Version 2 of GlassFish - the open source Java Platform Enterprise Edition (Java EE) 5 application server - is now available, as is its commercially-supported counterpart, the Sun Java System Application Server 9.1 that now offers lower cost annual subscriptions for support.

Features:

• Best-in-class performance: In a July 2007 SPECjAppServer benchmark result, GlassFish V2 proved to be the fastest open source Java EE 5 application server.

• Clustering: Enables enterprises to group servers for scalability and replicate data in-memory for fail over protection and high availability.

• Centralized administration: Manage application server clusters and application deployments from a centralized administration console.

• Project Metro: Allow interoperability between web services hosted on Java technology and Windows environments.

• Open ESB: Enables easy integration of web services and existing enterprise resources. Java Business Integration (JBI) provides a standardized approach to delivering SOA using web services.

• NetBeans IDE Integration: Enables deployment of SOA applications through business process execution language (BPEL) workflows.

For customers needing production quality support, the Sun Java System Application Server 9.1 is now offering new cost-efficient annual subscriptions. Its license and support costs have been "drastically reduced," Sun reports. Find out more about the Sun Java System Application Server 9.1 and its new annual subscriptions.

Download GlassFish V2 for the Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS), Linux, Windows and Mac OS X. [...read more...]

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