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Java Thriving in Oracle's hands

IDC has published a Technology Assessment of Oracle's stewardship of Java titled "The State of Java: Two and a Half Years After the Acquisition." The overall...

IDC has published a Technology Assessment of Oracle's stewardship of Java titled "The State of Java: Two and a Half Years After the Acquisition." The overall IDC opinion is that Java under Oracle's stewardship is thriving. Report highlights include: The successful delivery of Java SE 7, which had been stalled at Sun Microsystems Articulation of realistic road maps for Java EE 7 and Java SE 8 The healthy growth of the Java ecosystem The decisiveness with which Oracle handled...

Java Security Update

Oracle has just released Security Alert CVE-2012-4681 to address 3 distinct but related vulnerabilities and one security-in-depth issue affecting Java running...

Oracle has just released Security Alert CVE-2012-4681 to address 3 distinct but related vulnerabilities and one security-in-depth issue affecting Java running in desktop browsers. These vulnerabilities are: CVE-2012-4681, CVE-2012-1682, CVE-2012-3136, and CVE-2012-0547. These vulnerabilities are not applicable to standalone Java desktop applications or Java running on servers, i.e. these vulnerabilities do not affect any Oracle server based software. Due to the severity of...

Hot Java Content

It's August, summertime in the United States, and time for many of us to go on vacation. (You'll have to find my personal account to see more photos of the...

It's August, summertime in the United States, and time for many of us to go on vacation. (You'll have to find my personal account to see more photos of the Monterey Bay Aquarium.) Here's some great Java content that you may have missed while I was gone: Blogs Project Jigsaw: Late for the train: The Q&A JSR 355 Final Release, and moves JCP to version 2.9Oracle releases JDK for Linux ARM, JRE for Mac OS XArchitects and Architecture at JavaOne 2012Java Champions at JavaOne 2012...

M2M Revolution:  Critical Issues for End-to-End Software and Systems Development   Webinar

M2M Revolution:  Critical Issues for End-to-End Software and Systems Development    / Wednesday September 12, 2012 -  12:00pm ET/ 9:00am PT This Webinar will...

M2M Revolution:  Critical Issues for End-to-End Software and Systems Development    / Wednesday September 12, 2012 -  12:00pm ET/ 9:00am PT This Webinar will discuss critical systems and software issues inherent to the cost effective deployment of end-to-end, M2M systems. These factors include planning for security, manageability and adaptability.   By 2020, the profusion of new M2M Systems will create more data traffic than today's Internet of information and people...

Java Embedded @ JavaOne Keynotes

Java Embedded @ JavaOne (Oct. 3-4, Hotel Nikko, San Francisco) gives you the chance to learn about Java Embedded and all the possibilities this technology has...

Java Embedded @ JavaOne (Oct. 3-4, Hotel Nikko, San Francisco) gives you the chance to learn about Java Embedded and all the possibilities this technology has to offer. With nearly two decades of innovation, Java continues to be the dominant technology solution for enterprises worldwide, and drives an ever-growing ecosystem of over nine million developers. During that time, Java has shipped on over 10 billion embedded devices! Your company may be considering how to use...

Java SE 7 Update 6 Released

Oracle just announced the release of Java SE 7 Update 6. Notable in this release is the merging of JavaFX into the Oracle Java SE installation, Mac OS feature...

Oracle just announced the release of Java SE 7 Update 6. Notable in this release is the merging of JavaFX into the Oracle Java SE installation, Mac OS feature parity with JDK 7, the release of JavaFX 2.2 and the release of JavaFX Scene Builder 1.0.Java SE 7 Update 6 provides the merging of JavaFX into the Oracle Java SE installation. JavaFX was a stand-alone product, and is now fully integrated in this release. On Windows, JavaFX and Java Access Bridge are now installed as...

Make The Future Java Workshop

Last week, more than 300 high school students attended the Make The Future Java Workshop at Oracle headquarters in California. Students aged 13 to 18 got an...

Last week, more than 300 high school students attended the Make The Future Java Workshop at Oracle headquarters in California. Students aged 13 to 18 got an introduction to programming using Alice and Greenfoot, educational software programs designed to make learning programming easy and fun using animation. Professors from the University of Kent and Carnegie Mellon taught workshops with interactive exercises and group projects. More than 50 Oracle employees volunteered and...

Make the Future Java!

Last summer, we worked together to celebrate the release of Java 7 with 250+ local JUG celebrations, in 59 countries, attended by more than 30,000 Java...

Last summer, we worked together to celebrate the release of Java 7 with 250+ local JUG celebrations, in 59 countries, attended by more than 30,000 Java community members. This summer, we're pleased to announce the Make the Future Java 2012 Java Outreach Program that offers learning resources and "Make the Future Java" Tool Kits, which include a DVD and some Java stickers, postcards and a poster, all celebrating your interest in Java. We encourage you to find creative ways to...

The JVM Language Summit - 2012

A new article, now up on otn/java, provides information about the upcoming 2012 JVM Language Summit, scheduled for July 30–August 1, 2012 on the Oracle campus...

A new article, now up on otn/java, provides information about the upcoming 2012 JVM Language Summit, scheduled for July 30–August 1, 2012 on the Oracle campus in Santa Clara. The Summit brings together top language designers, compiler writers, tool builders, runtime engineers, and VM architects, from around the world for an open technical collaboration. Summit organizer Brian Goetz of Oracle remarks: "We've been running the JVM Language Summit for the past five years. The...