Oracle debuts first homegrown TimesTen release
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InfoWorld - Oracle&#160;has unveiled the first major version of the TimesTen in-memory relational database developed in house since&#160;acquiring the technology&#160;in June 2005, emphasizing increased integration and caching with its enterprise-level Oracle Database 10g.
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(InfoWorld) - The Eclipse Foundation will debut technologies from 21 open-source projects simultaneously on Wednesday through its Europa release train. Europa features software updates in areas ranging from the base Java development platform to SOA, dynamic languages, and business intelligence "That represents 17 million lines of code, and that's being supported by 25 different organizations with committers working in 19 different countries," said Eclipse Executive Director Mike Milinkovich. "It's very much a multinational, worldwide scenario for pulling all these projects together." In releasing so many project updates on the same day, Eclipse reasons that it reduces complexity for adopters and removes latency in waiting for projects to ship, Milinkovich said. Eclipse offers base open-source technologies in hopes that vendors build commercial products that leverage this software and tack on value-added capabilities. Developers also can use the tools as-is. Last year's Callisto release train had just 10 projects. With Europa, Eclipse has made it easier to download projects through development of four customized packages. These are geared to the needs of Java IDE users, J2EE developers, Eclipse Rich Client Platform and Plug-in developers, and C and C++ developers. "They can come and basically get a one-click download," Milinkovich said. Eclipse's joint release of multiple projects assists ISVs who have their own release schedules to follow, said Dana Gardner, principal analyst at Interarbor Solutions. Even with the uniform release date, Eclipse still must release APIs more frequently than once a year, said Gardner. Developers have to keep this mind, he said. A user also liked the release format. "I really admire what they're doing with the coordinated release," said Patrick Paulin, an Eclipse user and self-employed consultant with his firm, RCP Quickstart. "As a user of multiple projects, it really helps me to coordinate, to not have to worry about which versions work with [which] versions, that I can migrate all the things that I need all at one time," Paulin said. Windows Vista support in Europa was cited as a benefit by Paulin. Specifically, the Standard Widget Toolkit and Rich Client Platform, which are both part of Eclipse Platform 3.3, will enable development of applications that can run on Vista. Among the technologies shipping is Buckminster 0.1, geared for large, distributed software development projects. "What Buckminster is about is a set of frameworks and tools for automating software builds, assemblies, and deployments," Milinkovich said. The STP (SOA Tools Project) 0.6 release debuting in Europa provides a Business Process Modeling Notation modeling tool. "It's a way to draw out your business processes in an Eclipse-based editor," said Milinkovich. Developers using STP also can create and deploy SOA applications on top of Java API for XML Web Services (JAX-WS) and Service Component Architecture (SCA) runtimes. Gardner cited Eclipse's SOA effort as a highlight of Europa. "I think that there is going to be an opportunity for a graphical approach to SOA and modeling, and like any other aspect of the tools market, people expect [tools] to be open source, and they expect them to be free," Gardner said. Also available in Europa is Dynamic Languages Toolkit 1.0, which provides a generic framework for building tools for dynamic languages, such as Perl, Ruby, and PHP. A Ruby IDE is included as well. With the Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools 2.2 project, Eclipse adds support for dynamic crosstabs and output to Microsoft Word and Excel formats. Version 2.2 enables Web services to act as a data source. With these capabilities, more sophisticated reporting functionality can be integrated into Java applications. Version 3.3 of the base Eclipse Project, which hosts the Java IDE, also features a Control 3 quick-access function, providing a context-sensitive dialog to do code completion. Hyper-linking in the Eclipse debugger enables easier use. Eclipse Project also features Equinox, which is a core runtime defining a plug-in model for Eclipse. It is based on Open Services Gateway initiative. In this release, Equinox can be used as an application container on a server through HTTP, thus serving as a small application server. Eclipse Communications Framework 1.0, another part of Europa, provides a generic framework to connect communications protocols like XMPP (Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol) and Skype. Eclipse's Dash 1.0 technology, also known as Eclipse Monkey, enables developers to use JavaScript to customize the IDE. Developers can add function, such as build automation, said Milinkovich. Aspect-oriented programming is featured in Europa via release 1.5 of AspectJ Development Tools project. The Eclipse Modeling project, meanwhile, has been bolstered in Eclipse Modeling Framework 2.3 with support for Java 5 generics. This capability allows for development and management of more complex and flexible data models, Eclipse said. The Mylin 2.0 project, previously named Mylar, provides a way to lower the complexity of the Eclipse workbench. "What Mylin does is just show you the bits and pieces that you need," Milinkovich said. "It's a task-oriented user interface." The name was changed because Eclipse could not trademark the name Mylar, Milinkovich said. Eclipse has based its release train naming convention on the moons of Jupiter. Moons cause an eclipse and Jupiter has more than 40 moons, Milinkovich said. The full list of Europa projects can be found here. Although noted in the same box, Eclipse Modeling Framework Project and Eclipse Modeling Framework Query, Transaction, and Validation are separate projects.
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PHP Magazine has a new posting about the latest release of the Oracle JDeveloper 10g PHP Extension.
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The company plans to release Power Pack 1, a collection of fixes, enhancements, and features to its software for servers in the home.
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(InfoWorld) - Oracle Corp. has released the first major new version of its demand management softwareÂ a year after acquiring the technology through the purchase of Demantra. The database, middleware and applications vendor acquired privately held Demantra in June 2006 for an undisclosed sum to beef up its demand chain planning capabilities. The Demantra software helps companies accurately predict the likely demand for their products so they can better manage worldwide supply chains. Available Monday, Oracle's Demantra 7.1.1 software features prebuilt integration with the advanced planning applications for both the vendor's E-Business Suite and its JD Edwards EnterpriseOne software, according to Jon Chorley, vice president of supply chain management strategy at Oracle. Oracle will continue to sell Demantra as a stand-alone product, but the software will also be available as part of E-Business Suite or JD Edwards EnterpriseOne, he said. The new release also supports Oracle's Fusion middleware and includes improved demand analysis and forecasting capabilities. The vendor is working on further integration between Demantra and Oracle's Siebel CRM (customer relationship management) software to enable, for example, a user to preview the likely effects of a particular promotional campaign on demand for a specific product. There had been a pre-existing long-term relationship between Demantra and JD Edwards, an ERP (enterprise resource planning) software vendor, which Oracle acquired when it purchased PeopleSoft in January 2005. Chorley estimated that about 50 percent to 60 percent of the Demantra customer base is running JD Edwards or other Oracle applications, with most of the rest on SAP AG's rival applications. Among its many acquisitions, Oracle has made two other forays into the linked areas of demand, supply and product management, withÂ the November 2005 purchase of transportation management software vendor Global Logistics Technologies (G-Log) and the pending US$495 millionÂ acquisition of product lifecycle management company Agile Software, due to close next month. Key to all of these purchases is Oracle's aim to compete aggressively against its main rival SAP. In terms of Demantra's competitors, Chorley named SAP and a host of more niche players including i2, JDA, Logility and CAS. Oracle's acquisition strategy continues to be a mix of tight integration with its own applications while retaining links into third-party alternatives, he said. Unlike the G-Log acquisition where Oracle rebranded the software it bought as Oracle Transportation Management, the vendor has so far opted to retain the Demantra name, which is a contraction of "Demand is our mantra." It's a decision the company may rethink in the future, Chorley said, adding, "We've been a little inconsistent on naming." While Demantra is a well-known brand, the danger of sticking with the name is that some customers may not realize that the software is well integrated with Oracle's software, he said. Like its application competitors, Oracle is considering which of its many applications it would make sense to make available as hosted software. "We could do Demantra on-demand; it's certainly a possibility," Chorley said. Oracle could host the software or enable other companies to do so. Oracle is likely to begin using Demantra internally, Chorley said. Tools like Demantra are becoming increasingly relevant to software and services vendors as they look to ensure that their demand and supply chains include customer feedback and meet regulatory standards. Â
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Tokyo, Dec. 13 (Jiji Press)--Software developer Sourcenext Corp.  will make its debut on the Tokyo Stock Exchange's Mothers market for startups on Dec. 20.
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Like Linux code but better - grr By the end of this month Sun Microsystems will release the first developer version of OpenSolaris in its "Project Indiana" incarnation.â¦
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Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL) has released a critical patch update -- the first to come out since the company decided to release fixes on a quarterly basis -- that remediates several products across its business line, including databases, application servers, and its e-business software suite.
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Latest PECL Releases:timezonedb 2006.16htscanner 0.5.0zip 1.8.2pecl_http 1.4.0RC1uploadprogress 0.3.0
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Having just emerged from a public beta process that began in the spring of 2005, and especially now that Java is an open-source project, developers will find little to be surprised about in Sun's newest Java SE 6, released yesterday. But one sign that even Java is adapting with the times is its new support for external scripting engines.
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Oracle Tuesday continued its midmarket push with the release of a new version of its 10g J2EE application server priced for midsize customers.
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Oracle yesterday launched its Files 10g content management software, which is part of the Oracle Collaboration Suite product line.
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(InfoWorld) - The new DST (daylight-saving time) is drawing near. Do you think you're ready? Run down this checklist to be sure. 1. Do a datacenter inventory. You need to know exactly which applications and systems you have running so that you can locate appropriate patches and fixes. 2. Find out what needs to be patched. That could take some time. Fortunately, many of the big-name vendors have prepared (even if you haven't). Below is a list of DST resource sites for various companies. Most, if not all, include lists of solutions that will be affected. Apple BlackBerry Cisco Dell Hewlett-Packard IBM Microsoft McAfee Novell Oracle Palm Red Hat Sun Symantec Also be sure to update your JRE (Java Runtime Engine), as apps running on older versions of JRE may report incorrect times. Info is available here. If one of your vendors isn't listed above, check out their Web site or call their help desk as soon as possible and ask about DST patches. 3. Devise a game plan. Mission-critical, time-sensitive applications should take priority, but also consider software -- such as firewalls -- that isn't time sensitive but that feeds time-sensitive information to other programs, such as security event management products. 4. Deploy patches or, where necessary, manual fixes. Use your centralized software management toolbox such as Microsoft Systems Management Server or Novell ZenWork Patch Management (if you have one). Otherwise, you'll have a lot of manual patching to do. 5. Test your patches and fixes. Be certain you come up with proper times and dates. You also have to check that your applications are interacting properly. 6. Make sure your partners and service providers are prepared. Just because you've done your due diligence and updated your systems doesn't mean one of your critical suppliers, for example, has. 7. Schedule IT personnel to come in on March 11. Try as you might to prepare, it's entirely possible something will slip through the cracks. Have IT staff on hand to check the status of systems, run tests, and fix problems.
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NetEase gets a timely upgrade after early success with a new title.
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Oracle launched on Monday Oracle Data Integration Suite, which combines traditional data integration capabilities with an array of middleware and tooling for constructing a service oriented architecture.Data Integration Suite costs $60,000 per CPU for a package that bundles Oracle Data Integrator and Oracle/Hyperion Data Relationship Manager with the company's BPEL Process Manager, enterprise service bus, application server, business-to-business engine, and business rules engine, according to a statement."This is really Oracle attempting to go a long way toward providing a credible alternative to IBM Information Server," said James Kobielus, an analyst with Forrester Research. IBM released Information Server in October 2006; the product sits at the center of the company's Information on Demand Strategy.In turn, Oracle's suite aligns its data-integration offerings with its Fusion Middleware line for SOA.Additional options in the suite include a new pair of data quality tools, Oracle Data Quality for Data Integrator and Oracle Data Profiling, which the company developed with Harte-Hanks Trillium Software."Finally, Oracle now has best-of-breed data quality tools," Kobielus said.Also, Oracle is optionally offering its Coherence Data Grid, technology acquired through Oracle's purchase of Tangosol last year, and a number of adapters, including ones for applications and unstructured content, as options.The company did not provide pricing information for the optional items.Overall, the suite reflects the further integration of two key Oracle acquisitions, Sunopsis and Hyperion, into the company's core Fusion Middleware lineup, according to Kobielus. "There's a lot of Sunopsis and Hyperion DNA in this," he said.Oracle bought Sunopsis, maker of an ELT (extract, load, transform) tool in October 2006. The company plunked down $3.3 billion in March 2007 for Hyperion, which had a master data management product among its offerings.IBM, Oracle, and SAP are now the main industry contenders in terms of a truly broad data-integration suite, according to Kobielus. Other large enterprise stack vendors, such as Red Hat or Sun, might be wise to make some acquisitions in this space, he added.Marketing materials announcing the Oracle's release stress the suite's applicability to heterogenous environments, noting its support for a broad array of databases, including IBM DB2, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Teradata, and Oracle.This is telling, right down to Oracle's positioning of its own database at the end of that list, Kobielus said. "IBM is also strongly heterogeneous," he noted.
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TA-Lib provides more than 130 technical analysis functions for financial and trading applications.  Main feature of this release is a new generated XML file to provide meta information of the interface. This facilitate integration within .NET and Java applications.  New Features ============ - New Functions: BETA, MINMAX, MINMAXINDEX, MININDEX, MAXINDEX - Debian and RPM packaging available. - Java JAR packaging available. - New TA_FunctionDescription() returns XML description of API. - New ta_func_api.xml file generated in root directory of the package. - Support for unmanaged static libraries with Visual Studio 2005.  Fixes ===== #1526632 : Fix bug in LINEARREG_ANGLE #1544555 : Now do proper divide by zero detection in TA_ADX  Other Changes ============= - Better Java/.NET naming convention. - ta_func_list.txt moved in root directory of the package. - Removed dependencies on trio and Mersenne Twister functions. - Volume and Open Interest are now double instead of integers. - Add license specific to Excel users.  Info: http://ta-lib.org
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Oracle Corp. will release 46 patches on Tuesday for products including its Oracle Database 10g, Application Server and E-Business Suite.