Pramati Server 3.0 First Application Server to Pass the Sun Microsystems J2EE v 1.3 Compatibility Test Suite.

Business Editors/High Tech Writers

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 18, 2001

Pramati Technologies today announced Pramati Server 3.0, the industry's first independently developed application server to achieve Java (TM)2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE (TM)) v 1.3 compatibility.

Achieving this industry first involved passing over 15,000 tests in the Sun Microsystems J2EE Compatibility Test Suite.

Pramati is also announcing today Pramati Studio 3.0 for developers who need an integrated development environment (IDE) for building applications to the new standard. Both products are expected to be generally available before the end of 2001.

Pramati Server 3.0 carries a high-performance Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB (TM)) 2.0 container with support for enterprise-level features such as load balancing, failover and hot deployment.

Pramati Server 3.0 is designed from the ground up to support transparent clustering, which provides performance, scalability and reliability for enterprise-grade deployments. Moreover, the JMX-based Web console of the Server takes management and monitoring to new levels of power and reach.

"Two key focus areas for Pramati Server 3.0 have been manageability and productivity," said Vijay Pullur, co-founder and CTO, Pramati Technologies. "We believe EJB 2.0, connectors and messaging integration in J2EE 1.3 are very powerful features for building enterprise applications, but a good implementation needs sophisticated development and management tools. Pramati is proud to be the first in bringing out the complete platform that is J2EE 1.3 compatible."

"Java technology is transforming the enterprise by simplifying integration and bringing choice to the middle tier," said Tracey Stout, vice president, Marketing Java and XML Software, Sun Microsystems, Inc. "Pramati's rapid delivery of a J2EE 1.3 compatible application server, development tools, and management tools gives the industry new choices that can lower total cost of ownership."

The J2EE Compatibility Test Suite (CTS) delivers a suite of tests, tools and documentation for ensuring compatibility. Upon successful completion of the test suite, licensees may use the Java Compatible, Enterprise Edition brand.

This process allows licensees to create their own specific implementation of J2EE, while maintaining compatibility with other Java technology-based applications.

Pramati Studio 3.0 equips large, distributed, diverse development teams with intuitive and intelligent tools that reduce the time and cost of developing standard enterprise components. Pramati Studio is app server agnostic and supports direct deployment to several J2EE-compliant app servers. With its in-built J2EE server, Web server and debugger, the Studio forms a complete development and test environment.

About Pramati Technologies

Pramati Technologies offers tools, software and services to quickly and economically build, run and maintain enterprise Java applications. Pramati solutions are completely standards compliant, lowering the cost of ownership and providing choice to the customer. It offers superior technology, flexible licensing and bountiful support to all its customers and has licensed the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) from Sun Microsystems, Inc. To find out more about Pramati products and services, email [e-mail] or visit us on the web at www.pramati.com.

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