Red Hat targets cloud computing with new Java app platform

JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.0 provides for future of Java development and foundation for cloud computing

Open-source solutions provider Red Hat has announced availability of its JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.0--a "core middleware product" that represents next-generation Java application platforms, and is integral to Red Hat's cloud foundation.

According to the software company, JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.0 supports developer choice and aims to provide a consistent foundation to support the wide variety of Java programming and component models, including Plain Old Java Objects, Java EE, Spring Framework, OSGi, Google Web Toolkit and a variety of rich Internet application frameworks and dynamic languages.

In addition, the platform spans the growing number of operating models, from traditional on-premise lightweight Java applications, to newer internal and external cloud-based deployments, said the company.

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Open-source solutions provider Red Hat has announced availability of its JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.0--a "core middleware product" that represents next-generation Java application platforms, and is integral to Red Hat's cloud foundation.

According to the software company, JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.0 supports developer choice and aims to provide a consistent foundation to support the wide variety of Java programming and component models, including Plain Old Java Objects, Java EE, Spring Framework, OSGi, Google Web Toolkit and a variety of rich Internet application frameworks and dynamic languages.

In addition, the platform spans the growing number of operating models, from traditional on-premise lightweight Java applications, to newer internal and external cloud-based deployments, said the company.

"Not only have we delivered on our JBoss Open Choice strategy by releasing JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.0, but we are also contributing to the future of Java application platforms from traditional to cloud-based environments," said Craig Muzilla, vice president, middleware, Red Hat. "Ultimately, we aim to give customers the flexibility to choose the right programming and deployment models to stay ahead of their competition."

Cloud computing

Red Hat said its middleware portfolio is poised to help customers take advantage of cloud computing. JBoss Enterprise Application Platform is the first commercially available Java EE application server available in Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), it claimed.

The main features of JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.0 include second-generation service-based architecture, improved management and configuration, Java EE Support, and some major component upgrades.