Java

The Java platform is a fundamentally new way of computing, based on the power of networks and the idea that the same software should run on many different kinds of computers, consumer gadgets, and other devices. With Java technology, you can use the same application from any kind of machine -- a PC, a Macintosh computer, a network computer, or even new technologies like Internet screen phones. Java technology-based software works just about everywhere -- …

…to and unbind from other services and applications regardless of the underlying software platform that was used to create and deploy them. XML is the key to providing this loose coupling. XML is the perfect companion to Java technology. Java technology is a portable, platform-independent software environment. XML is a portable, platform-independent data format. XML allows application integration to move from tightly coupled, API-centric techniques to loose coupling based on standardized platform-independent self-describing data formats.