Spring and Open Source at the Pivotal Initiative
By now you’ve probably heard about Pivotal. I’d like to take a moment here to explain what this means for Spring, and to tell you about some of our plans for 2013. In case you missed it, here’s the essential background on Pivotal: Led by Paul Maritz, the initiative unites key people and projects from Read more…
Spring Remains at the Forefront of Enterprise Java: BigData, NoSQL, and Cloud Portability
It’s JavaOne time again and this year you’ll find sessions on how Spring works with Java SE to address Big Data, NoSQL, and enterprise integration challenges. We’ve always worked hard to ensure that Spring remains at the forefront of enterprise Java by providing timely support for emerging trends and technologies. The numbers suggest that our Read more…
dm Server project moves to Eclipse.org
Today we will be releasing version 2.0 of the dm server. This represents a major milestone for the project, and for enterprise application development with OSGi in general. I’m delighted to now be able to reveal the next step in the dm Server journey: we have submitted a proposal at Eclipse.org to continue development of Read more…
Gemini project proposal at Eclipse.org
This week the Gemini project proposal was unveiled at Eclipse.org. Gemini is part of the Eclipse RT (runtime) project which is "designed to foster, promote and house runtime efforts in Eclipse, on the basis of the Equinox framework and OSGi" (Eclipse RT mission statement). Gemini itself is an umbrella project bringing together a collection of Read more…
Virtualization & Enterprise Java
If you want to understand at a strategic level what the implications of VMware’s recently announced acquisition of SpringSource are, there are several good sources, including Steve Herrod’s (CTO of VMware) blog post, Rod Johnson’s commentary, Paul Maritz’s press and analyst call, and Darryl Taft’s insightful piece in eWeek. In this post I will focus Read more…
SpringSource (and other top vendors) leading the OSGi charge
In a press release made available by the OSGi Alliance yesterday, several leading vendors including SpringSource, IBM, Oracle, RedHat, Sun, SAP, ProSyst, and Paremus joined forces in their support of OSGi as the foundation for next generation server platforms. To highlight some of the key points: Craig Hayman, VP IBM WebSphere said [IBM] has been Read more…
Early draft of OSGi Service Platform Release 4.2 specification now available
The OSGi Alliance have posted an early draft of release 4.2 of the Service Platform specification. SpringSource employees are active members of both the Core Platform Expert Group (CPEG) and the Enterprise Expert Group (EEG) within the Alliance. My personal involvement has been largely with the EEG, and particularly with RFC 124 "A Component Model Read more…
Why should I care about OSGi anyway?
InfoQ has a discussion thread summarizing the reactions to the announcement of the SpringSource Application Plaform. Michael Burke asked a great question on that thread which can be paraphrased as "forgetting the hype surrounding OSGi, what benefits can I expect to see if I port an application currently packaged as an EAR to OSGi bundles?". Read more…
Completing the picture: Spring, OSGi, and the SpringSource Application Platform
** Updated May 2nd with case study :- see the bottom of this post for details ** I'm sure most of you reading this blog will have seen the announcement of the SpringSource Application Platform yesterday. If not, be sure to check out Rob's blog post which describes some of the motivation, programming model, and Read more…
Spring Dynamic Modules reaches 1.0!
Well, it took a lot longer than we initially anticipated, but I'm really pleased to say that the Spring Dynamic Modules project reached its 1.0 milestone today. When I first posted on this topic back in September of 2006 ("Spring OSGi support gaining momentum") the initial specification was just an attachment to an issue against Read more…
