IN TODAY’S competitive marketplace, organizations are facing the difficult challenge of providing a broad range of electronic-business services while keeping costs down in the face of ever-compressed ...

One interpretation of this graph shows Java (blue) being overtaken by C (black) over the course of the decade. What this interpretation belies is the fact that Java and the C family (C, C++, and C#) ...

Java and Java-related technologies continue to be introduced and continue to mature. As Java becomes more enterprise ready, as opposed to application-platform centric, we are seeing the introduction ...

The Java programming language emerged roughly 25 years ago, when Smalltalk and C++ dominated. Back then it was easy to argue that the world didn't need another object-oriented programming language.

Java defies the hype cycle, thriving at 30 with unmatched enterprise trust, modern AI integration, and a vibrant, global developer community. In a fast-paced tech landscape where languages rise and ...

Sun Microsystems on Tuesday is broadening its Java Enterprise System network services software package, releasing middleware suites tailored to functions such as service-oriented architectures and ...

COBOL, or Common Business Oriented Language, is one of the oldest programming languages in use, dating back to around 1959. It’s had surprising staying power; according to a 2022 survey, there’s over ...

The test version of the J2SE development specification includes enhancements designed to make Java programmers more productive and desktop Java applications easier to manage. Martin LaMonica is a ...

As had been anticipated, the Java Community Process (JCP) has approved the Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) 5 specification, Sun Microsystems said on Thursday. Sun called Java EE 5 the most ...

Oracle has proposed a project to the Eclipse open-source foundation to ease creation of high-end Java applications. The company said it intends to spearhead the Eclipse project and make contributions ...

An early January Java zero-day bombshell has been just the inauspicious start to 2013 that many security researchers needed to set off talks again about the future of Java as a software platform. It's ...