Highlights Java Technology Innovation and Details
Roadmap of Future Java Platform Advancements
JAVAONE,
SAN FRANCISCO –
October 11, 2011
News
Facts
Oracle
has outlined plans for the future of the Java platform and showcased product
demonstrations illustrating the latest Java technology innovations during the
recently held JavaOne 2011.
Hasan
Rizvi, senior vice president, Oracle Fusion Middleware and Java, along with
Adam Messinger, vice president of Development, Oracle Fusion Middleware and
Cameron Purdy, vice president, Development, Oracle, revealed Oracle’s strategy
to evolove Java platform.
“Our
strategic objectives for the future of Java are to accelerate technical
innovation in the Java platform and increase Java technology adoption,” said
Rizvi.
“We
expect to keep Java vibrant and moving forward through ongoing support for open
standards and by working closely with the Java developer community,” he added.
Java
is #1 programming language with 9 million developers worldwide and 80% of
mobile developers using the Java platform. 97% of enterprise desktops run Java
while more than 3 billion devices have been powered by Java technology
including more than 125 million Java-based TV devices.
Oracle
announced plans to improve the interoperability between HTML5 and Java
technology in order to simplify the development of rich client/server
interaction for cloud based applications.
Oracle
also announced availability of JavaFX 2.0, an advanced Java user interface (UI)
platform for enterprise business applications and the next step in the
evolution of Java as a premier rich client platform. Oracle intends to submit a
proposal to open source the JavaFX platform as a new project within the OpenJDK
Community.
Java
EE continues to be hugely popular with increasing developer adoption and over
40 million downloads of Java EE components, including Oracle GlassFish Server.
Java
EE 7, the next generation of Java EE, is well underway which will further
enhance the Java EE platform for Cloud environments with support for features
such as multi-tenancy and elasticity (horizontal scaling).
Rob
Benson, Director of Runtime Systems at Twitter, announced that Twitter has just
joined both the OpenJDK Community, as well as the Java Community Process (JCP).
Twitter will be collaborating with Oracle and the other members of the JCP and
the OpenJDK Community to help evolve the Java platform.
IBM,
Intel and Red Hat, as well as ARM, GetJar and Harris IT Systems, also
demonstrated their ongoing support for Java technology.
Supporting
Resources
• Java 7 Celebration Webcast Replay
• Java at Oracle
• Planet JDK (JDK developer blogs)
• Java User Groups
• Java Source Blog
• Follow the conversation on Twitter:
follow @Java
About
Oracle
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software and hardware systems company. For more information about Oracle,
please visit our Web site at http://www.oracle.com.
About
JavaOne
JavaOne
San Francisco returns to the Zone October 2-6, a developer-friendly
neighborhood. At the heart of the Zone is the Mason Street Cafe, a block-long
playground and lounge bordered by JavaOne hotels (the Hilton San Francisco Union Square, Hotel
Nikko, and Parc 55 Wyndham). JavaOne
brings experts and enthusiasts together for an extraordinary week of learning
and networking focused entirely on all things Java and moving the #1 development
platform forward. With more than 400
sessions covering topics that span the breadth of the Java universe, keynotes
from foremost Java visionaries, and engaging activities geared toward
developers, JavaOne is the world's most important event for the Java community.
For more information, please visit:
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