The new 10.1.3 Java stack from Oracle just went production, including support for the latest J2EE standards as well as emerging technologies such as EJB 3.0, JSF, Ajax, Business Rules and more. Oracle Application Server 10g R3 (10.1.3) is a significant new release of the core service-oriented architecture platform underlying Oracle Fusion Middleware. It is designed to provide a standards-based, mission critical platform for organizations deploying service oriented architectures.
Beyond the core enterprise application server, key components of the broader Oracle Fusion Middleware platform will be included in Oracle Application Server 10g R3. These include Oracle Business Rules, Oracle BPEL Process Manager, Oracle Web Services Manager, Oracle Enterprise Service Bus, Oracle Identity Management and Oracle Application Server Service Registry.
The release of Oracle Application Server 10g R3 is driven by six major design themes:
1. Deep J2EE 1.4 standards support to enable a portable and interoperable foundation for service oriented architecture.
2. Hardened infrastructure designed for industry leading performance, reliability, availability and scalability for new applications and those connecting to heterogeneous backend infrastructures.
3. Simplified operational and administrative capabilities designed to administratively grow from single node to large-scale distributed deployments.
4. Deep adoption of next generation enterprise Web services programming and management infrastructure to underpin loosely coupled service- oriented applications.
5. Innovation in core middleware infrastructure by providing next generation advances such as early support for Enterprise Java Beans 3.0 from Java Platform Enterprise Edition 5.0, JavaServer Faces, a native business rules engine and object-to-XML tooling for service-oriented application development.
6. Deep integration of higher-level Oracle Fusion Middleware components on this runtime architecture including Oracle Business Rules, Oracle BPEL Process Manager, Oracle Web Services Manager, Oracle Enterprise Service Bus, Oracle Identity Management and Oracle Application Server Service Registry.
Oracle Application Server 10gR3 has several new features:
Comprehensive J2EE 1.4 support
Enhanced Web Services Support
Enhanced Messaging, Transaction Management, and Security Features
Enhanced Web Services Registry
Enhanced clustering and Grid Computing facilities
Enhanced Systems Monitoring, and Management
Enhanced support for standards - EJB 3.0, Java Server Faces, J2EE 1.4, Java 1.5.
New Business Rules Engine
Enhanced Features for ESB, BPEL Process Manager, Web Services Manager, and Identity Management
Oracle Application Server 10gR3 provides comprehensive support for:
