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Java: Two and a Half Years After the Acquisition
Aug 2012		Doc # 236309		Technology Assessment

Printed Page Length: 13 pages

By: Al Hilwa
Program Director, Application Development Software
Team: Application Development and Deployment
Team: Directions 2012 (U.S) Participating Analysts
Team: Worldwide Software Research

Price $ 3,500.00

Abstract

This IDC study assesses the state of Java two and a half years after the acquisition of Sun Microsystems by Oracle Corp.

"The measure of success for any software platform is its ability to feed an ecosystem of developers, vendors, and technologies, working both collaboratively and competitively to build added value," says Al Hilwa, program director of Application Development Software research at IDC. "Java has been successful in building one of the largest ecosystems known in modern software."

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Application Development Software

Companies Covered:

Apple Inc., Oracle Corporation, SAP AG, IBM, Microsoft Corporation

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Topics Covered:

Android, App stores, Application development and deployment, Application development software, Application server middleware, Applications, Content applications, Hadoop, Networks, Operating systems and subsystems, Routers, Smartphone, Social networking, Software, Windows Phone 7

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