JBoss, Inc. Reports Second Quarter Results; Achieves Leadership in Middleware, Expands Ecosystem to Meet Increasing Enterprise Demand

Business Wire, August 15, 2005

Enterprise Java Made Easy

In this quarter, JBoss unveiled its product strategy around Enterprise JavaBeans 3.0 (EJB 3.0) and JBoss Portal. With these releases, JBoss continues to push open source up the stack while simplifying enterprise Java development.

--JBoss Application Server 4 - A simply powerful new release of the market-leading J2EE application server offers developers the ability to get started with EJB 3.0 and JavaServer Faces (JSF). Developers can create web applications using JSF, create the business logic with EJB 3.0 and persist data through the EJB 3.0 Java Persistence API. To help developers maximize their experience with EJB 3.0, this release includes an extensive EJB 3.0 TrailBlazer learning application that takes developers on a guided tour through the new EJB 3.0 features. Features such as Java Annotations, Dependency Injection and simplified APIs across Session Beans, Message Driven Beans and Entity Beans are covered in detail. For more features and download information, visit http://jboss.com/products/jbossas.> --Hibernate 3 - For developers who use Hibernate standalone or with another application platform, Hibernate 3 now offers support for EJB 3.0 Annotations, Entity Manager and Java Persistence API, providing the simplicity of the EJB 3.0 programming model to the Hibernate user community. Hibernate Annotations enable those who do not use JBoss Application Server to experience all of the benefits of EJB 3.0 Entity Beans without requiring a full EJB 3.0 container to do so. For more features and download information, visit http://hibernate.org.

--JBoss Eclipse IDE 1.5 - JBoss Eclipse IDE is based on the market-leading Eclipse IDE and provides a range of components and wizards for developing applications for the JEMS platform. Version 1.5 introduces EJB 3.0 and Hibernate Tools that substantially simplify development. New features include an EJB 3.0 project wizard, a full port of the Hibernate console to Eclipse to provide integrated HQL query execution and result-set browsing, a Hibernate XML mapping file editor and a wizard for reverse engineering database schemas. For more features and download information, visit http://jboss.com/products/jbosside.> --JBoss Portal 2.0 - JBoss Portal 2.0 is an open source, standards-compliant enterprise offering with a robust portal framework supporting single sign-on, content management, Struts, JavaServer Faces and bundled portlets. Version 2.0 simplifies access to information and leverages Hibernate for data access and persistence. Portals developed with JBoss Portal can be customized based on users, roles, security needs and administrative settings. By providing an integrated and secure user interface across applications, JBoss Portal makes it easier for users to leverage existing applications, increasing ROI and reducing the need for new application and integration development. By deploying JBoss Portal on JBoss Application Server, access to dynamic information is made easy and performance and scalability are assured. For more features and download information, visit http://jboss.com/products/jbossportal.>