Last November, VC firm Thoma Brava closed an investment in open source Java specialist Azul, becoming its leading backer.

The Java Enterprise Edition 5 release (Java EE 5), billed by Sun as the most significant update in six years, supports a number of important Web services standards and is designed to be easier to use ...

Work is being wrapped up on the first draft of a set of new Java technologies that could bring big benefits to mobile phone applications for both work and entertainment. The technologies, embodied in ...