As J2EE 1.4 debuts, focus moves to tools

Description:Sun Microsystems last week marked the advent of Version 1.4 of Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) at a press event in San Francisco that featured most of the big names in Java tools and application servers. A tools panel included representatives from Borland, BEA, IBM, Oracle and Sun, who shared the stage and discussed the impact of J2EE 1.4 from a tooling perspective, and speculated on emerging trends in the tools market. Additions to J2EE 1.4 include improvements in Web services support.