JBoss Group Announces Marketing Agreement with Ericom Software, Inc.Business Editors ATLANTA & CLOSTER, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 24, 2003 JBoss Teams with Leading Java Technology Company to Bring the Benefits of Legacy Applications and Business Processes to the Most Downloaded Java-Based Open Source Application Server JBoss Group LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , provider of the most popular Java-based application server, today announced a co-marketing agreement with Ericom(R) Software. Under the agreement, Ericom has joined the JBoss Preferred Affiliates(TM) Program and will provide its PowerTerm(R) Host Publisher to the JBoss(R) developer community. JBoss achieved more than 2 million downloads in 2002 alone, making it the industry's fastest-growing Java application A Java program that is run stand alone. The Java Virtual Machine in the client or server is interpreting the instructions. Contrast with Java applet. See servlet. server. Ericom currently holds more than 3.5 million installations in 45 countries worldwide. Businesses of all types use Ericom's PowerTerm solutions daily for their legacy integration and connectivity requirements. Current customers include the IRS An abbreviation for the Internal Revenue Service, a federal agency charged with the responsibility of administering and enforcing internal revenue laws. , Tyco, Target and numerous federal U.S. government agencies. JBoss provides the most stable, scalable and flexible application server with support for J2EE (Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition) A platform from Sun for building distributed enterprise applications. J2EE services are performed in the middle tier between the user's machine and the enterprise's databases and legacy information systems. in the market today. JBoss customers are now able to use Ericom's PowerTerm Host Publisher, a tool that facilitates rapid Web enabling and integration of composite legacy applications with JBoss, new J2EE, CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. and ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. applications. Through the partnership, JBoss users expand their ability to employ and reuse legacy business processes, achieved by automated extraction and creation of XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. data files from legacy applications and business processes. With PowerTerm Host Publisher organizations can then affordably, quickly and easily move legacy applications to leading, high-end platforms like JBoss. "Ericom is excited to add JBoss compatibility to PowerTerm Host Publisher," said Eran Heyman, chief executive officer of Ericom Software. "The marriage of JBoss and PowerTerm Host Publisher allows our customers to leverage and expand their existing capabilities by transforming stable business-critical legacy applications into reusable components for new composite Web and wireless applications." "Ericom Software is a valuable addition to our family of software partners," said Marc Fleury, founder and president of the JBoss Group. "With PowerTerm Host Publisher, the versatility and power of JBoss' rapidly growing open source application server is complemented with the ease in which users can migrate mission-critical legacy applications. Our commitment to offer powerful, yet simple, cost-effective tools for Java developers is enhanced by this partnership." JBoss fully supports the J2EE 1.3 standard. It includes the basic EJB container and JMX JMX Java Management Extensions JMX Air Jamaica Express (ICAO code) JMX Jumbogroup Multiplex infrastructure; JBossMQ for JMS (Java Messaging Service) A programming interface (API) from Sun for connecting Java programs to messaging middleware such as IBM's MQSeries and TIBCO's Rendezvous. JMS is part of Sun's J2EE platform. See J2EE. JMS - Java Message Service messaging; JBossMX for mail; JBossTX for JTA/JTS transactions; JBossSX for JAAS-based security; JBossCX for JCA (1) (Java Cryptography Architecture) An umbrella term from Sun for implementing security functions for the Java platform. It includes Sun's Java Security API as well as the Java Cryptography Extension (JCE), which adds more programming interfaces for encryption connectivity; and JBossCMP for CMP CMP (cytidine monophosphate): see cytosine. (1) (CMP Media LLC, Manhasset, NY, www.cmp.com) Part of United Business Media, CMP is a leading integrated media company that offers a wide variety of publications and services in the information persistence. More information about the JBoss Preferred Affiliates Program is available at: http://www.jboss.org/. More information about PowerTerm Host Publisher and Ericom Software is available at: http://www.ericom.com/jboss. About Ericom Software Ericom(R) Software develops and markets a range of legacy integration software applications that enable e-Business solutions. Built on the proven PowerTerm(R) engine, the Ericom products provide the broadest and most complete range of host application access allowing organizations to integrate legacy systems, with zero changes to those systems while implementing Web, wireless, XML and other strategic IT initiatives like CRM and ERP. Ericom has offices in the US, the UK, France and Israel, and a global network of distributors, resellers and partners. Since 1993, the company has sold over 3.5 million licenses to companies in 45 countries. For more information please visit www.ericom.com. About JBoss Group JBoss is an open source, standards-compliant, Java-based application server. With an average of 250,000 downloads per month, JBoss is the most downloaded Java-based application server in the industry. JBoss can be embedded in commercial products and is being used in production around the world. JBoss Group LLC is an Atlanta-based professional services company, created by Marc Fleury, founder and lead developer of the JBoss application server For the JBoss company itself, see . JBoss Application Server (or JBoss AS) is a free software / open source Java EE-based application server. Because it is Java-based, JBoss AS is cross-platform, usable on any operating system that Java supports. . JBoss Group brings together core JBoss developers to provide services such as training, support, consulting and documentation, as well as management of the JBoss software affiliate program. These commercial activities subsidize the development of the free JBoss server. For more information please see www.jboss.org. JBoss is a registered trademark of Marc Fleury. Ericom and PowerTerm Host Publisher are trademarks of Ericom Software. Java, J2EE are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners. |
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