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The Eclipse Foundation today announced during the JakartaOne Livestream virtual conference the release of the Jakarta EE 8 Full Platform and Web Profile specifications and related Technology Compatibility Kits (TCKs).

Java Community and Eclipse Foundation introduce the designated Java EE successor, including Web Profiles, TCKs and Certified Eclipse GlassFish 5.1.

The Eclipse Foundation has announced the release of the Jakarta EE 8, the first truly open-source, vendor-neutral version of Java Enterprise Edition.

The Eclipse Foundation has finally completed the transition of Java Enterprise Edition (EE) over to Jakarta with the release of the Jakarta EE 8 specification.

After transitioning from Oracle to the Eclipse Foundation in 2017, Jakarta EE (previously known as Java EE), has reached another major milestone.

After what seemed like eternity, the time has finally come – the long awaited first release of Jakarta EE is now officially in the hands of the public.

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Open Liberty is a flexible Java application server. It comes with Eclipse MicroProfile, which is a set of tools and APIs to build microservices.

JakartaOne Livestream is scheduled in conjunction with the formal release of Jakarta EE 8, will go live on September 10th, 2019 with the first of 19 one-hour sessions starting at 7:00am EDT.

Now Available! In the MicroProfile Technical White Paper, Lars Röwekamp explains why NOW is the best time for developers & users to adopt the MicroProfile APIs when developing microservices.

Tanja Obradovic (Jakarta EE Program Manager) and Mikael Barbero (Team Lead) explain what will change in detail with Jakarta EE and how to join the community to help shape the future of Cloud Native Java.

If you are a server-side Java developer, you should be attending JakartaOne Livestream. As the name implies, it is a virtual conference to cover all things Jakarta EE (in case you weren’t paying attention, Jakarta EE is Java EE transferred to the Eclipse Foundation from Oracle).

J4K is an exciting brand new conference that combines the best of open source and middleware communities for developing applications on Kubernetes. Check it out today!

Registration is now open for EclipseCon Europe 2019 in Ludwigsburg, Germany, October 21-24. We’re using a new registration system for 2019, and the process is notably different from previous years. Even if this is not your first EclipseCon Europe, please read the detailed instructions on the registration page. Happy registering!

Welcome to the second issue of the Eclipse IoT Newsletter for 2019, a newsletter tailored to share Eclipse IoT community and industry news.