Instantiations announces major updates to coincide with the GWT 1.5 release. GWT Designer now also has added basic support for popular widget kits GWT-EXT and MyGWT.

AccessPlatform 1.0 provides Java persistence using JDO/JPA APIs to a range of datastores including RDBMS, db4o, Excel, LDAP, and XML.

Oracle Corp. yesterday announced the acquisition of SOA performance specialist ClearApp, which provides model-driven management for composite applications built on J2EE middleware, not the least of which is BEA Weblogic, itself recently purchased by hard-charging Oracle.

Skyway Software announces the release and general availability of Skyway Builder version 6.0.2.

Exadel Fiji is an extension to JavaServer Faces to fully encapsulate Flex.

Ditching BlackBerrys in favour of Windows Mobile devices could save companies a packet on server savings, according to Redmond - but not everyone's convinced.

IT has a key role to play in making businesses more energy efficient. Quocirca's Simon Perry explains.

IBM has launched a blade server that is specifically designed to deal with security issues.