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Over the past year significant momentum has grown behind the unique intersection of two core Web platform technologies, Java and XML. Clearly, with Java emerging as the predominant Internet-system programming language and XML emerging as the dominant model for Internet data, these two technologies are bound to intersect in interesting ways. Indeed, almost without exception Java has been the primary reference implementation environment for emerging XML technologies such as XML and XSL parsers, as well as XML-centric object database systems. The meshing of these two key technologies is also at the intersection of a revolution in how the Internet economy functions. Over the last few months we've begun to see an emerging concept that is quickly spreading across leading Internet companies and technology platforms. The concept is Web syndication, which refers to building ... (more)

New Business Models on the Web

Growth in Internet commerce continues to fuel an adoption frenzy of Web technologies. The benefits of moving a business to the Web seem clear, but only a few can truly claim that they're building sustainable, long-term businesses. The most prevalent form of money making on the Web seems to be online advertising. Any company with a site and an audience is selling online eyeballs, mostly through the online advertising networks. Even small sites with little traffic rely on online ads with click-bartering networks such as the LinkExchange. But the novelty is wearing off. Even with ... (more)

Allaire CF, Java and JRun

On June 15 Allaire announced that it intended to acquire Live Software, makers of JRun, the leading server-side Java development and deployment server. With this acquisition Allaire also announced a broader strategy for embracing Java on the server, extending its leading Web application platform with a huge customer base and technology platform, and setting the stage for an integrated application server platform that combines the dominant tag-based rapid development model (CFML) with the dominant server-side object-oriented system programming language, Java. These perfect cousins... (more)

"Convergence Is Now Coming Alive" Says Jeremy Allaire

ON THE PAST... "Back in 1997 I created a simple application in CF that presented a UI via the very first Web phone (the AT&T PocketNet Phone), and allowed me to turn on and off the lights and coffee maker in my house" ON THE PRESENT... "For the past few years I've spent a great deal of timing working on and thinking about the application of rich media, video, and media distribution technologies" "It's hard to think of a kind of Internet or Web application that ColdFusion couldn't be used for building" "most...institutions - learning institutions, government institutions, religio... (more)

Beyond Java: The Metamorphosis of an Operating Platform

By most people's estimate, it's the fifth anniversary of Java. Five years ago, with Netscape in tow, Sun unveiled Java, declaring that the Java programming language would be the next Web revolution. At the time HotJava was the "killer app" for Java; more a proof of concept than a competitive browser platform, it demonstrated that there could be more to the Web than plain old HTML. Within a year all the major browser platforms included a 1.0 version of the Java Runtime and applets were considered the next big thing after plug-ins. Both, it turned out, were pretty much useless for... (more)