Today, Sun released the Sun(TM) GlassFish Portfolio to enable companies to deliver next-generation Web applications with better price/performance. The Sun GlassFish Portfolio packages many leading open source projects including Apache Tomcat, Ruby, PHP, LifeRay Portal and GlassFish, into a complete, pre-integrated and fully-tested platform. It is well suited for extremely high-scale mission-critical environments as well as departmental applications. The GlassFish Portfolio includes the GlassFish Application Server, along with the following new components:
  • Sun GlassFish Web Stack – A complete and fully integrated LAMP stack designed for developers wanting a light-weight Web solution. The GlassFish Web Stack includes Tomcat, Memcached, Squid and Lighttpd with support for PHP, Ruby and the Java Platform.
  • Sun GlassFish Web Space Server – Based on LifeRay Portal, the leading open source portal technology, helps companies simplify Web site development and build collaborative work spaces, including portals and social networking sites.
  • Sun GlassFish ESB – A lightweight, open source ESB platform for department-scale and enterprise SOA deployments that connects existing and new applications to deliver content and services to the Web.
  • Sun Enterprise Manager – For enterprise scale management and monitoring of the GlassFish Portfolio including SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) support.

Check out Cotė's videoblog that includes an interview with Sun's Kevin Schmidt and Suresh Potiny, along with a demo with Frank Kieviet on Sun GlassFish ESB:



The Sun GlassFish Portfolio is available immediately via a flexible subscription-based pricing model starting at $999 per server (USD).

Additionally, Sun announced an add-on to the GlassFish Portfolio, the Sun(TM) GlassFish Communications Server, a telecommunications-grade, open source foundation for converged multimedia applications. This solution is based on the joint development with Ericsson in the open source Project SailFin. You can click here and here to learn more about Sun GlassFish Portfolio and Sun GlassFish Communications Server.

Sun also announced several new GlassFish customers and ISV partners today. Please read more about how they are using the technology.

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