Technical Articles & Quiz

• Ease of Development in Enterprise JavaBeans Technology
  Learn about the ease-of-development features that are being planned for EJB 3.0 technology.
  
  
• Patterns and Strategies for Building Document-Based Web Services
  Learn patterns and strategies for building document-based Web services in this comprehensive tutorial.
  
  
• Federated Identity: Single Sign-On Among Enterprises
  Achieving federated identity with Sun Java System Access Manager.
  
  

Chats

• Liberty, SAML, and Federated Identity
  Following the response from our recent Federated Identity and Single Sign-On webinar, Sun's Pat Patterson, technical product manager, and Piras Velandai answer more of your topical questions on November 11, 9:00 A.M. PST/5:00 P.M. UTC.
  
  
• Webinar: Federated Identity, Access Control, and Single Sign-On
  If you missed the Webinar regarding federated identity, you can view the discussion in the archive or read the transcript.
  
  
• Webinar: Sun Java Studio Enterprise Sneak Preview
  A sneak peak at Sun Java Studio Enterprise 7, before general availability. See the new UML modeling feature and collaboration development environment, complete with demos. The speaker will be Sun's Ashwin Rao, Sr. Product Manager on November 18, at 9:00 A.M. PST/5:00 P.M. UTC.
  
  

Newsletters

• Core Java Technologies Newsletter
  Catch September's highlights of the latest Core Java technology releases and tools.
  
  
• Mobility Developer Newsletter
  Catch September's highlights of the latest releases of Wireless and Java Card technologies.
  
  

Events

• JavaPolis 2004
  December 13 - 17, 2004, MetroPolis Antwerp, Belgium
  The third edition of JavaPolis, Europe's biggest Java conference, welcomes only the best! The best international speakers on Java and J2EE. The most inspiring cases and realizations. And of course: the market leaders in Java and J2EE, to give you an overview of their latest products and services.
  
  
• European Application Development and Deployment User Group Meeting
  November 9, 2004, 9:30 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.
  Sun Microsystems, CBC office, Regis House, Ground Floor, 45 King William Street, London, United Kingdom. Come to the Application Development and Deployment (ADD) meeting to learn 'Best Practices' from fellow developers in other companies, hear the latest Roadmap and give input to directly to the Product Team for future product enhancements.
  Meeting sign up: http://developers.sun.com/contact/feedback.jsp?category=usergroup
  
  
• Upcoming Sun Tech Days
  November 4-5, 2004, Manila, Philippines
  Makati Shangri-La Hotel, Ayala Avenue, corner Makati Avenue, Makati City 1200, Manila, Philippines
  
  November 9-10, 2004, New York, USA
  Javits Center, 11th Avenue between 34th and 39th Streets, New York, New York
  
  
• Eighth Jini Community Meeting
  December 7-8, 2004, The Brewery, London, United Kingdom
  Jini Community Meetings are a great opportunity to learn more about what's happening with Jini technology and the Jini Community, but best of all to meet and connect with interesting people and companies who are of like mind and have discovered (or are discovering!) the power of Jini technology to build dynamic, adaptive systems.
  
  

Viewpoint

• The Things I Wish I Learned in Engineering School:
  A Conversation with Sun Microsystems Distinguished Engineer Rick Cattell. Sun Microsystems' Rick Cattell discusses why innovative software often never sees the light of day and how to remedy this problem.
  
  
• Innovation Still Matters
  A commentary by Larry Singer, Sr. Vice President and Strategic Insight Officer.
  
  

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