30 April 2008 - Apache POI 3.1-beta1 Now Available- April 30, 2008 The POI team is pleased to announce the release of 3.1 BETA1 which is one of the final steps before 3.1 FINAL. Apache POI is well-known in the Java field as a library for reading and writing OLE2 office file formats, such as Excel, PowerPoint, Visio and Word. The status of this release is a beta, meaning that we encourage users to try it out. If you find any bugs, please report them to the POI bug database or to the poi-dev mailing list. The release contains a mixture of new features and bug...http://www.apachenews.org/archives/001150.html 28 April 2008 - Apache CXF 2.1 Released- April 28, 2008 The Apache CXF team is proud to announce the availability of the 2.1 release Apache CXF is an open source services framework. CXF helps you build and develop services using frontend programming APIs, like JAX-WS. These services can speak a variety of protocols such as SOAP, XMLHTTP, RESTful HTTP, or CORBA and work over a variety of transports such as HTTP, JMS or JBI. CXF includes a broad feature set, but it is primarily focused on the following areas:Web Services Standards Support: CXF...http://www.apachenews.org/archives/001151.html 27 April 2008 - Apache Tuscany SCA Java 1.2 (incubating) Now Available- April 27, 2008 The Apache Tuscany team are delighted to announce the 1.2 release of the Java SCA project. Apache Tuscany provides a runtime environment based on the Service Component Architecture (SCA). SCA is a set of specifications aimed at simplifying SOA application development. These specifications are being standardized by OASIS as part of the Open Composite Services Architecture (Open CSA). The Tuscany SCA Java 1.2 release adds a number of features including: An improved SCA distributed domain support.http://www.apachenews.org/archives/001152.html |