OW2 announces enterprise Java stack for Ubuntu

PARIS, FRANCE: The OW2 Consortium, the open source community for infrastructure software has recently announced the availability of a comprehensive integrated platform for enterprise Java applications.

The new open source stack for enterprise computing integrates the OW2 Java EE 5 JOnAS Java Application Server, certified with PostgreSQL and the Oracle JDK, available on Ubuntu 11.04.

This seamlessly integrated stack is ideally positioned to support enterprise Java applications and enables system information architects to quickly deploy reliable enterprise-wide infrastructure said a press release.

The release further added that, the Ubuntu platform team and the OW2 JOnAS team have already started working together to certify the application server on OpenJDK.

“We are excited to be joining OW2 because of its ability to bring a vast range of open source middleware solutions to our users quickly,” said Nick Barcet, Cloud Solutions Lead at Canonical.

He added, “The successful work already achieved in bringing this Java Enterprise stack to the latest release is proof positive of how delivery-focused this organisation is and we look forward to discuss the extension of Java and middleware options starting at the next Ubuntu Developer Summit in Budapest in May.”

“We are delighted to be working with Canonical. Their contribution to the promotion of open source has always been outstanding. They are a great addition to the OW2 community,” said François Exertier of Bull and the leader of the OW2 JOnAS team.

“Canonical's trust in the OW2 code base and the rapid results we have achieved together are a powerful testament to the quality of our open source solutions.”

This joint effort was initiated within the OW2 Open Source Cloudware Initiative led by Bull, France Telecom and INRIA.