OSGi Alliance News

Compendium 4.3 and Residential 4.3 published!

2012-05-08T23:10:06Z

Compendium 4.3 and Residential 4.3 published! The OSGi Service Platform Release 4 Compendium Version 4.3 and Residential Version 4.3 specification documents are now available for download. Read more...

OSGi Alliance Names Peter Kriens Invited Researcher.

2012-04-19T06:33:09Z

OSGi Alliance Names Peter Kriens Invited Researcher. The OSGi™ Alliance has named OSGi Fellow Peter Kriens an Invited Researcher, honoring 14 years of leadership and development of OSGi technology. As the former evangelist and technical director for the Alliance, Kriens articulated and promoted the vision and the benefits of modular software for developers and software users from the onset of the OSGi Alliance. Read more...

OSGi Alliance makes drafts of the OSGi Core Release 5 and OSGi Enterprise Release 5 specifications available for download.

2012-03-26T14:01:17Z

OSGi Alliance makes drafts of the OSGi Core Release 5 and OSGi Enterprise Release 5 specifications available for download. The OSGi Alliance now has the OSGi Core Release 5 and OSGi Enterprise Release 5 specifications ready for download. These proposed final draft specifications are made available under the OSGi Distribution and Feedback License.

OSGi JavaOne Rock Stars

2012-05-02T17:56:47Z

OSGi JavaOne Rock Stars BJ Hargrave, OSGi CTO and Fellow, and Peter Kriens, OSGi Technical Director, Evangelist and Fellow, have been named JavaOne Rock Stars for their top-rated "Why OSGi?" presentation at JavaOne 2011. The JavaOne Rock Star Program started in 2005 to recognize speakers for their outstanding session content and speaking ability. Click here for all of the 2011 JavaOne Rock Stars and further information.

CME Group is using Virgo and OSGi

2012-01-20T11:56:34Z

CME Group is using Virgo and OSGi "(...) What Virgo and OSGi provides for us is complete modularity and plug-and-play capability. This enables us to work more intelligently with other teams who need to build bundles independently of us where the strong isolation of services and APIs allows for a clear separation of control. (...)" Read more...

OSGi Alliance Restructures Membership, Promotes Broader Technical Participation.

2011-11-21T17:22:58Z

OSGi Alliance Restructures Membership, Promotes Broader Technical Participation. A new membership structure announced today by the OSGi™ Alliance prompts more organizations to participate in the technical development and evolution of OSGi technology. Tiered pricing for leadership privileges and more options for technical involvement make it easier for organizations to influence the OSGi Service Platform, the dynamic module system for Java™, and leverage new royalty-free intellectual property rights to OSGi specifications in their products and services. Read more...

Apache Moves Geronimo to OSGi Base.

2011-11-17T21:25:05Z

Apache Moves Geronimo to OSGi Base. The Apache Software Foundation has reconfigured its Geronimo application server to a set of standards established by the OSGi Alliance. Read more...

German User Forum Event

2011-11-02T11:13:32Z

German User Forum Event The community event of the User Forum Germany will take place in Cologne on November 16th. The OSGi Alliance president, Dr. Richard Nicholson, will give the key note. Read more...

OSGi Alliance makes the OSGi Service Platform Release 4 Early Draft 2011.09 available for download.

2011-10-11T17:50:52Z

OSGi Alliance makes the OSGi Service Platform Release 4 Early Draft 2011.09 available for download. The OSGi Alliance now has the OSGi Service Platform Release 4 Early Draft 2011.09 specification ready for download. The early draft specification is made available under the OSGi Distribution and Feedback License.

OSGi Alliance makes a draft of the Residential 4.3 specification available for download.

2011-09-26T18:46:55Z

OSGi Alliance makes a draft of the Residential 4.3 specification available for download. The OSGi Residential Expert Group now has a draft of the Residential 4.3 specification ready for download and comment. The draft specification is made available under the OSGi Distribution and Feedback License.

JBossOSGi-1.0.0 Final Released.

2011-07-26T15:14:07Z

JBossOSGi-1.0.0 Final Released. This is the first OSGi Core 4.2 Framework compliant release for JBoss. Read more...

OSGi and the Enterprise Business Whitepaper

2011-06-30T17:42:42Z

OSGi and the Enterprise Business Whitepaper This new whitepaper shows that application modularity is the keystone required to successfully address challenges faced by the modern enterprise. Read more...

OSGi Alliance makes the OSGi Service Platform Release 4 Early Draft 2011.05 available for download.

2011-06-07T18:47:00Z

OSGi Alliance makes the OSGi Service Platform Release 4 Early Draft 2011.05 available for download. The OSGi Alliance now has the OSGi Service Platform Release 4 Early Draft 2011.05 specification ready for download. The early draft specification is made available under the OSGi Distribution and Feedback License.

Oracle Moves JDeveloper IDE to OSGi Backbone. The IDE has been re-architected to sit on top of an OSGi backbone. This makes the creation of OSGi based extensions for Oracle JDeveloper much easier, and also significantly reduces start-up times. Read more and more...

OSGi Certification Mark available for certified frameworks. The OSGi Alliance grants OSGi members whose service platform passes the OSGi Compliance and Certification program the right to use the OSGi certification mark for marketing purposes on the member’s product web site and in collateral. Read more...

Java Use Increases Among Developers Worldwide: Survey.

2011-05-23T07:23:48Z

Java Use Increases Among Developers Worldwide: Survey. OSGi seems not only for the most widely used language but also for the fastest growing language. Read more...

ProSyst to integrate Android@Home with HGI and OSGi based Service Execution Platform

2011-05-18T11:58:34Z

ProSyst to integrate Android@Home with HGI and OSGi based Service Execution Platform Service Providers are enabled to seamlessly integrate solutions based on already existing protocols such as ZigBee, KNX, Z-Wave etc. with Android@Home across a wide range of major hardware/software platforms. Read more...

Java Tech Journal Special on OSGi. The new (and very interesting to read) Java Tech Journal features a special on OSGi Technology that is a must read for everybody interested in OSGi. Read more...

OSGi Alliance makes the Core 4.3 specification available for download.

2011-04-21T14:03:59Z

OSGi Alliance makes the Core 4.3 specification available for download. The OSGi Alliance has completed and approved the Core 4.3 specification and it is now available for download along with the API jar and javadoc. The specification is made available under the OSGi Specification License, Version 1.0.

Manning have today published OSGi in Action.

2011-04-06T16:01:29Z

Manning have today published OSGi in Action. Written by Richard S. Hall, Karl Pauls, Stuart McCulloch and David Savage, long-term OSGi users and committers on the Apache Felix runtime, the depth of knowledge in the book comes across with subtleties and specific gotchas documented. Get 35% off electronic versions with code osgi35. Read more...

OSGi Alliance makes the proposed final draft of the Core 4.3 specification available for download.

2011-03-22T14:40:29Z

OSGi Alliance makes the proposed final draft of the Core 4.3 specification available for download. The OSGi Core Platform Expert Group now has a proposed final draft of the Core 4.3 specification ready for download. The draft specification is made available under the OSGi Distribution and Feedback License.

Nuxeo donates OSGi based content repository system to Eclipse.

2011-02-10T18:18:10Z

Nuxeo donates OSGi based content repository system to Eclipse. The Nuxeo Core is now known (within the Eclipse Foundation) as the Eclipse Enterprise Content Repository. The newly formed project lives under the umbrella Eclipse Runtime project. Read more...

OSGi Alliance makes 4.3 early draft 3 specification available for download and comment.

2011-01-11T19:01:09Z

OSGi Alliance makes 4.3 early draft 3 specification available for download and comment. The OSGi Expert Groups now have an early draft 3 specification for Core, Compendium, Enterprise and Residential 4.3 available. The draft specifications are made available under the OSGi Distribution and Feedback License for download and comment.

TranSwitch uses Knopflerfish to showcase high performance OSGi based Home Gateway designs at CES.

2011-01-06T20:00:40Z

TranSwitch uses Knopflerfish to showcase high performance OSGi based Home Gateway designs at CES. The design has achieved best-in-class performance, while also satisfying the Home Gateway Initiative (HGI) software modularity test criteria. Read more...

Hitachi SuperJTM Applications Environment Provides Unified Platform for the Development, Deployment and Management of Subscriber Applications

2010-12-17T13:08:09Z

Hitachi SuperJTM Applications Environment Provides Unified Platform for the Development, Deployment and Management of Subscriber Applications The solution is compatible with the OSGiTM Service Platform open standard, the dynamic module system for JavaTM Read more...

Wind River will show its OSGi based Residential Gateway at the 2011 International CES, January 6–9, in Las Vegas

2010-12-16T10:15:41Z

Wind River will show its OSGi based Residential Gateway at the 2011 International CES, January 6–9, in Las Vegas With its partners Mindspeed, Digion, ProSyst, Skelmir, and Work Systems, Wind River will show its integrated connected device technologies specifically designed for gateway applications, a bundled offering of Wind River Linux with validated middleware components for TR069, DLNA, OSGi, VoIP, and ZigBee Read more...

Paremus and Makewave Combine Forces to Support OSGi in the Enterprise

2010-12-14T07:53:54Z

Paremus and Makewave Combine Forces to Support OSGi in the Enterprise Paremus and Makewave combine forces and provide the Nimble Distribution - a commercially supported OSGi distribution for enterprise applications Paremus press release... Makewave press release...

Planet OSGi.

2010-12-07T16:36:06Z

Planet OSGi. The OSGi Alliance now has a planet feed for OSGi related feeds. Add the feed to your favorite new reader! Read more...

Mindspeed and ProSyst Jointly Deliver High-Performance FTTH Broadband Home Router Platform Optimized for OSGi-Based Value-Added Services

2010-11-22T18:38:01Z

Mindspeed and ProSyst Jointly Deliver High-Performance FTTH Broadband Home Router Platform Optimized for OSGi-Based Value-Added Services Mindspeed’s Dual-Core Comcerto 1000 System-on-Chip (SoC) Packet Processor, together with ProSyst’s mBS Smart Home, run OSGi applications while maintaining maximum gateway throughput and functionality Read more...

OSGi Community Event 2010 - presentations available now

2010-11-15T17:58:18Z

OSGi Community Event 2010 - presentations available now After its successful Community Event 2010 the OSGi Alliance now provides access to the session and workshop materials from the conference Access the material here...

New Wiki page on OSGi tooling

2010-11-12T20:50:09Z

New Wiki page on OSGi tooling The new wiki page on OSGi tooling is available now. We have been asked at various occasions to provide an overview of OSGi tooling. Here it is! You can not only search for the right tooling, but also edit the content if necessary. Have a look...

OSGi – The Business Drivers.

2010-11-03T15:10:47Z

OSGi – The Business Drivers. Insightful article on OSGi and the drivers for business written by Paremus. Read more...

Adobe says OSGi experience is one reason it acquired Day Software.

2010-11-02T17:17:41Z

Adobe says OSGi experience is one reason it acquired Day Software. RedMonk's James Governor talks with Adobe's Kevin Cochrane. Read more...

Makewave Anounces Knopflerfish Pro and Knopflerfish Pro Premium Version 3.1.

2010-10-29T07:09:41Z

Makewave Anounces Knopflerfish Pro and Knopflerfish Pro Premium Version 3.1. The first OSGi Release 4 Version 4.2 compliant Framework. Read more...

New OSGi Community Wiki is looking for content!

2010-10-28T21:19:57Z

New OSGi Community Wiki is looking for content! The new OSGi Community Wiki is now open for people to contribute. If you are interested in getting involved in maintaining the wiki, please see the Contributor page for information on participating.

OSGi Players To Watch. Pete Carapetyan looks at tools in the OSGi world and is not (yet) pleased. Read more...

Mindspeed and ProSyst Jointly Deliver High-Performance FTTH Broadband Home Router Platform Optimized for OSGi-Based Value-Added Services.

2010-10-26T12:15:33Z

Mindspeed and ProSyst Jointly Deliver High-Performance FTTH Broadband Home Router Platform Optimized for OSGi-Based Value-Added Services. ProSyst now commercially supports Mindspeed®’s Comcerto® 1000 Series broadband gateway packet processor and Mindspeed will use ProSyst’s mBS Smart Home software solutions as its OSGi framework of choice. Read more...

ProSyst OSGi passes Interoperability Tests of Motive TR-069 Device Management Suite The successful testing makes the ProSyst software stack (incl. its Java / OSGi based TR-069 client) the first Motive-approved middleware that offers OSGi support. Read more...

A Credible Specification and Standards Body.

2010-10-24T18:20:40Z

A Credible Specification and Standards Body. Neil Bartlett about the JCP and OSGi as a replacement. Read more...

OSGi Enterprise Tools.

2010-10-18T10:21:57Z

OSGi Enterprise Tools. Eclipse Foundation announces an initiative to develop enterprise tools for developing OSGi bundles and applications. Read more...

ApacheCon NA 2010.

2010-10-06T08:16:46Z

ApacheCon NA 2010. ApacheCon NA 2010 will take place in Atlanta, GA, Nov 1-5. If you're interested in OSGi and Apache projects you should come! Monday Nov 1 is a full day OSGi tutorial, on Friday 5 there is a full day OSGi track. OSGi fits nicely with the ApacheCon theme: Servers, the Cloud and Innovation. Read more...

Freescale demonstrates Home Energy Gateway reference platform to support the smart grid initiative (OSGi based).

2010-09-24T22:39:27Z

Freescale demonstrates Home Energy Gateway reference platform to support the smart grid initiative (OSGi based). Reference platform based on Freescale’s i.MX ARM processor addresses a growing smart energy market Read more...

OSGi Alliance makes 4.3 early draft 2 specification available for download and comment.

2010-09-22T14:40:57Z

OSGi Alliance makes 4.3 early draft 2 specification available for download and comment. The OSGi Core Platform Expert Group now has an early draft 2 specification for Core and Compendium 4.3 available. The draft specification are made available under the OSGi Distribution and Feedback License for download and comment.

OSGi Bundle Quality or Bundle Information Repository

2010-08-24T11:12:24Z

OSGi Bundle Quality or Bundle Information Repository An interesting blog discussing a portal that would qualify bundles. Read more...

Neil Bartlett and Peter Kriens will give a Masterclass.

2010-08-17T13:23:01Z

Neil Bartlett and Peter Kriens will give a Masterclass. At Oct 12-15 Neil Bartlett and Peter Kriens will give a master class in Girona, Spain. Read more ...