Compiere Inc announced the release of the latest version of their namesake ERP suite. It empasizes SOA and and advanced web-based user interface built with the Google Web Toolkit.

" Notable advancements include:

* Returns management - Feature-rich, ready-to-deploy functionality to implement return materials authorization (RMA) and return to vendor (RTV) processes.
* Financial report templates - An expanded set of financial report templates including a new Trial Balance template and refined Sales Reporting templates.
* Stability and usability - More than 150 usability enhancements, functionality improvements and community contributions."

Graeme Rocher announced on his blog the release of Grails 0.6 with Rich Conversation Support thanks to the integration with Spring Webflow. This brings Seam-like rich conversations to Grails.

Google Web Toolkit 1.4 has been released. GWT is a tool to develop AJAX applications in Java. You don't write any Javascript: it gets generated from your Java code thanks to a Java to Javascript compiler. When in "hosted mode" your app runs on the Java Virtual Machine, which gives you access too all available Java debugging tools and techniques. This release is a major upgrade, and features improved performance.