Sun Microsystems has announced availability of the Sun ONE Web Services Platform Developer Edition, the industry's first complete and fully integrated platform for Java Web Services and application development.
The Sun Open Net Environment (Sun ONE) Web Services Platform delivers a complete platform at a single price, containing all the elements necessary to develop network based, enterprise applications in a single install, explains Lodewyk de Beer, Architecture Strategy Team consultant for Sun Microsystems South Europe, Middle East and Africa.
"By providing a proven platform that integrates development-ready Sun ONE servers and Java developer tools, as well as implementing key Web services and emerging business integration standards, Sun continues to drive value, simplicity and choice to the IT customer and enterprise Java technology developer," he adds.
The Web Services Platform Developer Edition has been brought to market as a direct response to predominant customer needs- the reduction of complexity and cost in Java Web services application development, continues de Beer.
He explains that the product comprises a suite of development tools and development-ready servers, including the integrated development environment (IDE), portal, network identity, application and integration server functionality. "The platform significantly reduces complexity for the developer by providing a single, optimised installation. The plug-ins that extend the Sun ONE Studio IDE functionality are pre-installed for ease of development, while tools and servers are licensed for unlimited development up to the proof-of-concept stage, significantly reducing time-to-market," says de Beer.
The Sun ONE Web Services Platform Developer Edition includes the following Sun ONE products:
Development-ready Servers:
a. Sun ONE Application Server SE (includes Java Web Services Developer Pack)
b. Sun ONE Portal Server (Ranked #1 in portal market share by The Radicati Group)
c. Sun ONE Identity Server
d. Sun ONE Integration Server EAI Edition
Developer Tools:
a. Sun ONE Studio Enterprise Edition for Java for developing J2EE applications and Java Web Services
b. Sun ONE Portlet Builder
c. Sun ONE Connector Builder for building J2EE Connectors
Web Services Platform Standards:
a. Sun ONE Application Server supports integration technology today based on J2EE, including Java Messaging Server (JMS) and J2EE Connector Architecture
b. Supports all the API's in the Java Web Services Developer Pack, including JAXM,JAXP, JAXR, JAX-RPC, SOAP, WSDL, UDDI Future releases of the Sun ONE Web Services Platform Developer Edition will implement Sun's Java Business Integration Java Specification Request (JSR), WS-I Web Services Profiles and other key emerging integration standards.
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