Java
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U.S. Tools Meet European Resistance
architecture and since then we have completed hotel too. GetThere was built on a C++ system. We needed to get more onto an open Java system, so we have rewritten every single line of code." Claiming GetThere has changed philosophically as well as technologically
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MasterCard Upgrades Reporting, Data Integration
analyze and filter specific data and create reports to help ensure compliance. Flexibility is enhanced because the tool uses a Java platform, Abrams said. The older platform made it difficult to have the reporting tool built in, he said. The new platform
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ASTA Viewpoint: Business Travelers Seek Enrichment
checks into his hotel suite and puts his BlackBerry down just long enough to plug in his laptop, the one who knows every designer java outlet at Heathrow but can't name a single top restaurant in central London. There will, of course, always be hard-core
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Interface Issues: GUIs Over GDSs
travel management companies to hotels and vacation sellers, is getting an upgrade to handle interactive Web features using the Java language. A separate IBM product, known as A2CS, provides connectivity to multiple GDSs. "Customers now are coming to us
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Extensity, Others Update Tools
have ever done." Enhancements in Extensity 6 are the products of a step forward in Extensity's underlying Java technology to a Java 2 Platform Enterprise Edition (J2EE). They include e-mail document approval that automates rerouting for
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Amex, IBM Partner For Expense Management
accuracy and only supply a few necessary accounting codes," according to a joint statement. The technology is based on the Java application IBM developed for its own use and has sold to a limited number of large, existing clients. Asked whether the IBM
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Buyers Should Help OTA Set Standards
words of Josh Walker of Forrester Research, "XML is the common language that makes data as portable between computer systems as Java makes program code portable between them." By working on a common XML specification for the travel industry and its customers
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Visa USA Raises The Smart Card Stakes
the chip. However, the open-platform, multi-application Visa card, whose chip contains up to 32KB of memory and uses Java technology, is designed to accommodate other features as well. "Different functions can be added to the card," said Diane
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Vendors Roll Out Enhancements To Web-Enable Clients
Calif., is introducing an HTML thin client for its Travel and Expense product in the third quarter. "We've taken our Java -based suite of applications and provided them with 100 percent Internet architecture," said Diana Smith, product strategy
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T&E Software Serves U.S.-Based Corp. On Global Level
in per week. Indeed, a key reason for choosing Extensity--one of four vendor candidates--was the global reach of the Java -based product. "Extensity could build into the system various tax laws country by country," Carlin said. Extensity teamed

