Java Web Start can make deploying Java apps a breeze, but it may prevent those apps from accessing needed resources. Find out how to use Java Network Launching Protocol and application signing to ...

Sun Microsystems announced Wednesday at Internet World that it is shipping its Java Web Start software, which allows users to launch Java applications without worrying whether the Java platform is ...

BEA Systems has purchased a start-up that builds Java-based e-commerce applications. BEA bought Avitek, a 35-employee firm that makes sales automation and order entry software. BEA did not ...

Isn’t Java Web Start (JWS) supposed to allow web-based distribution of applications? So why would one want to distribute a Java Web Start (JWS) application via CD-ROM? Well, for a number of ...

What does Java Web Start actually mean? Find out inside PCMag's comprehensive tech and computer-related encyclopedia.

Start-up targets corporate developers with bundle of, and support for, commonly used open-source Java components.

Azul Systems, a company selling hardware to run Java programs, has sued Sun Microsystems over a dispute about fees and royalties. The Mountain View, Calif., start-up filed for declaratory relief ...

JRuby is built on Java - so it can make use of Java Web Start to make it easy to deploy JRuby apps. This article walks through the necessary steps for releasing a JRuby app with Java Web Start ...

Dan Heidinga discusses how to start a Java application faster, and how Graal Substrate VM, Quarkus, Project Leyden, and others can help with that.

What is the best way to start creating cloud-native Java applications, especially when traditional Java EE development is so heavily ingrained?