Top Java Products Honored (Continued)

Best Enterprise Application Integration Technology
IBM: WebSphere Studio Application Developer, Integration Edition
"WebSphere Studio Integration Edition provides J2EE developers and application integration specialists with an integrated development environment for building and deploying J2EE applications."

Best Java Data Access Tool or Driver
Oracle: Oracle9iAS TopLink
"Oracle9iAS TopLink is a Java persistence architecture for rapid development and deployment of enterprise Java applications with relational databases. It supports Java Objects, entity Beans, Servlets, JSP, session Beans, and Message Driven Beans."

Best Java Optimization/Profiling Tool
Borland: Optimizeit Suite
"Optimizeit Suite offers the Automatic Memory Leak Detector, which enables teams who are new to Java to solve memory leaks immediately, increasing team and code efficiency. Seamless integration with the JBuilder development environment boosts team productivity."

Best Web Services Management Tool
IBM: WebSphere Studio Site Developer
"Based on Eclipse technology, this development environment allows developers to build, test, and maintain dynamic Web sites, applications, and Web services on both Windows and Linux."

Best Installation Tool
InstallShield: InstallShield MultiPlatform
"InstallShield MultiPlatform deploys software onto any client or server platform, including Mac OS X, OS/400, Windows, AIX, Solaris, Linux, HP-UX, or any other flavor of UNIX."

Best Java Virtual Machine
Sun Microsystems: JVMs
"Java programs are executed within the JVM rather than running directly on the native operating system, which is why programs are portable from one platform to another. Java programs are written in three basic flavors: applets, applications, and Servlets/JSP pages."

Best Java-Powered Device or Platform
Palm
"Palm offers a secure, centrally managed solution that integrates with existing tools, processes, and infrastructure. Palm has several wireless choices for corporate e-mail, calendars, and contacts."

Best Pure Java Packaged Client/Server or Distributed Application
PointBase: PointBase Mobile Database Technologies with Unisync
"This Java relational database has an ultra-compact footprint and can be embedded within a Java application, making it transparent to users from the time of deployment. PointBase supports bidirectional synchronization with Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, and other JDBCs."

Most Valuable Java Deployment Product
Apache: Ant
"The Java-based build tool from the Apache Software Foundation's Jakarta offers the features of Unix's Make utility, but with the full portability of pure Java code. Ant is extensible and open, so it integrates readily with any editor or development environment."

Most Valuable Java Development Product
Eclipse Consortium: Eclipse
"Eclipse is an OS-independent development environment designed to be extended with plug-in tools. Its support for the native Windows GUI look-and-feel makes Java development on Windows seem more natural."

Java Community Awards
Outstanding Contribution to Java Technology
Graham Hamilton, Sun Microsystems
"JavaOne attendees know Graham Hamilton from his annual presentations of the Java technical road map, but Hamilton has had more to do with driving Java's direction than with describing it. One of the core architects of the Java platform since 1989, he has been instrumental in Java's transition from novel technology to enterprise workhorse. His contributions include the Java IDL (Interface Definition Language) system, the JDBC database access API, the JavaBeans component initiative, Java Logging APIs, and the Java APIs for XML. He also was instrumental in the creation and establishment of the Java Community Process program, including its 2.0 update. He was specification lead for the J2SE 1.4 'Merlin' release, and most recently has been central in planning for the upcoming J2SE 'Tiger' release. He also has been active in Sun's recent push to tackle ease of development in the Java platform. This year, Graham was recognized within Sun with an appointment as a Sun Fellow. This Java Pro award amplifies that honor with well-deserved recognition from the wider Java community."

Outstanding Contribution to Java Community
JSR 198 Submission, Oracle
"Java platform vendors jockeying for competitive advantage can work counter to the community's interest in promoting common standards. Nowhere has this been more evident than in the bickering between backers of the Eclipse Consortium and the NetBeans initiative, two opposing approaches to defining an extensible framework for J2EE development tools. Stepping into the fray to seek a resolution to the intramural battle, Oracle has championed a Java Specification Request, JSR 198, that aims to establish a common API for extending Java IDEs. While the JSR is still in its early stages and will not issue a draft for public comment until later this year, the expert group has participation from both Sun and IBM and thus promises a serious attempt by partisans to resolve dispute. Oracle's commendable initiative to refocus the community's technology efforts toward common directions and standard practices is well deserving of this year's award for outstanding contribution to the Java community."