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• VMware angles Spring as premier Java development tool

  Oracle may own the Java trademark, but VMware is touting its own Spring framework as the best programming model for enterprise Java developers.

• JavaOne debate: Java EE vs. Spring

  The enterprise variant of Java faced off against the Spring Framework this week in a debate over which one developers should use for <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/t/java">Java</a> application development.

• Vmware finds 'killer app' in Salesforce.com add ons

  The VMforce cloud platform in development by VMware and Salesforce.com will be most useful for customers with existing Salesforce deployments, but can technically be used to build any Java application, a VMware official says.

• VMware's SpringSource to buy in-memory vendor GemStone

  VMware's SpringSource is acquiring database-caching software company GemStone Systems, the company announced Thursday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

• New Groovy cozies up to Java, SQL

  The new version of the Groovy programming language aims to make life easier for programmers who work with Java and SQL, the language's developers note.

• SpringSource enables Java cloud apps

  Java framework builder SpringSource is set to provide enterprise Java developers a platform for cloud-based deployments with the unveiling on Tuesday of SpringSource Cloud Foundry.

• VMware's next move may be middleware buy

  VMware will gain a substantial footprint in enterprise Java application development with its pending acquisition of SpringSource, which was announced Monday. But the virtualization giant may follow up that move -- made in support of a new PaaS (platform as a service) cloud-computing strategy -- by investing in distributed caching technology, a class of middleware that boosts application performance and scalability.

• VMware acquires Java vendor SpringSource

  VMware has struck a deal to acquire enterprise Java vendor SpringSource for $US362 million.

• SpringSource acquires open source management software maker

  Enterprise Java vendor SpringSource has acquired for an undisclosed sum Hyperic, a maker of open source system and application management software.

• Spring founder downplays rumored IBM-Sun merger

  The founder of the popular Spring Framework for Java, Rod Johnson, said Thursday he does not anticipate much impact if a possible acquisition of Java founder Sun by Java advocate IBM comes to fruition.

• SpringSource offers Java tool suite

  SpringSource, developer of the popular Spring Framework for Java development, on Tuesday will release SpringSource Tool Suite (STS) 2.0, an Eclipse-based platform for building Spring-powered Java applications.

• SpringSource fits Tomcat server for enterprises

  SpringSource, maker of the popular open-source Spring Framework for Java, on Tuesday will reveal an enterprise-class Web application server based on the open-source Apache Tomcat server, the company said.