Customer demands to deploy Web applications on a platform that best suits their needs have been met with the launch of an expanded multi-tiered line of Web and application server software that supports the broadest range of operating requirements.
Duncan Peruch, business development manager at iPlanet in SA, says the release supports the industry's broadest range of operating requirements for the delivery of open, smart web services.
"The expanded product line includes an updated version of the iPlanet Web Server and three new editions of the iPlanet Application Server.
"Essentially it allows customers to deploy web applications on a platform that suits their current budget and functionality requirements and can also scale to meet changing business requirements," says Peruch.
The new server line is designed to accommodate a broad spectrum of operating situations encountered on the Internet. Enterprises and service providers have needs that range from basic content delivery to implementing entire e-business infrastructures that span partners, customers and geographies, thus requiring sophisticated workflow and integration capabilities.
The product line includes an entry-level edition of the application server for Java technology development, a fully Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) certified edition for mission-critical applications, and a new high-end edition that raises the bar for enterprise application servers by incorporating powerful integration and process automation functionality.
"Web and application servers are critical to the realisation of the Sun Open Net Environment vision of a complete open architecture for the creation, assembly and deployment of smart web services across and beyond the Internet," says Peruch.
He adds that iPlanet is now moving aggressively to extend its leadership to a new breed of web services developers as a result of Sun Microsystems achieving a new record of being the industry's #1 ranked application server.
Building on iPlanet's reputation for powering many of the world's largest e-business environments, this new product line extends and leverages that expertise to help enable a broader range of capabilities.
For example, OmniSpace Technologies, a US-based service provider, has developed an innovative B2B collaborative workspace application on the iPlanet Application Server platform that helps enable multiple businesses to work together online as one, sharing processes and information across enterprises.
"The iPlanet Application Server gives us an infrastructure that offers a high degree of scalability, security and availability, as well as improves our time to market for new services," says Kurt Peterson, vice president of product development for OmniSpace. "The OmniSpace.net platform will leverage iPlanet's expanded capabilities to help us continue to grow our collaborative workspace application."
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