Oracle (News - Alert), a provider of open and integrated business software and hardware systems, announced the availability of Java Platform, Standard Edition 7 (Java SE 7), the first release of the Java platform under Oracle stewardship for embedded multicore systems.

Developed in collaboration between Oracle engineers and members of the worldwide Java ecosystem via the OpenJDK Community and the Java Community Process (JCP), Java SE 7 delivers several capabilities including language changes to increase developer productivity and simplify common programming tasks by reducing the amount of code needed. It now supports dynamic languages including Ruby, Python and JavaScript, which results in performance increases on the Java Virtual Machine (JVM).

"We're very excited about Java SE 7; this is a great release with strong technology updates. I'm pleased that the Java community has come together in favor of technical progress and that we have a clear path forward for Java SE 8," said Hasan Rizvi, senior vice president Oracle Fusion Middleware and Java Products, in a statement.

 "Oracle has a strong vested interest in the success of the Java platform and is firmly committed to delivering a consistent, high-performance, high-quality Java SE implementation and will be supporting the Java SE 7 release across the Oracle Fusion Middleware product portfolio," Rizvi added.

Oracle Java SE7 features a new multicore-ready application programming interface (API) that allows developers to decompose problems into tasks that can then be executed in parallel across arbitrary numbers of processor cores. The comprehensive I/O interface for working with file systems can access a wider array of file attributes and offer more information when errors occur.

Java SE7 includes new networking and security features. It offers expanded support for internationalization, which includes Unicode 6.0 support. The software includes updated versions of numerous libraries. The Java SE7 is compatible with previous versions of the platform.

Recently Oracle announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire InQuira (News - Alert), a provider of best-in-class service knowledge management software that supports Web self-service and agent-assisted service.

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