Happy Birthday Java

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Sun celebrated 10 years of Java last month at its annual JavaOne conference in San Francisco. Sun Chairman and CEO Scott McNealy opened the show by inviting Microsoft and Linux operating system vendor Red Hat to join the Java Community Process. Also, read our story “IBM, Sun likely to continue Java rift” below to see why Sun and IBM have not entirely ended their squabbles over the development of Java standards.

* BREAKING NEWS FROM MICROSOFT TECHED, AMSTERDAM:

Microsoft solidifies software launch plans, 07/05/05

Microsoft  Tuesday dribbled out more details of the planned Nov. 7 launch of Visual Studio 2005, SQL Server 2005 and BizTalk Server 2006 at its TechEd 2005 Europe conference in Amsterdam.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/070505-microsoft-plans.html?nl

Microsoft reveals some details of CRM 3.0, 07/05/05

Microsoft Tuesday said it plans to release a new version of its CRM software around year-end. With the new version will come a special edition for small businesses, a subscription-based license for hosting services, and support for more languages, including Chinese and Arabic.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/070505-microsoft-crm.html?nl

* NEWS FROM JAVAONE, SAN FRANCISCO:

IBM, Sun likely to continue Java rift, 06/30/05

Just because IBM and Sun made a show of playing nice at JavaOne this week in San Francisco does not mean the two companies have entirely repaired their rift over the development of Java standards, observers at the annual Java developers conference said.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/063005-ibm-sun-java.html?nl

Sun’s McNealy chides Microsoft, IBM, Red Hat, 06/29/04

Sun Chairman and CEO Scott McNealy at the 2004 JavaOne conference on Tuesday extended an open invitation to Microsoft and Linux operating system vendor Red Hat to join the Java Community Process (JCP), and also stressed that Sun, which has struggled financially lately, is not going away.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2004/0629sunred.html?nl

JavaOne spotlights open source, security, 06/27/05

Sun will use its JavaOne conference this week to talk about advancements to Java that make the programming language a more secure and manageable foundation for Web services.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/062705-javaone.html?nl

Sun, Ericsson deepen Java collaboration, 06/27/05

Longtime partners Ericsson and Sun Monday said they have agreed to extend their collaboration to the development of an integrated multitasking Java technology.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/062705-sun-ericsson-java.html?nl

JBoss upgrade eases application development, 06/27/05

JBoss last week said it would upgrade three of its Java middleware products to include an early version of Enterprise JavaBeans that could help customers more easily build applications that can run across multiple servers and support larger numbers of users.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/062705-jboss.html?nl

* UPCOMING TRADE SHOWS (July, Aug., Sept.):

Burton Group Catalyst North America 2005

July 13-15, San Diego

https://www.burtongroup.com/catalyst/

LinuxWorld

Aug. 8-11, San Francisco

https://www.linuxworldexpo.com/live/12/events/12SFO05A

HP World 2005

Aug. 14-18, San Francisco

https://www.hpworld2005.com/conference/hpworld2005/index.jsp

ISC East (Northeast security show)

Aug. 24-25, New York

http://www.networkworld.com/nltradealert2466

VoiceCon Fall

Aug. 29 – Sept. 1, San Diego

https://www.bcr.com/voicecon/fall/index.php

SIMposium 2005 (Society for Information Management)

Sept. 11-14, Boston

https://www.simnet.org/content/content/2005Simposium.cfm

HP Technology Forum 2005

Sept. 12-15, New Orleans

https://www.hptechnologyforum.com/

Microsoft Professional Developer Forum

Sept. 13-16, Los Angeles

https://msdn.microsoft.com/events/pdc/

Oracle OpenWorld

Sept. 17-22, San Francisco

https://www.oracle.com/openworld/index.html

Demo Fall

Sept. 19-21, Huntington Beach, Calif.

https://www.demo.com/demofall/

Business Engines Global Summit 2005

Sept. 25-27, Lake Buena Vista, Fla.

https://www.beglobalsummit.com/Overview/Overview.cfm

NGN (Next Generation Networks) 2005 Conference

Sept. 26-30, Washington D.C.

https://www.bcr.com/ngn/

Storage Decisions

Sept. 28-30, New York

https://storagedecisions.techtarget.com/newyork/index.html

IT Security World Conference & Expo

Sept. 28-30, San Francisco

https://www.misti.com/virtprogITS05/program.asp

* FREE NETWORK WORLD TECHNOLOGY TOURS:

IT Strategies for SMBs: A Practical Blueprint for Smart Growth

July 12-21, variouos cities

http://www.networkworld.com/events/smb05/index.html

At IT Strategies for Small to Mid-Sized Business: A Practical Blueprint for Smart Growth, you’ll see how today’s technologies can build a foundation that will sustain your company’s growth. And you’ll see a variety of innovative products and demonstrations so you can judge for yourself what works best for your organization.

For links to presentations, white papers and other resources related to the previous Network World Technology Tours, please go to: http://www.networkworld.com/events/itsem.html