Open Source IDE ObjectWeb Lomboz(TM) Provides Features for Enterprise Portal and SOA Development in Java(TM).

ISTANBUL, Turkey & GRENOBLE, France -- eteration, an innovative company specialized in Java[TM] and open source technologies, and ObjectWeb, an international nonprofit consortium of companies and research organizations who have joined forces to produce next-generation open source middleware, today announced the availability of ObjectWeb Lomboz[TM] 3.2 with features addressing Enterprise Portals and Service Oriented Architectures.

With version 3.2, ObjectWeb Lomboz[TM] becomes the only open source enterprise development tool that provides an integrated solution covering Java Web development, portals and SOA. Over the last two years, ObjectWeb Lomboz[TM] has had over 2 million downloads and is well established in its fourth consecutive year at the top of ObjectWeb's downloads. Professional support is available from eteration for individuals and enterprises.

"eteration continues its commitment to ObjectWeb Lomboz, Eclipse Foundation and Open Source Technology," said eteration CEO Naci Dai. "Moreover, we are continually building important new strategic alliances within the ObjectWeb Consortium, now including eXo Platform and JOnAS. The addition of these new alliances will enable the building of powerful Open Source corporate portals."

ObjectWeb Lomboz[TM] 3.2 adds support for portal development (ObjectWeb eXo Platform), popular technologies from the Apache Software Foundation (Struts, XMLBeans), Service Component Architecture runtimes (Apache Tuscany), and Enterprise Service Bus (ObjectWeb Celtix).

"Not all Java developers target open source middleware environments, but many of them are familiar with the open source world and like to use productivity tools. In this respect, Lomboz is a very successfull project which brings a significant contribution to ObjectWeb's traction," said Francois Letellier, ObjectWeb Executive Director. "Lomboz also is an outstanding example of collaboration within the ObjectWeb community and with the Eclipse Foundation."

About ObjectWeb Lomboz[TM]

ObjectWeb Lomboz[TM] is a popular integrated development environment (IDE) based on Eclipse Callisto (v.3.2) and targeting Web, Web Services, Java EE[TM], EJB[TM], portal and SOA development. Since version 3.0, Lomboz is based on Eclise Web Tools Platform and provides advanced packaged features that facilitate development and test of enterprise Java applications. http://lomboz.objectweb.org

About eteration

eteration provides enterprise software solutions and infrastructures built on Open Source and standards. A leader in Java Enterprise Technology (Java EE), Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Object-Oriented Modeling and Analysis; the company prides itself on being a service-oriented company that provides a single source for education, outsourcing, and software solutions. eteration is a coprorate member of ObjectWeb, a member of Eclipse Web Tools Platform's project management committee, leads the Java Standard Tools subproject and is also a provider of tools, developer resources and server infrastructures to Eclipse WTP project.

eteration continually invests in the research and development of Lomboz[TM]. As recipient of the TUBITAK research grant, the development of ObjectWeb Lomboz[TM] is funded by the ITEA-OSIRIS project and TUBITAK.

http://www.eteration.com

About ObjectWeb

Founded in 2002 by Bull, France Telecom and INRIA, ObjectWeb is a consortium of leading companies and research organizations from around the world who have joined forces to produce next generation of Open Source Middleware. ObjectWeb's goal is to provide Real-Time Enterprises with independent solutions which combine quality and robustness at the best possible performance/cost ratio. ObjectWeb targets alternative solutions to proprietary products for e-business, business integration, data connectivity, grid computing, and enterprise messaging. Based on Open Standards, ObjectWeb's middleware includes application servers, components, frameworks and tools. Examples of ObjectWeb's "cost killer" middleware are JOnAS - an Open Source certified implementation of the J2EE[TM] specification, JORAM - a Message Oriented Middleware and Enhydra - a Java/XML Application Server.

http://www.objectweb.org

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