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SpringSource has updated its tc Server with the introduction of tc Server Spring Edition.

"Developers will find TC Server Spring Edition useful because it ships with Spring 3.0 or 2.5 preloaded and has support for running Spring applications (as well as frameworks built on Spring, like Grails and Spring Integration)," notes InfoQ's Josh Long.

"Through May 10, the company will offer two free perpetual CPU licenses of tc Server Spring Edition and 60 days of support with any qualifying purchase of VMware Inc.'s software, including vSphere, vCenter, View and ThinApp," writes SearchServerVirtualization.com's Alex Barrett.

"The Spring edition SpringSource tc server 2.0 will start at $750 per CPU while the standard edition is priced at $500 per processor and the developers edition will be free," writes ZDNet's Paula Rooney.

More here from JavaWorld ... and more here from The Register.

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Sun Microsystems' Simon Phipps recently resigned from his position as chief open source officer at Oracle.

"Phipps, who had worked at Sun for nearly a decade, confirmed his decision to walk in a blog post on Monday," writes The Register's Kelly Fiveash. "His resignation marks the latest in a long line of big guns at Sun who have left the firm following Oracle's $7bn acquisition, which finally got regulatory approval in January this year."

"While Phipps says that he hasn't decided what he's doing next, he's still up for election for the OpenSolaris Governing Board," notes CMSWire's Dee-Ann LeBlanc. "If elected, this would bring him to the mandatory three term limit so it would be his last term on the Board."

More here from IT PRO ... more here from InformationWeek ... and more here from InternetNews.

Does your business or organization need a hosted exchange service?



Do you have a need for data management or e-mail management on a hosted server not maintained on the premises?

Do you lack the IT staff to handle your own e-mail and data management but want the specialized attention an IT staff can offer?

Wikipedia explains that, in the telecommunications industry, hosted exchange is a term referring to a service where a third party may provide to you or other clients services like e-mail boxes and available space for data on a remote server they maintain and control.

The provider of this hosted exchange service than allows their clients to access and interact with important data stored on the service for a fee allowing you to use e-mail, address book, task management systems, documents and other resources through a variety of media.

The hosted exchange provider also allows e-mails to be routed directly to the client's laptop, mobile phone or other interface via a system known as "push technology."

Of course, all you need to know is that it will work for your small to medium sized business.

While various free e-mail providers can offer such service for personal use, in order to link these e-mail accounts to a company domain and allow multiple employees to access accounts and various other calendar and task management tools simultaneously, a hosted exchange provider is needed.

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A new version of java for mobile devices is being launched by Sun for manufacturers and developers. The Mobile Service Architecture or MSA platform would be combining various existing Java components into a single minimum standard which has got the nod of most of the manufactures and operators. It was almost four years back when Sun and the Java committees had agreed upon a minimum common standard and since then the [...] Read More


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The following is a contributed article by Mark Gentile, founder, president and CEO of Odyssey Software:
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Sun plans java version for cellphones Web 2.0

Sun Microsystems plans to revamp its Java software in an effort to compete more effectively in the fast-growing market for Internet-connected mobile phones.(NewYorkTimes) Sun Microsystems, the original developer os Java, has always had a lead in javarelated things. Just think about their Java desktop for example. Probably a great product, but they will never market it as the desktop market is overloaded as it is. But that doesn't mean they're out [...] Read More

How can you decide which predictive dialers are right for you?


First off, by way of introduction, a predictive dialer is a system that dials outbound calls instead of requiring your call center staff to do it.

The system then waits through the call connection process and passes it on to a waiting agent only if a live person answers.

There are also hosted predictive dialers that provide software, support and other technology out-of-house for you so that you don't need to make any investment at all in the system besides paying for the service.

So how do you distinguish between all the services and systems out there to decide which predictive dialer is right for you?

Here are some tips to get you started:

• Find out the capacity. How many phone lines and how many agents can the system accommodate and how many do you need to make your campaign a success?
  


• Make sure it's a good fit. Will it work with your existing phone system/computer system?
  


• Test accuracy and speed. How many calls does the system screw up failing for whatever reason to pass on live callers to your waiting agents like its suppose to and how fast does it work?
  

For more details on how to choose a predictive dialer, read the complete article at wikiHow.