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@@ -42,13 +42,6 @@ and scheduling. Spring Integration's primary goal is to provide a simple model f
 integration solutions while maintaining the separation of concerns that is essential for producing
 maintainable, testable code.
 
-<h4>News:</h4>
-[Pivotal Recognized in DZone's 2014 Guide to Enterprise Integration.](https://spring.io/blog/2014/11/12/pivotal-recognized-in-dzone-s-2014-guide-to-enterprise-integration)
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-Check out the new [Java DSL for configuring your integration flows with a fluent Java API](https://spring.io/blog/2014/11/24/spring-integration-java-dsl-1-0-ga-released) and the [line-by-line tutorial using a DSL version of the classic 'Cafe' application.](https://spring.io/blog/2014/11/25/spring-integration-java-dsl-line-by-line-tutorial)
-We also added a DSL version to the [quick start below.](#qsdsl)
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@@ -60,7 +53,7 @@ Using the [Spring Framework](/spring-framework/) encourages developers to code u
 
 In addition to wiring together fine-grained components, Spring Integration provides a wide selection of channel adapters and gateways to communicate with external systems. Channel Adapters are used for one-way integration (send or receive); gateways are used for request/reply scenarios (inbound or outbound). For a full list of adapters and gateways, refer to the reference documentation.
 
-The [Spring XD](/spring-xd/) project builds on Spring Integration, where Spring Integration modules are assembled into an XD Stream.
+The [Spring Cloud Stream](/spring-cloud-stream/) project builds on Spring Integration, where Spring Integration is used as an engine for message-driven microservices.
 
 ## Features