Great things are happening and customers are beginning to notice ...
Lets start with
Horizons. This is a new conference that we
carried forward from the acquisition of SeeBeyond. It is focused
on customers who use the
Java Composite Application Platform
Suite. This is the suite that enables customers to create a
Service Oriented Architecture (SOA).
Briefly, we showed our customers the awesome progress we have made in bringing
together the best of what we acquired with SeeBeyond with the best of
what we had at Sun - in our recent 5.1 release. We heard of the
successful projects they have completed and what they are
planning. And we filled them in on our roadmap.
There was
JavaOne. As usual - huge crowds, awesome announcements, great
partners and great new products. The one to pay attention to is
all about the ability to create composite applications using
Java
EE SDK SOA Starter Kit and Java Studio Enterprise.
This is a key component of our value proposition. To grow the
developer community around SOA by providing the ability to create
composite applications. And this is not just for integration
developers but ALL Java developers - starting from our development
tools through our suites.
And we have made available the source code for our next generation Java
Composite Application Platform Suite / SOA platform. This is
called
Open ESB. It is based on
JBI / JSR 208 and is a great opportunity to grow the developer community further in extending developers and partners around the platform.
And lastly in briefings with potential customers on the road and
in our executive briefing center. They are meeting with our
competition and signing up with us. From the Enterprise Service
Bus (ESB) that we have at the core of our platform, to the capabilities
that are layered on top. From the delivery and management
capabilities to our service offerings. What they are talking
about, we have ...
It is awesome to be in the position of SOA leadership!