With an increasing number of companies planning and deploying Web services, it is vital to have the proper guidance up-front as well as a strong architecture to support the Web services strategy.
Realising this, Sun Microsystems aims to simplify the Web services process through the launch of its company's Sun ONE (Open Net Environment) Application Services Reference Architecture.
"Many corporations are interested in gaining the benefits of Web services, but need guidance on how to implement a Web services-based architecture in their organisations," says Pierre Fricke, executive vice president, Web application infrastructure at research group DH Brown Associates.
"Sun is right on track in addressing customer concerns by delivering the Sun ONE reference architecture and deployment mechanism to simplify and eliminate some of the complexity involved with delivering services on demand."
The Sun ONE Applications Reference Services Architecture enables companies to address web services deployment issues through pre-designed, deployed, tested, tuned and documented web services solutions based on the Sun ONE architecture and Sun Fire servers.
Comments Lodewyk de Beer, consultant, SEAME (South Europe, Middle East, Africa) Architecture Strategy Team at Sun Microsystems SA: "It is important that we distinguish between what Web services promise to be and what is technically possible today. And even more importantly, what makes business sense.
"The Sun ONE Applications Reference Services Architecture gives enterprises a solid foundation for integration. This will help them prepare for the inevitable evolution to a service driven network and Web services that will become the ultimate delivery platform."
The Applications Reference Services Architecture includes the Sun ONE Applications Server - previously iPlanet Application Server - which enabled, for example, the Bank of America to integrate next-generation Web services more easily with legacy applications and data.
The architecture also features the integration of Sun's award-winning portfolio of software products such as the Solaris Operating Environment.
Sun ONE Reference Architectures can be configured and integrated on systems at Sun prior to shipping, through the Sun Customer Ready Systems (Sun CRS) Programme, further accelerating application deployment.
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