Sun Microsystems said Thursday that it's changing its ticker from "SUNW" to "JAVA" effective Aug. 27. While this move is largely a gimmick--Is any institutional investor going to push Sun over $5 over ...

Oracle Java has fallen to just 34% of Java distributions in use, with Amazon rising to 22%, according to New Relic’s 2022 State of the Java Ecosystem report. While still the industry’s leading Java ...

Sun Microsystems is gradually providing more details on how it plans to open source its core Java technology, delivering on a promise the company made to developers back in May at its JavaOne ...

Two major mobile phone manufacturers, Siemens and Ericsson, have agreed to sell software developed by 4thpass that lets customers send Java programs wirelessly to next-generation cell phones, 4thpass ...

Some argue that open-source software can't innovate. In fact, one of the industry's former executives, Peter Yared, recently argued that "the only successful open-source companies sell commodities." ...

Scott Sellers is the co-founder and CEO of Azul, with 30 years of experience as an entrepreneur and executive in the technology industry. In a clear sign that businesses are searching for practical ...

Pivotal's latest push for Java support aims to help customers execute on their cloud strategies and digital transformation efforts -- and get the company itself back on the rails. Pivotal Spring ...

A little more than a year ago, detractors painted the Eclipse open-source project as nothing more than a ploy by IBM to sell its own software. Today, by most accounts, it's the center of innovation in ...