Sun moves on Java for HP smartphone

Sun Microsystems is announcing integration of the Java Platform Micro Edition (ME) with the HP iPaq 900 Series Business Messenger smartphone. But the company's plan to put Java on the popular Apple iPhone device has remained stalled, reports Infoworld.

For the HP device, the binary Java ME implementation is based on Sun Java Wireless Client software and enables Java applications to run on the unit.

"[HP has] switched over to Sun as the supplier of the Java virtual machine for this, and we're delivering this VM in binary form," said Dave Hofer, Sun group marketing manager for Java mobile and embedded technologies.

Sun Microsystems announced the immediate availability of Sun Identity Manager 8.0, the latest version of Sun's flagship provisioning software, says ITSeccity.

With numerous product enhancements and new functionality, such as data export and attestation capabilities, Sun Identity Manager 8.0 is the first user provisioning software to provide role-based user provisioning, enabling customers to use business roles for both identity lifecycle management and identity auditing across enterprise and extranet environments.

The solution has deep integration with Sun Role Manager to help enterprises with their attestation and identity audit needs. In addition, major updates in operational reporting allow customers to analyse their entitlement data, which can help them gain better control of their provisioning and auditing processes, make compliance a sustainable part of their business and reduce costs.

BEA customers will not be forced to migrate to Oracle middleware products, Charles Phillips Jr, Oracle's president, said in a recent Webcast to outline plans for the integration and support of the two companies product lines, reports Tech Target.

Oracle plans to converge the BEA WebLogic and AquaLogic product lines with its Fusion Middleware to provide a comprehensive set of products for service-oriented architecture, said Thomas Kurian, senior vice-president of development for Oracle middleware platform products.

A new enterprise service bus combining the technologies of Oracle and BEA is an early example of the synergy made possible by the acquisition, he said. The BEA WebLogic Application Server will also supplant OC4J as the company's flagship enterprise Java product, though some OC4J and Fusion features will be added to it.