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Dear Spring community,
I'm pleased to announce that Spring Dynamic Modules for OSGi(tm) Service Platforms (formerly known as Spring OSGi) 1.1.0 final has been released.

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The new 1.1.x series introduces several new features over the 1.0.x branch, such as:

Dear Spring community,
I'm pleased to announce that Spring Dynamic Modules for OSGi(tm) Service Platforms (formerly known as Spring OSGi) 1.0.3 has been released.

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Dear Spring community,
I'm pleased to announce that Spring Dynamic Modules for OSGi(tm) Service Platforms (formerly known as Spring OSGi) 1.1.0 RC1 has been released.

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The first release candidate in the 1.1.x branch, RC1 introduces :

Spring Batch made the news today when Accenture announced its joint development with SpringSource of a production version of the open source framework for batch processing. Spring Batch has become a critical solution for enterprises in an area where Java was seldom used previously.

If you want to find out more about Spring Batch, sign up for the upcoming SpringSource webinar on July 9th or read the latest blog entry by Dr David Syer.

The second day of SpringOne 2008 was hugely popular. Adrian Colyer and Rob Harrop gave a detailed keynote address discussing the SpringSource Application Platform and the Enterprise Bundle Repository. Other sessions covered the new features in Spring Web Flow, updates to Spring Web Services, and details on how to build rich internet applications.

Adrian Colyer and Rob Harrop moose hoovering at SpringOne 2008.	Rod Johnson, Adrian Colyer and Peter Cooper-Ellis share a cup of coffee at SpringOne 2008.

The first day of SpringOne 2008 got off to a great start. Rod Johnson gave his keynote address to a standing room only crowd and gave a detailed presentation on features in Spring 2.5 as well as discussing some of the new SpringSource products.

Rod Johnson addresses a packed house at SpringOne 2008.	SpringOne 2008 attendees talk to the sponsors.

Spring Security 2.0.2 is now available.

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Spring Security 2.0.2 is mainly a bugfix release and upgrading is recommended for users of earlier versions. There are also some minor extensions to the security namespace to support additional configuration options requested by the community.

Dear Spring community,
We are pleased to announce that Spring Integration 1.0.0.M4 is now available.
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To see a list of issues resolved since Milestone 3, view the changelog. For more information, visit the Spring Integration Home.

Mark Fisher
Spring Integration Lead

More exciting new webinars in May for anyone using Spring.

• On May 21st, 2008 Rob Harrop will present an Introduction to SpringSource Application Platform which will show developers how to get started using the completely module-based Java application server that is redefining how enterprise Java is run.
• On May 28th, 2008 Jared Rodriguez, CTO and Founder of SkywaySoftware, will present Model Centric Design and Development for Spring which will discuss how developers can use Skyway Builder to modify/customize existing Spring applications quickly and accurately.

Sign up for these and other interesting events at the webinar page where you can also watch archived recordings of  previous webinars. 

SpringSource Application Management Suite 1.0.0.RC2 is now available in the SpringSource beta program. Highlights of this release include:

• Added management of SpringSource Application Platform
• Added instrumentation of Spring Security 2.0
• Added instrumentation of Spring Web Flow 2.0
• Upgraded instrumented Spring Framework from 2.5.3 to 2.5.4

Download the latest version here.