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At the SAP TechEd in Barcelona, SAP brought its new technology down to developer level, showcasing the latest in SAP Hana, such as the Hana Cloud Platform’s usage of Cloud Foundry, while calling on IT to innovate and build a ‘digital core’, rather than just integrate.

German data giant SAP certified third-party distros for in-memory database tech HANA, with more to come before end of year.

German data giant SAP certified third-party distros for in-memory database tech HANA, with more to come before end of year.

Franklin Herbas, senior strategist of technology innovations in the SAP Technology Platform, talks about the role of PaaS in the midst of today’s mobile, social, and big data revolutions in this talk from JAXConf 2013. Franklin will aslo talk about what to consider when evaluating a PaaS and how you can utilize leading technologies, like in-memory computing, to quickly build and deploy innovative cloud apps that take advantage of, and contribute to, the real-time big data revolution. Filmed by Marakana – www.marakana.com

Ericsson, Red Hat and SAP Ventures get in bed with OpenStack consultant, plus open-source deployment kit Fuel gets a Grizzly update.

The Java industry’s great and good will assemble in Santa Clara in just nine days – and it’ll cost you nothing to join them!

Our weekly off-beat look back at the week that was, in tech and beyond. Featuring John McCain’s important iPhone question to Tim Cook.

Another irreverent look back at the week that was. Also featuring, sumo wrestlers and the NFL draft

With yesterday’s major update, speculation grows that SAP’s PaaS, NetWeaver Cloud, may be close to release.

In his presentation at JAXConf 2012, Eberhard Wolff of adesso discusses the impact of new platforms such as NoSQL, DevOps, and the cloud on the future of Enterprise Java. Java EE has long enjoyed broad support across the industry through companies like IBM, Oracle, and SAP, but Java developers need to be prepared to tackle the challenges and opportunities presented by new startup-fueled technologies. Image courtesy of iowa_spirit_walker on Flickr. Check out more JAXconf sessions and keynotes on Marakana

Speculation mounts that Oracle are set become a big player in the PaaS field. But can their option challenge those already competing?

Oracle are finally committed to embracing the cloud

Aether has been proposed as a new Eclipse project.

SAP have signed the Oracle Contributor Agreement for OpenJDK.