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

ATLANTA -- JBoss(R), Inc., the Professional Open Source company, today announced second quarter results for 2005. Highlights include JBoss' debut as a Leader in Gartner's Enterprise Application Servers Magic Quadrant, a major expansion of its Certified Partner Program, a strategic move into the government sector and new product releases that dramatically simplify enterprise Java. In addition, JBoss continues to grow with the addition of new executives and new offices in Bangalore, London, New Jersey and Washington, D.C.

In this quarter, JBoss saw massive expansion of its partner ecosystem. With the launch of the JBoss Certified Partner Program, which includes professional and solution certification for the JBoss Enterprise Middleware System (JEMS(TM)), JBoss has substantially bolstered its partner network. Of strategic significance are new Premier-Level partnerships with Capgemini Nederland B.V., a world leader in consulting, technology and outsourcing services; Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. (NRI), Japan's largest consulting firm and system integrator; NEC, which will be distributing JBoss AS on its hardware and reselling JBoss Support Subscriptions; and Sun Microsystems, which will be supporting JBoss on Solaris 10 for SPARC(R) x86 and x64 systems. In addition, both HP and Unisys, longstanding JBoss partners, now support JBoss on their enterprise-class servers.

"Once again, JBoss exceeded our growth goals as we focus on building out the JBoss ecosystem to support enterprise customer demand," said Marc Fleury, chairman and CEO of JBoss, Inc. "JBoss' traction in vertical and worldwide geographic markets is proving that Professional Open Source can deliver great technology at a lower price point to enterprises with the vision to deploy open source software. JBoss remains focused on serving our customers, providing partners with the tools and know-how to succeed alongside JBoss and building out JEMS into a complete super-platform."

One of the company's key expansions this quarter was the formation of the JBoss Government Group. JEMS software is already widely used in government agencies, both in the U.S. and abroad, and at the federal, state and local levels. By making a long-term commitment to the government sector, JBoss will make it even easier for public sector organizations to avoid proprietary software lock-in, achieve interoperability and save scarce taxpayer dollars through the open source JEMS platform.

Expanding JBoss Ecosystem

This quarter, JBoss signed a record number of Professional Subscription Support service customers. New and renewing customers include AmeriPath, Big Y Foods, CORGROUP LLC, Creditex, EZTrip, Health Market Science, Information Data Management, Palm Harbor Homes, Qpass, RBC Life Insurance Company, Skandia UK Group, Sporg Inc., State of Massachusetts, Steria, The Motorists Insurance Group, Universal Music Group, USFI, USSTRATCOM, Westring Technology, Workscape and Xdrive. New and expanded partnerships include Applied Engineering Management Corporation, DataSynapse, MIRO Technologies, ObjectOne, Redpill AB and T-Systems.

By popular demand from customers and partners, JBoss is pleased to present JBoss World Barcelona, October 10-12, 2005, its first European user conference and exhibition. Registration for the event is now open. For more information, please visit www.jboss.com/events/jbossworld.

Strengthens Management Team

To help drive some of the key initiatives announced this quarter, JBoss appointed new executives with extensive industry experience. These appointments include:

Tom Cooper joined JBoss as vice president of worldwide channels, bringing more than 20 years of experience leading sales, marketing, alliances and field operations worldwide. As group vice president at Oracle Corporation, Tom managed field operations and sales for the eastern half of the United States and was accountable for $1.5 billion in revenue and 1,400 employees. He was also president of the Americas for i2 Technologies and executive vice president of worldwide field operations for EXE Technologies. Tom started his career at Data General Corporation, where he spent 11 years in various sales roles and left as vice president of worldwide alliances.

Drew Ladner joined JBoss as general manager of the Government Group. Drew, the former president of advisory firm ZURI Technology, was chief information officer of the U.S. Department of the Treasury until May 2004. Appointed at Treasury to overhaul IT governance, boost IT security and launch key e-government applications, Drew was named to the "Fed 100" within his first year for innovative reform efforts.

Pierre Fricke joined as director of product management and came to JBoss from IDEAS International (formerly D.H. Brown Associates), where he was research vice president focused on application and integration infrastructure. Prior to IDEAS International, Pierre was a leading strategist at IBM in the areas of interoperability, integration, WebSphere, Windows NT, UNIX, Linux and open source. At IBM, he was also an AIX developer, product manager and development manager. Pierre will be driving strategy around portal and integration technologies.

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.

Professional Subscription Support Services 

JBoss continued to enhance its Services offering to better serve its growing customer base. The company is rolling out JBoss Network(TM), introduced in March at JBoss World, which provides enterprise tools to better manage enterprise deployments of JEMS applications. New service offerings include:

--JBoss Subscription - The new JBoss Subscription consists of enterprise services and tools that help enterprises reduce risk, save time and money and experience dramatic improvements to operation efficiency. Subscription services include 24x7 technical support and Developer Assist, which helps customers expedite and reduce risks during the design and development stages. The JBoss Network tools include the JBoss Network Customer Portal and JBoss Network Enterprise Manager, tools designed to enable operations departments to better manage and monitor their JEMS applications. JBoss also includes the industry's most robust legal indemnification protection as part of the JBoss Subscription.

--Professional Certification - JBoss announced a vast expansion of the Professional Certification program in response to the growing demand for trained and certified developers, architects and consultants. Middleware, Web Tier and Administrator Certification tracks are all now available.

--Training - JBoss successfully conducted dozens of public and private, on-site training courses, including newly introduced courses for Hibernate 3.0. New courses for JBoss Portal and JBoss AS Clustering have also been announced and will be made available during the second half of 2005. JBoss Certified partners are helping expand JBoss training all over the world including Bangalore, Bogota, Cape Town, Johannesburg and Nagoya. See the current schedule at http://jboss.com/services/training/schedule.

--Online Education - JBoss continues to offer insightful, free Webinars on industry issues, JBoss core technology and key third-party certified solutions. For a schedule of upcoming and archived Webinars, please visit http://jboss.com/services/online_education.

About JBoss, Inc.

JBoss, Inc. develops the open source JBoss Enterprise Middleware System (JEMS) and its core technologies. Under its Professional Open Source model, JBoss stands behind JEMS with enterprise-class support services that offer CIOs accountability for their open source investments. More than 500 companies and government agencies worldwide, including CitiStreet, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the U.S. Navy, rely on JBoss to support their critical JEMS-based applications. Certified partners embedding JEMS and reselling JBoss Subscription Support services include Dell, HP, NEC, Novell and Unisys. JBoss maintains headquarters in Atlanta, Ga. and Neuchatel, Switzerland. For additional information, please visit http://jboss.com.

JBoss is a registered trademark and JEMS and JBoss Network are trademarks of JBoss, Inc. in the United States and other countries. Java and J2EE are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks or registered trademarks herein are property of their respective owners.