Oracle is banking on REST and JSON to modernize Java EE for microservices and the cloud. It may seem like ages since REST stole thunder from SOAP as a mechanism for providing web services ...

Java EE users need more REST, survey shows Oracle's latest Java Enterprise Edition community survey shows developers want to open the framework up to the cloud, containers.

With the move to Java 9 and the release of Java EE 8, Oracle execs like Michael Lehmann have more than one Java platform update to brag about.

With the finalization of the Java EE 8 platform on the horizon, Oracle on Thursday said it's considering moving Java Enterprise Edition technologies to an open source foundation.

Oracle has shipped Java 9 and Java EE 8, including support for modularity in Java 9 and a host of other features in both specifications to simplify development.

Oracle says Java EE 8 will be equipped for cloud deployments, microservices, containers, and multitenancy, but Java advocates want to see the fine print ...

Oracle said this week it plans to transfer management of the Java EE project to an open-source foundation, such as Apache or Eclipse.