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Catching up with news from before JavaOne: Pentaho Announced support for GlassFish v2 for Pentaho BI Platform. Note that Pentaho is one of the more than 40 initial companies listed in the new Sun Partner Program for GlassFish. |
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The NetBeans team released a new NB + MySQL + GF bundle (download) a couple of weeks ago but I didn't time to write about it. The bundle includes:
• NetBeans 6.1
See reviews and comments from James - a frequent NetBeans blogger - and Colin - a frequent MySQL blogger - |
Paul pushed out the latest GF Admin GeoMap to reflect data from Feb 07 to May 08. A quick region-by-region comparison shows that the largest increase is in Latin America; Colombia grew more than 100%!
Month-to-month growth for several areas, based on hits:
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• US - 18%
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Rimuhosting now Supports GlassFish. Their application came just a bit too late to make it into the formal GlassFish Partner Showcase but they will be added early next week, when we are all back from JavaOne. |
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The Spring Framework (2.5.4) is now available at the GlassFish v2 Update Center (UC@TA). Installation should be straight-forward: after installing GlassFish v2, run the updatecenter via: $GLASSFISH_ROOT/updatecenter/bin/updatetool There are a couple of post-intallation steps to do; check out the details at Pramod's Note and let us know of your experience, positive or negative. |
Note this is the GF v2 update center. And thanks to Rajeshaw to help pushing the module out.
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You may have seen Jonathan's note on OpenSolaris, MySQL and GlassFish being available on Amazon EC2. Details on the OpenSolaris portion are available at the EC2 Blog (Welcome, Launch and New Limits), at Dileep's Blog and at the EC2@Sun and OS@EC2 sites. For MySQL check the MySQL@EC2 site. |
I know that Homer worked on the GlassFish
AIM AMI but it all happened right before
JavaOne and I didn't have time to check more.
He told me he is writing a note on it, and I'll spotlight it when it is ready.
And thanks to Charles for some of the Links.
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Another GlassFish-related announcement from Sun (PR): the Open ESB collection of projects are being aligned under the GlassFish umbrella. An evolutionary rather than a revolutionary move as pieces of OpenESB were already included in GF v2, but will encourage further synergies between the groups and artifacts. |
Expect bundles of OpenESB components with GF, as well as community and architectural interactions. A good example of the latter is Project Fuji where the ESB components are delivered as OSGi modules running on GlassFish v3.
Check out GlassFish ESB, the earlier TA entry, and Prakah's Introduction to Fuji and GlassFishESB
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We now have a name for Sun's commercial distribution of Sailfin: Sun GlassFish Communications Server. Sailfin will support SIP Servlet 1.1 and can be used to develop applications using IM, VoIP and shared multimedia. The initial release is expected in the fall of this year and will be aligned with GF v2.1. |
Check the Press Release for more details. Also, Ericsson and Sun are holding a Contest for Sailfin Applications. And previous entries on Sailfin at TheAquarium are here.
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Sun has joined the Liferay Community to develop a common Web presentation platform that incorporates portal and integration technologies from Liferay and from OpenPortal, GlassFish, OpenSSO and other related projects (Press Release, FAQ@Liferay, FAQ@OpenPortal). The collaboration actually started a while ago and Liferay 5.0 (Download) already includes Portlet 2.0, WSRP and OpenSSO support. Future technologies will include Mirage CMS, SAW and others... |
WebSynergy is closely related to the current and future evolution of GlassFish; to formally recognize that, we will formally add OpenPortal to the larger GlassFish community.
An early version of WebSynergy based on Liferay 5.0, GlassFish v3, and MySQL is Now Available (also see screencast).
Several of the key community members have written about WebSynergy; check out:
• Brian @ Liferay - Liferay and Sun
• James @ OpenPortal - Sun/Liferay Initiative
• Prashant - Inter-Widget communication in cross-platform widgets
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The Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server (nee Sun Java System Application Server) has a new, additional, "unlimited" pricing option. The offering was announced in the GlassFish Combo PR. As of this writing, the pricing has not yet propagated to the GF Subscriptions Page, but I know the concept is modeled on the MySQL Enterprise Unlimited offering. |
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Today Sun is launching a new partner program for the GlassFish Server. This program is initially targeted at ISVs and hosting providers but we have also seen high interest from SIs, consultants and trainers and we will expand it in that direction in the near future - check the Program Info to apply. |
The initial companies in the program are listed below in alphabetical order. the list is growing, so check the Online Parter Showcase. Also, if you contacted us and you are not listed, please be patient and we will process your submission in the next few days.
• AdventNet
• BosTech Corporation
• CA - Wily Technology
• CGI
• Continuent
• DocDoku
• eApps Hosting
• Ericsson
• Funambol
• G2One
• MyEclipse
• GigaSpaces
• Halcyon
• Hyperic HQ
• ICEfaces
• ITAC Software
• JackBe
• JInspired
• Joyent
• jVantage
• Kaazing
• Liferay
• DaliCMS
• Manor N' Rock
• N(i)2
• NGASI
• Noemax
• Nuxeo
• Orbeon Forms
• Pentaho
• Reflexis
• SitePen (DWR)
• SpringSource
• Synchronica
• Telepo
• Terracotta
• Traffix
• XAware.ORG
• WebAppCabaret Hosting
• WebTide
• XWiki
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Today Sun announced that we will be renaming our distribution of the GlassFish AppServer from "Sun Java System Application Server" to "Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server" to more clearly articulate its relationship with GlassFish. |
I believe the new name will not kick in formally until the next release, which would be GF v2.1. Post any questions about the change as comments to this entry and we will address them.
A few hours into JavaOne 2008, here is some early GlassFish coverage :
• From the Golden Gate to GlassFish (Antonio)
• Glassfish v3, Modularity and the hidden, underestimated killer feature (Adam)
• Glassfish Unconference ended ... with a party. (Adam)
• Pictures from JavaOne 2008 Take 1, Take 2, Take 3, Take 4, Take 5 , Take 6 , Take 7 (Arun)
• Community One (Antonio)
• First day at JavaOne (Johan)
• CommunityOne impressions (Johan)
• SailFin at JavaOne (Binod)
• Java One Day 1 (Cay)
• JavaOne 2008 Opening Keynote (JavaLobby)
• JavaOne 2008 Day One (Xebia)
• What a day... (James)
• Getting the word out (Dave)
• JavaOne Day One - Personal Highlights (Mike)
• JavaOne Impressions from Tuesday: Busy (ONJava)
• Servidor De Aplicaciones De Sun Cambiará De Nombre (vramirez)
• Sun 发布 GlassFish 3 Preview 版 (Yansen)
• Vorschau auf Glassfish v3 (Till)
• JavaOne 2008: Day 1, JavaOne 2008: Day 2 (Jason)
• Java platform to get modularity, OSGi support (InfoWorld)
• How to organize developer communities
• Postmortem for JavaOne 2008 (TheServerSide.com)
On Monday, at CommunityOne, Dave gave the first public presentation of SocialSite, a new project designed to add OpenSocial applications to your site, regardless on whether it uses JSP, PHP, or other technologies.
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Dave and Jamey will be giving more details on SocialSite on Thursday: BOF-5857: Turn your website into an OpenSocial container with Project SocialSite. 6:30 PM on Thursday at Esplanade 307/310. Also see Dave's note. |
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JavaOne is proving to be its normal self. I had totally missed the GF v3 Admin Plugin Contest! I think it is a Nazrul/Anil special... Anyhow, thanks to Ken for the tip; go check the rules for the contest so you will have a chance to win a Canon SD1000 camera. And, if you think you have a really cool idea for a plugin, go an submit it to the GAP program; we still have a few openings. |
