Version 1.0 offered developer productivity, ease of use and powerful
features. Now, with a new high performance compiler, connections to more
enterprise systems, team programming support and exploitation of the latest
in Java technology, VisualAge for Java, Version 2.0, looks like a great
choice for Java programmers.
IBM's VisualAge for Java is a Java application development environment for
building Java applications, applets, servlets and JavaBean components. Its
various editions provide developer productivity, performance, ease of use and
various Java technology features. The Entry Edition can be downloaded free
from IBM's Web site so you can see what VisualAge for Java has to offer. The
Professional Edition can be used by power users wanting easy access to
relational data as well as by programmers just getting their feet wet in
Java. The Enterprise Edition is us... (more)
JDJ: For those readers who aren't familiar with Schlumberger Electronic
Transactions, could you please give us a short history of your corporate
background and structure plus your own responsibilities?
TL: Schlumberger has been in business since the late 1920s. The company was
founded based on a new technology developed by Conrad and Marcel
Schlumberger, two French brothers who invented a method to determine, through
electrical measurements, the presence of oil and gas in subsurface rock
formations. The technique, which became known as well logging, utilizes
sophisticated instrum... (more)
In early 1998, Bruce Scott, one of the cofounders of both Oracle Corporation
and Gupta Technology, opened the doors of his fourth start-up company. With
this one, PointBase, Scott returned to his database roots with a simple but
ambitious business plan: develop the next generation of database software for
managing data anywhere on the Net. Specifically, the database should serve
applications at three levels in the Net and coexist optimally with major
enterprise-class data management systems such as Oracle, Sybase and DB2.
Targeted were the server level, typically hosting e-commer... (more)
Three years ago, Cyrus InterSoft's founder and CEO, Scott Bayless and his
team of developers decided to make Java deliver on its promise of platform
independent network computing. They recognized the need for a simple,
cohesive way to transparently tie together heterogeneous networks and
communications systems, providing users with computing access anywhere,
anytime, on any device. To fulfill Scott's vision, certain parameters would
have to be met. The system would have to: Be entirely abstracted in order to
sit on top of and leverage existing networks and operating systems witho... (more)
In today's competitive environment if a company isn't knee-deep in
e-business, many times it's not in business at all. Organizations have
realized that leveraging the Internet can give them tremendous competitive
advantages, but along with these advantages comes increased challenges.
A Web site may be extremely unique, but if it isn't also clear, easy to use,
and up-to-date, it won't attract customers. To draw this crucial audience,
it's important for any site to use the right Web development tools, because
even though each site has different needs, they all require a content
ma... (more)