本周，在德國的柏林，一年一度的Jboos大會召開，Redhat公司現在是這個為期3天的大會的組織者，面向的對象是歐洲的JBoss企業級中間件的開發人員和用戶。在今年4月份的時候，RedHat公司收購了這家專著於中間件業務的新興開源公司，雖說現在仍然使用JBoss的單獨品牌在進行一些商業和開發活動，但是現在的JBoss服務架構已經完全融合到了Red Hat應用程序棧，隨RHEL一起發布。
通過這次並購和接下來的業務整合，RedHat已經從單一的Linux分銷商和服務供應商躍升為平台供應商，現在，這家位於美國North Carolina州Raleigh市的Linux供應商已經完全將JBoss的銷售和服務體系整合到了自己的服務架構中。
JBoss通過整合入Redhat，已經獲得不少成效，特別是在歐洲、中東和非洲地區。在過去一年中，上述地區的銷售收入和合作伙伴數量都得到了大幅度的提高，應該通過和RedHat 企業級Linux的整合，在金融、公共管理、高科技企業和通信等市場都有所斬獲。
在這次大會中，JBoss向用戶演示了最新的JBoss Application Server 5.0版本的核心組件，這也是JEMS套件的核心部分，並且兼容Java EE 5版本。
This week, Berlin is hosting the European JBoss World Conference. Red Hat is now the organizer of the three-day conference for developers and users of the JBoss Enterprise Middleware Suite (JEMS). In April, the Linux distributor took over the middleware specialist and recently began offering its products, which are still published under the independent JBoss brand, as part of its own the Red Hat Application Stack in combination with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).
This takeover and the resulting expansion of Red Hat's portfolio to include a complete SOA Suite has shifted Red Hat's focus from a Linux distributor and service provider towards more of a platform provider. Based in Raleigh, North Carolina, the company has already completely integrated JBoss' sales and support departments in its own infrastructure.
JBoss already seems to have benefited from Red Hat's position on the EMEA market (Europe, the Middle East, and Africa), where sales revenue and the number of new partnerships have grown considerably over the past year. Red Hat is generally very strong in the finance sector, public administration, high-tech industry, and telecommunications.
JBoss has presented the core components of the upcoming version 5.0 of its JBoss Application Server (AS) -- the heart of the JEMS Suite and Java EE 5 compatible -- to developers and users. In addition to the SOAP stack, these components include the Seam web application framework, JBoss Clustering, JBoss Messaging, JBoss EJB3 -- JBoss' implementation of EJB 3.0 -- and the Hibernate persistence framework.
All of the components listed work with the current JBoss Application Server 4.05 and can be downloaded, as can the first beta version of Application Server 5.0. The final version of AS 5.0 is expected to be released in the first half of 2007.
JBoss' acquired EBS implementation -- JBoss Enterprise Service Bus 4.0 based on Rosetta ESB and designed as an addition to the company's middleware product range -- has also been drawing a lot of attention.
The execs at JBoss and Red Hat agree that Unbreakable Linux, a version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux announced at the end of October by database giant Oracle, is basically just a lot of hot air. On the other hand, they are suspicious about the pact that their competitor Novell recently entered into with Microsoft. As JBoss founder Mark Fleury put it, "what they are trying to do is fork the legal support by saying they will not sue." (Craig Morris) / (jk/c't)
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