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JBoss (company)
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JBoss is a division of Red Hat, Inc.. It specializes in open-source middleware
software.
The company profits from a service-based business model. JBoss employ a Professional Open Source
business model where the core developers of projects make a living and offer their services. The project, as an Open Source project, is developed and supported by a network of programmers.
started the JBoss project in 1999 in order to advance his middleware research interests. JBoss Group, LLC was incorporated in 2001 in Atlanta, Georgia. JBoss became a corporation under the name JBoss, Inc. in 2004. It was a C corporation
headquartered in Atlanta, GA which owned the copyright and trademarks associated with JBoss.
In early 2006, Oracle Corporation
, a major distributor of database software, had been looking to buy JBoss Inc. for an estimated $400 million. The acquisition would have enabled Oracle to compete with rivals BEA Systems
and IBM in the middleware
market (Oracle eventually acquired BEA in April 2008). On April 10, 2006, however, Red Hat
announced that they were buying JBoss for $420 million. The acquisition was completed in June 2006.
distributions.
The JBoss Enterprise Middleware portfolio of products includes:
Middleware
Middleware is computer software that connects software components or people and their applications. The software consists of a set of services that allows multiple processes running on one or more machines to interact...
software.
The company profits from a service-based business model. JBoss employ a Professional Open Source
Professional open-source
Professional open-source is an open source software business model where an open source software vendor generates revenue from paid professional services, maintenance and support provided along with the software...
business model where the core developers of projects make a living and offer their services. The project, as an Open Source project, is developed and supported by a network of programmers.
History
Marc FleuryMarc Fleury
Marc Fleury is the creator of JBoss, an open-source Java application server.Fleury holds a degree in mathematics and a Doctorate in physics from the École Polytechnique in Paris and a Master in Theoretical Physics from the École Normale...
started the JBoss project in 1999 in order to advance his middleware research interests. JBoss Group, LLC was incorporated in 2001 in Atlanta, Georgia. JBoss became a corporation under the name JBoss, Inc. in 2004. It was a C corporation
C corporation
C corporation refers to any corporation that, under United States income tax law, is taxed separately from its owners. It is distinguished from an S corporation, which is not taxed separately. Most major companies are treated as C corporations for U.S. income tax purposes.-C corporation vs...
headquartered in Atlanta, GA which owned the copyright and trademarks associated with JBoss.
In early 2006, Oracle Corporation
Oracle Corporation
Oracle Corporation is an American multinational computer technology corporation that specializes in developing and marketing hardware systems and enterprise software products – particularly database management systems...
, a major distributor of database software, had been looking to buy JBoss Inc. for an estimated $400 million. The acquisition would have enabled Oracle to compete with rivals BEA Systems
BEA Systems
BEA Systems, Inc. specialized in enterprise infrastructure software products known as "middleware", which connect software applications to databases and was acquired by Oracle Corporation on April 29, 2008.- History :...
and IBM in the middleware
Middleware
Middleware is computer software that connects software components or people and their applications. The software consists of a set of services that allows multiple processes running on one or more machines to interact...
market (Oracle eventually acquired BEA in April 2008). On April 10, 2006, however, Red Hat
Red Hat
Red Hat, Inc. is an S&P 500 company in the free and open source software sector, and a major Linux distribution vendor. Founded in 1993, Red Hat has its corporate headquarters in Raleigh, North Carolina with satellite offices worldwide....
announced that they were buying JBoss for $420 million. The acquisition was completed in June 2006.
Products
JBoss, a division of Red Hat, Inc., integrates and hardens the latest enterprise-ready features from JBoss community projects into supported, stable, enterprise-class middlewareMiddleware
Middleware is computer software that connects software components or people and their applications. The software consists of a set of services that allows multiple processes running on one or more machines to interact...
distributions.
The JBoss Enterprise Middleware portfolio of products includes:
- Enterprise Application Platform - enhances JBoss Application Server to provide a complete solution for Java applications.
- Enterprise Web Platform - a lightweight platform for building light & rich Java applications
- Enterprise Web Server - a single solution for large scale websites and simple web applications.
- Enterprise Communications Platform - a development platform for the telecommunications industry.
- Enterprise Portal Platform - to build and deploy portals for SOA user interaction and personalized presentation.
- SOA Platform - integrates applications and orchestrates services to automate business processes in a service-oriented architecture.
- Business Rules Management System (BRMS) - enables business policy and rules development, access, and change management.
- Data Services - a management system to work with data across diverse systems
- JBoss HibernateHibernate (Java)Hibernate is an object-relational mapping library for the Java language, providing a framework for mapping an object-oriented domain model to a traditional relational database...
- industry leading O/R mapping and persistence - JBoss SeamJBoss SeamSeam is a web application framework developed by JBoss, a division of Red Hat.- Seam 3 :Seam 3 is very active project consisting of over 50 developers and engineers, which provides a modular set of extensions to the CDI programming model...
- for simplifying web 2.0 application development - JBoss Web Framework Kit - for building light and rich Java applications
- JBoss Operations Network - a customizable management platform for JBoss deployments
- JBoss Developer Studio - gives developers everything they need to build rich web applications, transactional enterprise applications, and SOA-based integration applications.
- JBoss RichFacesRichfacesRichFaces is an open source Ajax-enabled component library for JavaServer Faces, hosted by JBoss. It allows easy integration of Ajax capabilities into enterprise application development.RichFaces is more than just a component library for JavaServer Faces...
- adding Ajax capabilities to the JavaServer FacesJavaServer FacesJavaServer Faces is a Java-based Web application framework intended to simplify development integration of web-based user interfaces....
web application framework.