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New Articles
 o Introducing 1060 NetKernel
 o JCP 2.6: The JCP Evolves Again
 o Naked Objects: Building Rich Internet Applications with Naked Objects

Tech Talks
 o John Goodson on Database Access Technologies

TheServerSide Java Symposium 2004
 o Symposium Session Schedule Released!

Key J2EE Industry News Headlines
 Some key headlines:
 o Oracle profits jump, reportedly eyeing acquisitions such as BEA?
 o JCP Releases JavaServer Faces 1.0

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Introducing 1060 NetKernel

By Peter Rodgers

In this article, Peter Rodgers discusses the 1060 NetKernel system, an open-source URI Request Scheduling Microkernel which provides the foundation for the 1060 NetKernel XML Application Server. NetKernel provides a Web operating system upon which Web apps can be developed that are fully backwards compatible and which can in turn be used as the basis for Web-like XML-services.

JCP 2.6: The JCP Evolves Again

From Sun Microsystems

As of March 9, 2004, the Java Community Process (JCP) is operating under a new set of rules designed to encourage more participation by a broader range of developers and simplify the process of creating compatible Java technology APIs. This article from Sun, discusses what the new JCP 2.6 means to the community.

Naked Objects: Building Rich Internet Applications with Naked Objects

By Richard Pawson, Robert Matthews, Dan Haywood

This article discusses the need for rich clients in certain types of applications, such as expense reporting and customer-service systems. It contrasts two kinds of applications as coined by Alan Cooper: 'transient' and 'sovereign', and shows you how to use Naked Objects to gain all of the advantages of a rich-client interface, without sacrificing the benefits of the thin-client approach.

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John Goodson - JDBC Expert Panel Member, VP Research and Development, DataDirect Technologies

Topic: Database Access Technologies

John Goodson discusses different methods for accessing data such as JDBC, Rowsets, SQL/XML, XQuery and the criteria for choosing between these differnet technologies. He looks at the proposed changes, performance enhancements and the new connection mechanism in JDBC 4.O. He examines the impact SQL:2003 will have on developers, how applications will use the SQL/XML standard, and the advantages of using a disconnected model for database access.

TheServerSide Java Symposium 2004

Symposium Session Schedule Released!

The session schedule for TheServerSide Java Symposium has been posted, detailing the time and dates of the 57 sessions and panels. Additionally, in a new innovation for technical conferences, this year we've added a 4th track all about real world project case studies: architectures deployed, lessons learned. Check out the session schedule!

Since the last newsletter, we have added new speakers to our agenda, including J2EE specification lead Bill Shannon, J2SE lead architect and Sun Fellow Graham Hamilton, JBoss CEO and Founder Marc Fleury, JBoss Chief Architect Bill Burke, JCP Chairman Onno Kluyt, BEA CTO Benjamin Renaud, Aspect J AOP Architect Gregor Kiczales, and more!

Register Early for Great Savings

If you register by March 31st, you can attend for $1099 - a $200 savings. You can also select an in-person autographed book from one of our speakers! There is a lot of demand for this incredible event, so register early! Click here to go to the Symposium website.

Groovy language submitted as JSR 241

Groovy, the scripting language, has submitted itself as a JSR under the JCP 2.6 process. This would mean that the JCP will be used to standardize the language via a specification and TCK. There is already support from Apache, BEA and ThoughtWorks along with Richard Monson-Haefel and more.

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Oracle profits jump, reportedly eyeing acquisitions such as BEA?

Oracle has had a jump in profits. They have an 11 percent increase to $635m in Q1, on revenue of $2.5bn, 9 percent up on last year. The reason for the increase appears to be database sales. Sys-con has reported that Oracle is aggressively on the hunt for acquisitions and even claim that BEA is in their scopes. There don't seem to be any facts to backup that claim though.

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Open For Business 3.0 Released

Open For Business 3.0 is now available for download. This release includes hundreds of new features and now has nearly all functionality required for a retail fulfillment based business and many other types of businesses to operate. It is an excellent foundation for custom in-house projects and commercial derivative works, or as a basis for applications provided as a service.

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JBoss releases Nukes on JBoss 1.0

JBoss Inc. has announced the final Nukes on JBoss 1.0 release. Nukes aims to provide an easy-to-use, powerful and robust content management system. If you think about it, Nukes is more general and provides an infrastructure to enable collaboration among applications. The project lead, Julien Viet also answers some questions about his work.

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JCP Releases JavaServer Faces 1.0

The long-anticipated final version of the JavaServer Faces (JSF) specification 1.0 has been released. As Sun said on its ballot notes "This has been a long road. I'm glad to see this important JSR coming in for final approval!"

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