OSGi Alliance makes the OSGi Early Draft 2013.03 available for download. The OSGi Alliance now has the OSGi Early Draft 2013.03 document ready for download. The early draft document is made available under the OSGi Distribution and Feedback License.

OSGi Alliance makes the OSGi Early Draft 2012.10 available for download. The OSGi Alliance now has the OSGi Early Draft 2012.10 document ready for download. The early draft document is made available under the OSGi Distribution and Feedback License.

Core Release 5 and Enterprise Release 5 published. The Release 5 specifications for Core and Enterprise are published and now available for download. Read more...

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. 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. 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 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 "(...) 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. 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. 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 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. 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. 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. This is the first OSGi Core 4.2 Framework compliant release for JBoss. Read more...

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. 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. 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 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. 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. 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...