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  • Sun aims for ultra-cheap mobile phones

    Sun Microsystems hopes to sell a version of Java to phone companies that will bring network access to the world's computers, executives said at the JavaOne trade show in the US this week.

  • BEA Systems acquires Fuego

    BEA Systems announced on Wednesday that it bought business process management software maker Fuego for US$87.5 million in cash.

  • Microsoft's sleeping giant

    Linux gets a good share of the headlines, but Windows server software is grabbing a good share of the dough.

  • Firms consider plans for interoperable Java tools

    Some Java software providers are mulling an effort to improve interoperability among competing Java development tools.

  • Java camp takes cue from Microsoft

    If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, Microsoft's fiercest foes--Java software providers--are showing growing admiration for their powerful rival.

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  • Is Java cooling off?

    Sun tries to quell dissension among Java backers while fending off Microsoft. Is Sun really losing control of the Java franchise? Additional reading: Sun: Open-source Java will happen

  • Java camp takes cue from Microsoft

    If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, Microsoft's fiercest foes--Java software providers--are showing growing admiration for their powerful rival.

  • The future of Web services

    Is the recently released Business Process Execution Language for Web Services just the latest in a continuing line of proposals, or will it actually become a universal standard? Find out how BPEL4WS will affect Web services.

  • BEA's Laurence Cole: Straight to the source

    Laurence Cole, managing director of BEA Australia and New Zealand, talks to ZDNet Australia about the challenges of maintaining growth in a difficult market.

  • The great app server free-for-all

    Major revisions to the J2EE specification and the continuing emergence of strong alternative products will heat up the app server market in 2002. Here's what to expect.

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  • Sun strategy: A Java giveaway

    Sun plans to bundle its application server software into Solaris, a move that could shake the industry.

  • Red Hat, Sun to boost desktop Linux

    Red Hat and Sun Microsystems are gearing up to sell Linux for desktop computers, the companies' chief executives said Tuesday.

  • Sun adds polish to portal software

    In the run up to a June 19 online launch of a whole new product line, Sun has just released its Sun One Portal Server 6, to replace the iPlanet Portal Server.

  • Tech giants back new Web services

    Microsoft, IBM and BEA Systems plan to announce new specifications on Monday that the companies hope will help drive adoption of Web services.

  • Open source threatens Java servers

    Open-source software has already shaken up the operating systems business. Now, Java server software makers are feeling the heat.

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