Web Start really shines in the deployment of frequently updated applications, specifically internal development tools.
Oracle said on Friday that a new version of its Java application server and development tool are available with enhancements designed to ease back-end and AJAX-style Web development.
AJAX, mashups, location-aware software and sensor mesh networking are among the key emerging technologies set to have a significant impact on businesses over the next 10 years, Gartner says.
The growing popularity of interactive Web sites has set off a race among software companies, each pitching their own development toolkit.
One of a growing cadre of open-source companies, Zimbra will add joint document creation and sharing to its messaging and collaboration software at the LinuxWorld conference in San Francisco.
Many Web 2.0 technologies and functions fall under the umbrella of KM: wikis for collaboration; tagging and "folksonomy", which is known to the fuddy-duddies as taxonomy; and blogging, which behind the firewall would otherwise be known as intranet publishing.
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IBM will next month release a new version of its application server software intended to make building Web services easier.
Oracle has revamped its development tools with support for the latest Java and Web services standards.
IBM plans to introduce new development tools, the first of many releases in the coming months as the company targets new business-software customers.
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InterSystems launches CACH 2007, the latest update to their post-relational database product.
The deals to ship Sun's Java technology in all the PC makers' machines are a poke in the eye for Microsoft, which has been lacklustre in its support for the software.
Open-source software has already shaken up the operating systems business. Now, Java server software makers are feeling the heat.
In an about-face, Microsoft has said that it will reinstate the ability to run Java programs in Windows XP.
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