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Breaking News - Operating Systems & Middleware:
Sun Outpaces Industry In Web Services With Java WSDP
Sun Microsystems Inc announced the newest version of the Java Web Services
Developer Pack (Java WSDP) version 1.4. The new Java WSDP helps enable
developers to more rapidly build and deploy secure and interoperable Web
services. In addition, the company released a new edition of the Sun Java
System Application Server 7 -- Enterprise Edition. With its new reference
architecture, which scales to over 100 CPUs, and "five nines (99.999 percent)"
availability, the Sun Java System Application Server 7 helps reduce deployment
costs without compromising standards of quality, reliability or performance.
"Executives within today's enterprise organizations see Web services as a
major driving force behind the next wave of application integration and
business-to-business transactions," said Mark Bauhaus, vice president of Java
Web Services at Sun Microsystems. "Sun is delivering solutions that make it
possible to implement reliable Web services architectures more quickly by
reducing complexity, resulting in significant cost savings."
Java WSDP 1.4 Features
With 1.2 million downloads to date, the Java WSDP from Sun is one of the most
popular toolkits for accelerating development of secure and interoperable Web
services applications. Java WSDP 1.4 gives developers access to essential Web
services standards, including: Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP); Web
Services Definition Language (WSDL); Universal Description, Discovery and
Integration (UDDI); and Extensible Markup Language (XML). Most importantly,
the Java WSDP 1.4 has been enhanced to support the latest Web services
security standards and Web Services Interoperability Organization (WS-I) Basic
Profile 1.1 with Attachments Profile 1.0.
The Java WSDP 1.4 also provides support for a full implementation of the OASIS
Web Services Security (WSS) specification, providing message level security
for SOAP. This technology helps allow developers to build reliable Web
services, including XML digital signature (JSR105), XML message encryption and
authentication for Web services applications.
The Java WSDP 1.4 will support a broader set of Web containers, allowing
choice and flexibility for developers. In addition to Apache Tomcat,
developers will be able to deploy to the Sun Java System Application Server
and the Sun Java System Web Server. Java WSDP 1.4 will be available for
download in mid-June from the Sun Developer Network site.
Sun Java System Application Server 7 Enterprise Edition Now Available
Sun also announced that the new Sun Java System Application Server 7 EE is
available now and features greater enterprise Java technology-based Web
services performance, with scalability reaching over 100 linear CPUs and new
technology that supports "five nines" availability. The Java System
Application Server 7 offers wider Web server support, including the award-
winning Sun Java System Web Server, Apache Tomcat and Microsoft IIS, along
with broader database interoperability, supporting Oracle, IBM, Sybase,
PointBase and Microsoft SQL Server.
Java System Application Server 7 EE provides a high performance, scalable and
robust enterprise Java platform for delivering enterprise-class application
services and Web services. The Application Server offers an economically
compelling platform for deploying mission-critical applications that require
extremely high availability and massive scalability. New features of the Java
System Application Server 7 EE include a reference architecture that provides
best practice recommendations for high availability; support for multiple
platforms, including the Solaris Operating System, Linux, Red Hat, HP-UX 11i
and Windows, and full enterprise Java platform application failover with added
Enterprise JavaBeans (EJBs) specification support and Remote Method Invocation
over Internet Inter-Orb Protocol (RMI/IIOP) failover.
The Sun Java System Application Server is a fundamental component of the Sun
Java Enterprise System. The Java Enterprise System provides an integrated and
open standards based software system that delivers a core set of industry-
leading shared enterprise network services to help meet every business need.
For more information visit
www.sun.com/software/javaenterprisesystem .
About Sun Microsystems Inc
Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision -- "The Network Is The
Computer" -- has propelled Sun Microsystems Inc to its position as a leading
provider of industrial-strength hardware, software and services that make the
Net work. Sun can be found in more than 100 countries and on the World Wide
Web at http://sun.com/ .
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