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EclipseRT Community Continues to Grow with New Projects and Contributors

Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 10:04 by Christopher567…
This week at EclipseCon 2010 two new Eclipse projects, Eclipse Gemini and Eclipse Virgo, join the EclipseRT community. These two projects provide important functionality required by organizations building enterprise solutions. Both projects represent important milestones in the continued growth of the EclipseRT community.

Eclipse Community Awards Winners Announced

Monday, March 22, 2010 - 22:30 by Christopher567…
The Eclipse Foundation congratulates the winners of the annual Eclipse Community Awards, which recognize the top individuals, projects and technologies in the ecosystem. Recipients were honored at an awards ceremony March 22 on the opening day of EclipseCon 2010. See the results at the 2010 winners page. Congratulations!

EclipseCon Starts Next Week

Thursday, March 18, 2010 - 16:44 by Christopher567…
With EclipseCon 2010 just around the corner, JAXenter caught up with this year's Program Chair Oisin Hurley, to get a sneak-preview of what we can expect from EclipseCon 2010, and to get his predictions on which Eclipse projects and technologies will make an impact this year...

Sigasi Makes its IDE for VHDL available as an Eclipse plugin

Thursday, March 18, 2010 - 09:00 by Christopher567…
Sigasi, an EDA company focused on agile hardware design tools, today announced that it will make Sigasi HDT, an Intelligent Development Environment (IDE) for VHDL, available as an Eclipse plugin. As from today, Sigasi HDT will be available in two versions: as a standalone application as before, and as an Eclipse plugin. A tool license includes the right to use either version, at any time, at the customer's discretion.

Eclipse Foundation 2010 Board Election Results

Tuesday, March 16, 2010 - 12:15 by Christopher567…
We are pleased to announce the results of the 2010 Board elections. The elected Committer Member representatives for 2010 will be:
  • Chris Aniszczyk
  • Boris Bokowski
  • Ed Merks
The elected Sustaining Member (e.g. Solution and Enterprise Member) representatives for 2010 will be:
  • Hans Kamutzki
  • Mik Kersten
  • Adam Lieber
Please join us in extending a hearty congratulations to the winners!

Objectivity, Inc. Named Sponsor of EclipseCon 2010

Friday, March 12, 2010 - 16:11 by Christopher567…
Eclipse Foundation announced today that Objectivity, Inc., the leader in distributed, scalable data management technology, was named a sponsor of its popular conference, EclipseCon 2010, which will take place March 22-25, 2010 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, California.

Using OSGi & Equinox Effectively: An Interview With Jeff McAffer

Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 15:27 by Christopher567…
After releasing his latest book covering OSGi & Equinox, I took the opportunity to catch up with Jeff McAffer. In this interview we discuss the basics of OSGi, the Equinox implementation, benefits of modularity and some best practices around using Equinox.

BSI to open source Scout framework

Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 09:26 by Christopher567…
In May, Swiss company Business Systems Integration AG (BSI) will release its Scout business application framework to the open source community. A first look at the Scout project's source code will be available to attendees at this year's EclipseCon conference, taking place from the 22nd to the 25th of March, 2010 in Santa Clara, California.

Mylyn Enables Agile ALM for Eclipse

Monday, March 8, 2010 - 09:20 by Christopher567…
The Eclipse Foundation today announced new initiatives to support the ongoing growth of the Eclipse Mylyn ecosystem. The open source Mylyn project is a widely extended framework for integrating task and application lifecycle management (ALM) tools with the Eclipse IDE. The project will create new sub-projects representing key IDE/ALM integration categories.

Register for the Eclipse Spring Training Series

Monday, March 8, 2010 - 04:25 by Christopher567…
The Eclipse Foundation and Eclipse member companies are pleased to announce the spring 2010 training class series. The training is an excellent opportunity for software developers and architects to learn more about Eclipse Rich Client Platform (RCP), Equinox & OSGi and Modeling technologies. Eclipse experts will lead the sessions, providing practical experience through classroom instruction and hands-on labs. Virtual and on-site classes have been scheduled in several countries from April 12 to May 28, 2010.

Eclipse Awards Finalists 2010

Friday, March 5, 2010 - 14:20 by Christopher567…
The Eclipse Foundation congratulates the finalists for the 2010 Eclipse Community Awards. Winners for each category will be announced at an awards ceremony on March 22, 2010 at EclipseCon. See the finalists here.

IBM and Eclipse efforts focus on OSGi modularity

Friday, March 5, 2010 - 08:23 by Christopher567…
OSGi, which is intended to provide modularity for Java, is the focus of efforts afoot at IBM and the Eclipse Foundation, with IBM leveraging OSGi in its application server and Eclipse using it in a new framework for accessing enterprise technology.

With an upcoming feature pack for WebSphere Application Server (WAS) v7, IBM seeks to make it easier to use OSGi.

Siemens Enterprise Use Equinox to Power "Communication as a Service"

Tuesday, February 23, 2010 - 16:31 by Christopher567…
Siemens Enterprise Communications have been developing telephony switches for the past 100 years, moving to software focussed solutions in the last decade. To bring their technology offerings up to date, Eclipse Equinox was chosen to give them a solid foundation for their OpenScape Unified Communications suite.

e4-Rover Mars Challenge at EclipseCon

Tuesday, February 23, 2010 - 11:00 by Christopher567…

Do you have what it takes to be a rocket scientist? EclipseCon 2010 will be your opportunity to play with the top guns. The Eclipse Foundation, in collaboration with NASA JPL, are organizing the e4-Rover Mars Challenge. EclipseCon attendees will participate in a contest to create the very best robotic control system to drive a robot across a prototypical Mars landscape. The grand prize winner will be receive an opportunity to visit the NASA robotics lab in Los Angeles, CA

e4-Rover Mars Challenge at EclipseCon

Tuesday, February 23, 2010 - 08:55 by Christopher567…

Do you have what it takes to be a rocket scientist? EclipseCon 2010 will be your opportunity to play with the top guns. The Eclipse Foundation, in collaboration with NASA JPL, are organizing the e4-Rover Mars Challenge. EclipseCon attendees will participate in a contest to create the very best robotic control system to drive a robot across a prototypical Mars landscape. The grand prize winner will be receive an opportunity to visit the NASA robotics lab in Los Angeles, CA

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