5.3.08
What is Android? - Android
Android is a software stack for mobile devices that includes an operating system, middleware and key applications. This early look at the Android SDK provides the tools and APIs necessary to begin developing applications on the Android platform using the Java programming language."
16.6.07
Anatomy of the Linux kernel - History and architectural decomposition
The Linux® kernel is the core of a large and complex operating system, and while it's huge, it is well organized in terms of subsystems and layers. In this article, you explore the general structure of the Linux kernel and get to know its major subsystems and core interfaces. Where possible, you get links to other IBM articles to help you dig deeper.
Given that the goal of this article is to introduce you to the Linux kernel and explore its architecture and major components, let's start with a short tour of Linux kernel history, then look at the Linux kernel architecture from 30,000 feet, and, finally, examine its major subsystems. The Linux kernel is over six million lines of code, so this introduction is not exhaustive. Use the pointers to more content to dig in further.
5.4.07
SCA: 1.0 and OASIS - Bobby Woolf's dW Blog
Monday April 02, 2007
Service component architecture (SCA) has reached some important milestones.
In "SCA V1.0 Publication & OASIS Standardization Intent Announcement," the OSOA announces SCA v1.0, to go with SDO 2.1. The specs have now been submitted to OASIS for ratification as a standard.
I've talked about Service Component Architecture (SCA), the new programming model designed specifically for SOA, and Service Data Objects (SDO), a programming model for portable data. SCA is built into WebSphere Process Server and is being standardized by the Open Service Oriented Architecture (OSOA) organization, a collaboration of a dozen top software vendors including IBM.
You can get more links on my wiki; Open Service-Oriented Architecture is a good place to start.
3.2.07
Oracle Service Registry 10.1.3.1 now available
The Oracle Service Registry 10.1.3.1 has been released and is available for download from OTN. This version of Registry is fully compatible with the 10.1.3.1 (SOA) releases of Oracle Application Server and OC4J standalone.
The product installer, a ReadMe document and the product documentation can be downloaded from the SOA/Web Center download page on OTN
Note that the installer can be used with all supported versions of Windows, Linux and Unix. This is a change from the 10.1.3 release, which had different Windows/Linux and Unix installers.
** WHAT'S NEW IN ORACLE SERVICE REGISTRY 10.1.3.1 **
Key enhancements other than infrastructure changes include:
* Support for the Oracle XML-based lightweight security provider
* Use of Oracle data sources, meaning that RAC support is now provided out-of-the-box
* Support for the following non-Oracle databases:
** Microsoft SQL Server 2005
** IBM DB2 8.0 +
** Sybase ASE 12.5 +
* An embedded Oracle Lite database. This configuration is supported on Windows only and is suitable for demonstration purposes only.
** SUPPORTED ORACLE APPLICATION SERVER VERSIONS **
Oracle Service Registry 10.1.3.1 is supported on the following Oracle versions:
Oracle Application Server 10g R3 (10.1.3.1)
OC4J Standalone 10g R3 (10.1.3.1)
Oracle Application Server 10g R2 (10.1.2.0.2)
OC4J 10g R2 (10.1.2.0.2)
Note that because the new release uses the Oracle JSP (OJSP) engine instead of Apache Jasper, an OJSP patch is required if running on Oracle Application Server/OC4J R2 (10.1.2.0.2). The patch can be downloaded from Metalink:
Patch: 4936151
Release: 10.1.2.0.2
Platform: Generic
30.1.07
Help wanted: qualified SOA architects
By Rich Seeley, News Writer
29 Jan 2007 | SearchWebServices.com
The Association of Open Group Enterprise Architects (AOGEA) was founded today in an attempt to fill a competence gap in the face of analyst and vendor fears that unqualified architects might slow or even doom SOA adoption."
24.1.07
Study Finds Open Source Benefits Business
Study Finds Open Source Benefits Business
The EC study, conducted by UNU-Merit, a research institute of the University of Maastricht in the Netherlands, finds that the use of open source software adds 263 billion Euros to the European economy and "the number of employees among firms contributing code to Floss projects is at least 570,000."
It also says that open source software programmers, nearly half of which are based in Europe, volunteer least 800 million Euros (roughly $1 billion U.S.) worth of labor.
The report calls for "correcting current policies and practices that implicitly or explicitly favor proprietary software" by offering fairer R&D incentives, supporting standardization, avoiding vendor lock-in in education settings, equitable tax treatment for open source contributors, and encouraging partnerships between businesses and the open source community.
The report estimates that the Floss-related share of the economy could reach 4% of European GDP by 2010.
"By providing a skills development environment valued by employers and retaining a greater share of value addition locally, Floss can encourage the creation of [businesses] and jobs," the report says.
That's a perspective shared by Richard Gorman, a venture partner at Silicon Valley VC firm Bay Partners, which invests in open source companies. "Open source is clearly a major trend and is clearly an economic stimulus for the economy today," he said. "The reason we like the open source business model is that it's a way of entering markets and solving customer problems in a very effective way, both from a control and an economic perspective."
Some of the report's findings and recommendations may rankle leading proprietary software makers such as Apple and Microsoft.
One policy recommendation seems particularly applicable to Apple and the ties between the iPod and iTunes Music Store: "Explore how unbundling between hardware and software can lead to a more competitive market and ease forms of innovation that are not favored by vertical integration."
And one of the report's findings is that users of Microsoft Office are no more productive than users of OpenOffice. "We also investigated the productivity of the employees in using Microsoft Office and OpenOffice.org," the report says. "Office suites are widely used and are a good test bed and representative for a comparison on issues like effort and time spent in the daily routine of work. Delays in the task deliveries may have a bigger impact than costs on the organization's management. Our findings report no particular delays or lost of time in the daily work due to the use of OpenOffice.org."
The report, however, stops short of recommending businesses switch to free applications such as OpenOffice because "employees may perceive that their work is under-valued using 'cheap' OSS products." It says organizations should consider that migrating away from proprietary software might have implications beyond cost.
Microsoft maintains that the total cost of ownership for Windows software is less than Linux and continues to host dozens of case studies, white papers, and customer testimonials to that effect on its Get the Facts Web site.
But Gorman insists the open source software makes economic sense. "It's a very good business model for entering large, existing markets and taking significant share, and creating significant customer and investor value," he said. "If you're an incumbent competing with a new company that's an open source company, it's very difficult to adjust or change your business model to be competitive. Usually by the time they end up adjusting, it's too late."
6.11.06
Penrose at my college
Even quantum mechanics is a provisional theory: Roger Penrose
# He was delivering the NIT convocation address
# Says the Big Bang, in a certain sense, is not the beginning
PHOTO SUSHANTA PATRONOBISH
Mathematician Sir Roger Penrose and BARC director S. Banerjee at the second convocation of the National Institute of Technology in Durgapur on Saturday.
DURGAPUR: For renowned mathematician and physicist Sir Roger Penrose, it is a depressing thought that we may be close to the Theory of Everything that will explain all the mysteries associated with the universe, down to the minutest detail.
'A final theory, if it comes, must have beauty and simplicity — something that I have not yet come across,' he said, while delivering the convocation address at the second convocation of the National Institute of Technology (NIT) here on Saturday.
Hailing from a distinguished family of scientists and mathematicians, Sir Roger had been playing with geometrical objects from the age of 10, said Bikash Sinha, Chairman of the Board of Governors, NIT, while introducing the former.
Controversial views
Known for his controversial views on the relation between physics and consciousness,
Sir Roger came across as one who did not venerate established ideas. 'Even quantum mechanics is a provisional theory, which has to be replaced by a great theory,' he said.
'This is not just my own contention. It has also been stated by Einstein, Schrodinger and Dirac.'
While asking the graduating students to challenge the conceptual basis of established theories and advance alternate world views, he said his own ideas about the Big Bang, the singularity supposed to mark the beginning of time, had considerably changed.
'The Big Bang, in a certain sense, is not the beginning,' he said, adding 'the big final stage may also be the initial stage — when there is only radiation left and the universe loses track of its scale.' It has to be mathematically proved though.
Explaining through fun
Sir Roger, famous for the Penrose tiling, said there was no clear demarcation between scientific work and fun.
He often found that it was often easier to explain with simple diagrams what could not be explained by complex calculations.
© Copyright 2000 - 2006 The Hindu"
25.10.06
Dwai's Search - Custom Search Engine
searches 149 sites, including: http://www.stumbleupon.com/tag/, http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Electrical-Engineering-and-Computer-Science, http://del.icio.us, http://dbanerj.google.com
Also embedded in Dain Bramage
24.10.06
SOA Suite 10.1.3.1.0 - Live on OTN
Take a look here
Here is the download matrix
SOA Suite 10.1.3.1.0 includes all of the following
-- SOA Suite CD --
Oracle HTTP Server (1.3.x based)
Oracle Containers for J2EE (OC4J)
Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Application Server Control
Oracle Application Server Guard
Oracle Application Server Recovery Manager
Oracle ADF
Merant DataDirect JDBC drivers
Oracle BPEL Process Manager
Oracle BPEL Process Manager Control
Oracle Business Rules
Oracle Enterprise Service Bus
Oracle Enterprise Service Bus Control
Oracle Web Services Manager
Oracle Web Services Manager Control
Oracle Lite (Windows only)
Oracle Application Server Cloning Tool
Oracle TopLink
XML Query Service
-- Companion CD --
Oracle HTTP Server 2.0
Oracle Application Server Guard
Oracle JDeveloper 10g
Oracle ADF Installer
Oracle Application Server Proxy Plug-In
Oracle Application Server OC4J Plug-In
Oracle Application Server OSSO Plug-In
Oracle Application Server Web Service Proxy Plug-In
OC4J Client zip file
OC4J Web Service Client zip file
OC4J IIOP Client zip file
OC4J Standalone zip file
OC4J Admin Client
Oracle Sensor Edge Server
Oracle TopLink
Oracle TopLink Foundation Library
Oracle TopLink Workbench
Oracle Business Rules Standalone zip file
Oracle Configuration Manager
Oracle Fail Safe (Windows Only)
-- BAM CD --
Oracle Business Activity Monitoring (Windows Only)
Management Methods | Management Models | Management Theories
1.10.06
Flip-Flotsam
28.9.06
10.9.06
Nice One - HBR IdeaCast 4: The Joys of Deliberate Mistakes and "Middlescence"
The Art of Deliberate Mistakes: We all know we can learn from our mistakes. So why not go out and make some deliberately? In this interview with Harvard Business Review senior editor Gardiner Morse, you'll learn about a systematic approach to making carefully planned mistakes that pay off.
Managing Middlescence: Tamara Erickson, co-author of Workforce Crisis: How to Beat the Coming Shortage of Skills and Talent, shares her very creative ideas about managing mid-career workers, particularly those who may be on the verge of becoming disengaged or disillusioned."
23.8.06
Oracle SOA Suite Preview Available for Download- From Reynold's blog
9.8.06
Accenture Opens Innovation Center For Oracle - EFYTimes
EFYTimes, India - 16 hours ago
Tuesday, August 08, 2006: Accenture has opened its Innovation Center for Oracle at the Oracle headquarters in Redwood Shores. The Accenture Innovation Center for Oracle will work towards the development of ...
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31.7.06
JAXB RI 2.0.1 is released
binary distribution bundle
release notes
change log
More downloads can be found in the download section"
20.7.06
New books from MIT Sloan faculty members
Blog Censorship by the Indian Government ?
Neha took up the issue and asked people to check whether they were able to access these blogs. Slowly, a list of Indian ISPs that had these blocks in place began to emerge.
Various bloggers called their ISP call centers and asked them about the block. Some ISPs were clueless about the block, some mentioned that the government had ordered that the sites be blocked.
Shivam Vij contacted the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-IN) and recived a terse response.
'Somebody must have blocked some sites. What is your problem?'
Chacko's sources indicates the block might be directed at specific blogs being used by terror units to communicate. I am reminded of Anand's article cautioning the loss of civil liberties in the wake of the terrorist attacks.
The mainstream media has begun to pick up on the issue. I believe that it would be the mos"
12.7.06
SOA Gotchas from reynolds blog
26.5.06
Kolkata kicks in
18.5.06
Oracle Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) - A First Impression (and it’s not bad at all!)
Nice one - Official Google Enterprise Blog
[Search to Start. Not Find]
Read more at googleenterprise.blogsp...
9.5.06
Oracle Middleware Leads IT Pack - Forbes
Forbes - 5 hours ago
Cowen & Co. analyst Peter Goldmacher maintained an 'outperform' rating on shares of Oracle after meeting with executives in charge of Oracle's middleware software group, Fusion Middleware.
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3.5.06
Oracle Delivers Enhanced RFID Technology in Oracle(R) Fusion ... - PR Newswire (press release)
PR Newswire (press release), NY - 14 minutes ago
LAS VEGAS, May 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- RFID JOURNAL LIVE! -- Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) today announced significant enhancements to Oracle(R) Sensor Edge Server, a component of Oracle Fusion Middleware, to ...
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IBM 'clipped tag' technology speaks to RFID privacy - EETimes.com
EETimes.com - 2 hours ago
SAN FRANCISCO - Responding to RFID privacy concerns, IBM has developed a 'clipped tag' technology, offering consumers the ability to tear or scratch off RFID antennae, eliminating the threat of an un-authorized reading of the tag.
IBM RFID Tag May Ease Privacy Concerns InformationWeek
Retail-Safe RFID Unveiled Wired News
RFID Privacy Guidelines To Protect Consumers Issued InformationWeek
TechPlanet - CIO - all 32 related"
21.4.06
19.4.06
Software Tracks Internet Moodswings
15.4.06
ESB: Wave of the Future
9.4.06
25.3.06
Op-Ed Contributor: The Factories of Lost Children
1.3.06
Enabling SOA-based Architectures using WebSphere Messaging
12.1.06
Slashdot | New Galactic Neighbor
21.11.05
WSIS: Secret police, hunger and booze
Secret policemen: you miss 'em when they're gone. It seems most people shipped out of Tunis soon after the closing ceremony ended around 7pm. When I got back to my hotel around 10pm, there was only one secret policeman standing guard and he didn't even bother to inspect my badge.…"