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Short Items of Interest for the Java Community

• Java Card 3 in Classic and Connected Editions
• GlassFish Enterprise Server v2.1.1
• Latest Release: Java 6 Update 17
• J2SE 5.0 Reaches End of Service Life
• List of Security Updates for Java SE
• Installing Java 6 Update 17 in Windows XP
• Early Access Build: Java SE 6 Update 18 b04
• GlassFish Communications Server 2.0 / SailFin 2.0
• Easily Deploy Web Apps with GlassFish Web Stack
• GlassFish Version 3 Slides, Demos, Screencasts
• Powerful Logging in Java ME
• MIDP 3.0 Features: Inter-MIDlet Communication and Events
• Create an Image Slideshow With JavaFX
• Java EE 5 Tools Bundle Update 7 Refreshed

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Cost, Utility Lend Great Interest to Open Source Solutions

A posting in The Aquarium (”nothing to do with fish but everything to do with Open Source Java EE, XML, SOA…and more”) alerts readers to the potentially important role in store for GlassFish Communications Server as a tool in the Telco industry. The blogger, pelegri, predicts that SailFin will play a significant role in accelerating the adoption of the converged (SIP+HTTP) web, pointing readers to an article in the January 2009 Ericsson Review to support the contention.

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A High Price-Performance Carrier-Grade Platform Based on Open Industry Standards

Sun GlassFish Communications Server is a Java EE technology-based converged communications application server for developing IP-based multimedia applications. It combines enterprise Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Web services capabilities with Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) servlets. Based on Project SailFin, the Sun GlassFish Communications Server provides an enterprise and carrier-ready platform for converged applications. It supports SIP Servlet specifics 1.0 and 1.1 and is compliant with JSR 116 and JSR 289.

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