designed to dramatically simplify Java development. Building on its expertise and contributions to the forthcoming EJB 3.0 specification, JBoss is releasing powerful new versions of JBoss Application Server 4, Hibernate 3 and JBoss Eclipse IDE with EJB 3.0 support so...

Sun Microsystems has unveiled the early access availability of the Sun Service Registry for customers who need to track and manage increasing numbers of web services. Sun's Service Registry also includes an integrated repository for storing service metadata, and providing additional capabilities such as web services lifecycle...

Sun Microsystems, Inc. is helping the High Performance Computing Virtual Laboratory (HPCVL.org) to more rapidly pursue discovery and research projects with the selection of Sun technologies within its world-leading High Performance Computing (HPC) Centre. The expansion is expected to quadruple current computing power and storage, and speeding results for researchers working on complex scientific and economic problems...

Sun Microsystems has unveiled a new, specialized Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) practice called SOA Path. The new offering is integral to Sun's initiative to bring pragmatic Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) solutions to market. The new offering allows customers to access Sun's Java platform and SOA implementation expertise at critical points in the SOA technology lifecycle...

JBoss, Inc., has unveiled an update of recent releases of its open source projects. These latest releases from March are aimed at simplifying Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) and continue to build on the JBoss Enterprise Middleware System (JEMS) as a comprehensive open source architecture that gives end users greater flexibility and technology choice...

Java Data Objects (JDO) 2.0, a specification for Java object persistence that has been controversial of late, is to be offered under Apache open source licensing, said a Sun Microsystems architect at the TheServerSide Java Symposium event on Friday...

BEA has chosen to join the Eclipse foundation. BEA will participate as a top-level "Strategic Developer" member, paying as much as USD 250,000 per year in dues, and ship a commercial product based on Eclipse within one year, according to the Eclipse Foundation. Some of the other BEA/Eclipse developments, all in a day, include...