Sun's new Java Platform Enterprise Edition 5

NEW DELHI: Sun Microsystems, Inc., creator and leading advocate of Java
technology, today launched the Java Platform, Enterprise Edition 5, significant
update to enterprise Java technology in six years. The Enterprise Java Platform
has been downloaded more than five million times and is supported by more than
30 licensees that market 28 Java EE compatible-products. 



The Java EE 5 platform makes development easier, faster and more cost-efficient
and provides support for all of the latest SOA technologies, including a major
revision to the programming model, updated web services standards and simplified
web application creation. The platform consists of a Reference Implementation
(RI), Technology Compatibility Kit (TCK) and Software Development Kit (SDK) that
includes the free Sun Java System Application Server Platform Edition 9.0
developed in open source through Project GlassFish(SM), part of the OpenJava EE
community.



"Java EE 5 takes the drudgery out of creating applications, reduces the
time spent worrying about enterprise Java plumbing and allows developers to
concentrate on business logic," said Karen Padir, vice president of
Enterprise Java Platform at Sun.



The Java EE 5 SDK includes new support for Business Process Execution Language (BPEL)
and business intelligence, allowing orchestration of complex business processes
and workflows, spanning web services, systems, people, and companies. Also
available with the Java EE 5 SDK are preview versions of the SOA Starter Kit and
NetBeans Enterprise Pack 5.5. The SOA Starter Kit includes the OpenJava ESB
beta, which provides a standard way to implement component-based services and
enterprise.



integration frameworks based on web services protocols and open standards. The
NetBeans Enterprise Developer Pack 5.5 gives developers access to tools that
enable early support for development of Java EE 5 applications including web
modules, Enterprise Java Beans 3.0 modules and the Java Persistence API.



The Java EE 5 SDK, Reference Implementation and TCK are available now. The new
SDK includes documentation and tools for developers to learn Java EE 5 and
accelerate the creation of new enterprise applications. It is available as a
free download on the Solaris Operating System, Linux and Windows platforms at
Sun's Developer Network. 



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