Ms Polese used to be in charge of marketing Sun Micro systems' Java software project.
Because updates for Java software are installed on demand rather than automatically, there is a longer shelf-life for vulnerabilities.
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Some of its popular middleware tools are Oracle Weblogic Server, Oracle Tuxedo, and Java Software (acquired through the Sun acquisition).
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The Flashback malware targeted a vulnerability in the Java software that is used in Windows machines, Apple computers and many others.
Oracle, the makers of the Java software, have yet to respond to the vulnerability, and as yet there is no patch.
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In a post on its support forums, Apple said the update to the Java software platform "removes the most common variants" of the Flashback malware.
The idea is to embed a sliver of Java software in the chip brains of devices such as printers, digital cameras, mobile telephones and television set-top boxes.
Log on to any of the chat sites where Java software developers meet to discuss their industry, and you will find a virtual version of the conversations in Silicon Valley's bars.
After months of inaction and even a warning from the Department of Homeland Security, Oracle has finally released a fix for yet another security vulnerability in its ubiquitous and notoriously buggy Java software.
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The revelation, made Friday by Adam Gowdiak of Poland-based Security Explorations, is the latest black eye for Oracle's Java software framework which is installed on more than 1 billion PCs, smartphones, and other devices.
"Between Sun, AOL, and Netscape, we have a broad base of great technology and products, and we are working to integratethem into one middleware suite, " said Alan Baratz, president of Sun's Java Software Division, in a press conference followingthe NetDynamics announcement.
With today's settlement, Microsoft basically drops Java, although it will be allowed to use Sun's version of Java in its software for seven years so that it can continue to support software developers who have already written Java software for Windows.
By comparison, Sun's Java 2 software has had more than 3 million downloads.
Oracle issued an emergency update to its widely-used Java web software on Sunday, but experts say it still contains security flaws.
For now, it appears that the API Copyright Troll concept is limited to the particular case of Java, software created corporate owners (Sun) who chose to make it free and open source, but was then purchased by a company (Oracle) that has had enormous success in selling licenses and services for the software it developed.
Although Sun does not earn a lot of money from Java, the software helps to create demand for the company's other products.
Hadoop is open source, Java-based software running on racks of commodity servers that are wired together using a standard, low cost 1 Gb Ethernet fabric.
The importance of the Web browser is that, combined with Java, a software language which can run on any platform and which was developed by another of Microsoft's rivals, Sun Microsystems, it may become a rival to the Windows operating system.
Oracle says the vulnerability applies to the latest version of the software, Java 7.
Corona's software includes an embedded Java operating system and a new variant of the old X-Windows software, which allowed for the creation of hardware-independent graphical user interfaces much like those of Windows or the Macintosh operating system.
The jobs with the greatest number of listings include software engineer, systems engineer, software developer, Java developer and business analyst.
Oracle, the database-software behemoth, is buying Sun Microsystems, which sells big computers as well as software ranging from Java tools to open-source databases.
Essentially, demand for cloud jobs maps closely to IT overall, led by such positions as software engineer, Java developer, systems engineer and enterprise architect.
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Businesses are using Java as a kind of software glue to tie their old computing machinery together and connect it all to the Internet.
For example, Sun Microsystems traded under the symbol JAVA, one of its chief software programs.
Java leaves most of the existing software stack to the device.
Gone are the days when a software developer who knows Java so well he can move seamlessly from project to project delivering perfect code in the hopes of meeting customer expectations.
Java is a programming language that enables software to run on many operating systems.
Last year net security specialist Kaspersky said that 50% of hacks carried out by seeking out software bugs were done via Java.
Sabre Holdings' hotel reservations arm, likewise, has cut operating costs by 50% by upgrading to embrace newer computer languages such as Java and run on open-source software.
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