As I had mentioned in one of my previous posts, Host Access Transformation Services is now available. This is NOT just a upgrade. You will need one of the products from the 7.5 codestream of Rational Software developer products: Rational Application Developer Rational Business developer Rational Software Architect RDi RDz These are based on Eclipse … Read more
IBM has released the next version of their software development platform. These are based on Eclipse 3.4 and include the new WebSphere Application Server 7.0 with full Java EE 5.0 support. This includes EJB 3.0 support, JPA support, and the newest web services extensions.http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?subtype=ca&infotype=an&appname=iSource&supplier=897&letternum=ENUS208-305#h2-chargex Starting pricing levels are as follows:Rational Software Architect for WebSphere Software: … Read more
I got an email this week from IBM letting me know that IBM is hosting an open beta for Rational Application Developer v7.5. You’ll need an IBM id to download it. Finally, we have support for JEE5 and EJB 3.0!! From the email, this version includes: Increased support for iterative development for JEE5 applications that … Read more
We had a project recently where we have been updating an existing Java application and moving it from JBoss to WebSphere. Now some of you millennials may start thinking this is a backwards move, but its not. It is not one that I am working on, but rather something my colleagues are. Follow me on … Read more
IBM is announcing at the Rational Software Developer conference, Rational Team Concert, a commercial product built on the Jazz project. While this has been buzzing around the Java community since it was demoed at JavaOne last year in 2005. The goal of this project is to be to team collaboration what Eclipse has been to … Read more
This is now my second trip to SFO for JavaOne. After being at LotusSphere in March (where IBM announced Notes 8 Beta), I’ll have to say this is the better conference to attend. I’m also going to the Rational Software Developer Conference in Orlando in June, and I have my doubts about it. JavaOne has … Read more
I knew that IBM would not support IE7 on existing platforms (RAD/RWD/RSA 6, etc.), but now they have stated that they will not support IE7 on the upcoming RSDP 7 (codenamed Caspian). The product is not even released and yet IBM is behind the curve! http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21248158 IE 7 has been in Beta for nearly a … Read more
I signed up for the Beta program, but am still waiting. I don’t see the downloads available yet on the partner site yet. I am hoping that RSA/RAD 7 is going to be like what we saw at JavaOne in May from Eric Gamma et al. That demo blew me away. I think it makes … Read more