Sun Tech Days back in Hyderabad

Sun Microsystems will be holding, for the second consecutive year, Sun Tech Days in India at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC) from 27 to 29 February, with supporting sessions in Bangalore and Chennai, says SDA Asia.

Based on the theme of 'Open Opportunities', this year's event will cover technologies such as JavaFX, JRuby and other open source technologies in addition to Java Platform Enterprise Edition, GlassFish project, NetBeans Integrated Development Environment Java Platform Standard Edition, OpenJDK, Java Platform Micro Edition, OpenSolaris, SOA using OpenESB and Sun Java Composite Application Platform Suite.

The event will be supported by Oracle, AMD, Intel, Ericcson, Nokia, CollabNet, Sybase, Accenture, Webex and Parasoft, among others.

Advanced Modeling Concepts has released a Java security tool, AfterthoughtSoft-Secure, that allows Java developers (or security professionals) to add powerful role-based access control logic, "after-the-fact" to "existing" Java applications, says Virtualization.

The AfterthoughtSoft-Secure tool can weave Java JAAS (Java Authentication and Authorisation) logic into any existing Java application - even if it is a third-party application that is no longer supported or for which no source code exists.

AfterthoughtSoft-Secure comes in three editions: A free "community" edition, a "pro" edition, and an "enterprise" edition.

In order to expand resources for tru2way application developers, CableLabs has established the OpenCable Project on Sun Microsystems' Java.net site, says Fox Business.

Cable operators are delivering on their promise to deploy tru2way interactivity to consumers' homes in the form of tru2way-enabled set-top boxes which utilise Java-based applications.

Time Warner Cable already has deployed nearly 600 000 tru2way set-top boxes and Comcast has made the commitment to deploy support for tru2way devices system-wide by the end of 2008.