Calvin Austin

From SOA World Conference & Expo 2005 East (April 17, 2005) - This month's Web Services Edge Conference -SOA World Conference & Expo- marks four years since the first detailed W3C note on the Web Services Definition Language (WSDL) and nearly five years since the first public specification of SOAP. You may be wondering, why hasn't the uptake of Web services matched the bold predictions made when it was first launched? There are certainly more developers thinking about Web services with the advent of service-oriented architectures (SOA). However, the number of successful public We... (more)

2005 Marks Ten Years of Java Technology

This year will mark the tenth anniversary of the official launch of Java technology. It seems like only yesterday. No doubt there will be celebrations similar to the five-year anniversary, so I thought I would take this opportunity to step back in time and track Java's course. In January 1996, less than a year before that first launch, the first full developer kit, JDK 1.0.2, was released... (more)

Three Gems from JavaOne

You may have heard the news that Sun has opened the doors for its employees to start blogging, including the most famous employee, the COO. Blogging obviously isn't new, and many companies have already gran-ted individual users the opportunity to go ahead. However, the open floodgate - simply to fill in your details on a Web page, press a button, and start posting - is proving an interes... (more)

Java Inside

I recently upgraded my home network to use 802.11g. The prices for routers and PC cards have fallen throughout the year, but unfortunately the support has only marginally improved in that time and, after many re-installs, my network wasn't working. I eventually had to resort to probing the card to find out the exact chipset to get my Linux box up and running. It's fine now, but I found i... (more)