
Take one hot town -- New York -- and blend in one hot technology -- Java -- and you've got the
makings for a great event: The Java Internet
Business Expo, which ended August 28. This event, with more than 16,000 attendees, exceeded all
attendance projections and lived up to its star billing.
IBM was a co-sponsor of the show, and our senior vice president and software
group executive, John M. Thompson, was
a featured keynote speaker.
At the expo, we showcased the latest solutions from IBM and Lotus that employ Java to
help customers rapidly develop and deploy e-business applications. These offerings included
the VisualAge for Java integrated
development environment, the San
Francisco Java business process components, and
the Lotus BeanMachine
authoring tool.
We were also pleased to have three of our customers in the IBM booth, demonstrating how Java is
helping their businesses:
- Red Storm Entertainment, Inc. -- a
multiple media entertainment company founded
by best-selling author Tom Clancy and Virtus Corporation, the leader in interactive 3D
business applications. The company's upcoming release, Tom Clancy's Politika, is
one of the first games written entirely in Java and will leverage
IBM's InVerse
technology to address critical issues of Internet response time and reliability.
- Caliber System, Inc. -- a leading
provider of integrated, customized transportation and
logistics services. They're developing a new Java-based transportation management system
for RPS, Inc., their small-package delivery unit.
- Econometrics -- an
entrepreneurial market research company based in Chicago. Through
the use of a new Java applet, they are expanding their services to more users via the Internet.
News from the Expo...
More Hot Topics
The Expo stirred up a lot of discussion about the future direction of Java. Here are
a few thoughts from our own experts...
 |
The Direct Path to Nowhere
Is Microsoft J/Direct the answer to all your problems or a direct path to nowhere?
David Kaminsky, an IBM Java team lead, says it's a fast track to high-cost
computing.
|
 |
Java: Common-Sense Computing for Today's Networked Companies
Java provides the ability to concentrate on developing portable, reusable, and
robust environments. It is time to put marketing discussions aside and let common
sense reign.
|
 |
So Microsoft Hates Java; What's Changed?
Still trying to interpret Microsoft's shifting position on Java? Simon Phipps of
IBM's Centre for Java Technology Development says it isn't that hard to figure out.
|
JavaTM is a trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Other companies, products, and service names may be trademarks or service marks of others.
Copyright
Trademark
|