SAN FRANCISCO: Sun Microsystems, Inc. and the Project Open Enterprise Service Bus (Open ESB) community announced the next preview release of Open ESB, the standards-based next generation integration platform. Open ESB is open sourced enterprise service bus (ESB) implementation developed under open community process.
Open ESB includes a standards-compliant Java Business Integration (JBI) runtime and a variety of components and technologies designed to increase business agility and reduce overall integration costs. Furthermore, many of the features developed in Project Open ESB will be made available in future versions of Sun's Java Composite Application Platform Suite (Java CAPS).
"The availability of Open ESB 2.0 Preview represents the commitment of Sun and the thriving Open ESB community to developing openness and greater interoperability in an area of the integration stack where it has been lacking," said Jim McHugh, vice president of software infrastructure, Sun Microsystems.
"Software integration challenges are becoming increasingly complex due to evolving market conditions and the rise in mergers and acquisitions, creating immense challenges for CIOs looking to leverage existing investments and integrate disperse systems. Open ESB offers their developers the choice and flexibility needed to embark on SOA initiatives based on their unique circumstances by leveraging open source technologies and integrating best of breed components from ISVs" he added.
Open ESB includes new features and tools to help enable the development and deployment of composite applications while leveraging existing applications and systems. Specifically, the open integration platform offers:
Open ESB 2.0 preview is available now for free download at: http://open-esb.org.
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