Oracle today launched the much awaited Fusion Middleware 11g.  Below is a quick Java centric look at what to me are the highlights of the new Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g - Read more…

Oracle today announced availability of Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g, the next generation of its middleware product suite. Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g claims to significantly improve the agility and intelligence of business applications while enabling organizations to exploit new hardware and software architectures for efficient IT execution and cost savings. Read more…

NetBeans 6.7 features integration with Project Kenai, Sun’s collaborative hosting site for free and open source projects and support for Maven, a community software project management and comprehension tool. Read more…

James Gosling talks of how Java the language isn’t that important but the  Java Virtual Machine (JVM) is what matters. He also takes an open approach to dynamic languages but thinks they are at times too slow for use. Read more…

Glassfish server has announced support for Django. Django is a Python Web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design. Read more…

Google has open sourced Page Speed, a tool that was being used internally at Google to analyze and optimize web page performance. The performance best practices section of the Page Speed guide lists and discusses various web site performance optimization strategies and is a good read. Read more…