Unisys Expands Relationship with JBoss for Services Supporting Enterprise-Ready Open Source Applications.BLUE BELL, Pa. -- Added Services and Greater Marketing Alignment Intended to Help Enterprise Clients Capitalize on Cap´i`tal`ize on` v. t. 1. To turn (an opportunity) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a situation); to profit from; as, to capitalize on an opponent's mistakes s>. Economic and Operational Advantages of Open Source and Open Standards Specifications for hardware and software that are developed by a standards organization or a consortium involved in supporting a standard. Available to the public for developing compliant products, open standards imply "open systems;" that an existing component in a system can be replaced Unisys Corporation (company) Unisys Corporation - The company formed in 1984-5 when Burroughs Corporation merged with Sperry Corporation. This was when the phrase "dinosaurs mating" was coined. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :UIS (graphics, programming) UIS - A VMS graphics programming interface package for VAXstations. ) today announced that it has deepened its global relationship with JBoss, Inc., the professional open source company, as a JBoss Authorized Service Provider An Authorized Service Provider (ASP) is a third party person that has been cleared to work on a product that is still under warranty by another company without voiding the warranty. (JASP) and JBoss Authorized Training Partner (JATP JATP Jazz At The Philharmonic JATP Joint Air Transportation Plan ) for all of the JBoss Enterprise Middleware Suite (JEMS JEMS Journal of Emergency Medical Services JEMS Judicial Enforcement Management System JEMS Joint Embedded Messaging System (Operator configurable message translation device) JEMS Jenks East Middle School JEMS Joint Effects Management System ) on a global level. The expansion represents another step in Unisys commitment to deliver an integrated open source middleware stack, complemented by Unisys services, which facilitates open, standards-based computing environments. Under the expanded agreement, Unisys can now deliver a broad range of support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services , consulting services and public training for clients developing multi-channel, multi-portal applications based on JEMS. The expanded agreement covers all of JEMS, including leading products such as 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. , Hibernate See hibernation mode. , Apache Tomcat, JBoss Rules, JBoss Transactions and JBoss Portal. Unisys sees JEMS as a critical building block in the development of open Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA (1) (Start Of Authority) The first record in a DNS zone file. See DNS records. (2) (Service Oriented Architecture) The modularization of business functions for greater flexibility and reusability. ) strategies. SOA is a rapidly growing enterprise IT strategy that composes the discrete functions contained in mainframe applications, databases and enterprise software applications into interoperable, standards-based services that can be integrated and assembled quickly to meet changing business requirements. Unisys has been systematically developing the methodology for architecting, governing and implementing this open SOA under its 3D Visible Enterprise (3D-VE) approach for several years. Unisys and JBoss will also expand their collaboration on education, marketing and sales opportunities. The expanded agreement also will increase Unisys presence on JBoss' OEM/ISV Customer Advisory Board, which helps JBoss understand and act on the priorities of application architects, developers and systems integrators, and the enterprise end-users they represent. "Drawing on its expertise in enterprise solutions and services, Unisys is taking a leadership position in creating focused open source solutions that deliver business value," said Tom Cooper, vice president of worldwide channels, JBoss, Inc. "By teaming more broadly and intensively with Unisys, JBoss can capitalize on Unisys decades-long experience and global services delivery capabilities to extend the benefits of our open source technology to new cadres of users around the world." Unisys has made an intensive commitment to providing a comprehensive, secure, integrated open source software stack comprising Linux operating environments, middleware such as JEMS, and database management systems. Additionally, Unisys has tested and tuned the JBoss Application Server for Unisys platforms, completing both performance and scalability testing in conjunction with JBoss. Unisys has also built a global team of JBoss certified consultants who can migrate, implement and optimize JEMS throughout an enterprise, and has established JBoss Centers of Excellence around the globe that enable customers to benchmark and test business-critical applications in a lab environment before moving them into production. "Expanding support for JEMS as part of the Unisys open source initiative helps us further enable clients to capitalize on open source software to realize the key benefits of secure business operations - lower cost of solution deployment and ownership, greater agility in IT management with minimized risks, improved operational efficiency and competitive advantage in a dynamic marketplace," said Anthony Gold, vice president and general manager, Open Source Business, Unisys. About JBoss JBoss, Inc., the global leader in open source middleware, offers simply the better way to transform businesses through a service-oriented architecture (SOA). As the market's leading open source platform for SOA, JEMS (JBoss Enterprise Middleware Suite) delivers proven performance in mission-critical environments and is backed by world-class support and service--all at a dramatically lower cost structure than proprietary systems. Fortune 500 companies such as Continental Airlines, MCI (1) (Media Control Interface) A high-level programming interface from Microsoft and IBM for controlling multimedia devices. It provides commands and functions to open, play and close the device. (2) (Microwave Communications Inc. and Starwood Hotels & Resorts rely on Professional Open Source from JBoss, Inc. Certified partners offering JEMS and JBoss Subscriptions include Dell, HP, NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. , Novell, Sun Microsystems and Unisys. For more information, visit www.jboss.com. About Unisys Unisys is a worldwide technology services and solutions company. Our consultants apply Unisys expertise in consulting, systems integration, outsourcing, infrastructure, and server technology to help our clients achieve secure business operations. We build more secure organizations by creating visibility into clients' business operations. Leveraging Unisys 3D Visible Enterprise, we make visible the impact of their decisions - ahead of investments, opportunities and risks. For more information, visit www.unisys.com. RELEASE NO.: 0504/8662 http://www.unisys.com/about__unisys/news_a_events/05048662.htm Unisys is a registered trademark of Unisys Corporation. All other brands and products referenced herein are acknowledged to be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. JBoss and JEMS are registered trademarks or trademarks of JBoss, Inc. in the United States and other countries. The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners. |
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