WS02 Releases Tungsten v.1.0 Open Source Application Server

WebKnowHow
Friday, June 9, 2006; 05:09 AM

WSO2 announced the release of WSO2 Tungsten/Java version 1.0.  Tungsten is an open source application server, geared for SOA deployment.  It is based on XML and Web services. Through a combination of Apache Web services projects Tungsten is packed with full enterprise quality features including security and reliability.

Tungsten is available via an Apache license, as are all WSO2 products. The company will sell support services for Tungsten, with prices starting at US$3,000 for one- to two-server deployment per year.

WSO2 was founded in August 2005 by leaders in Web services standards and open source software. The company operates in the fields of building Web services middleware, offering leading products, support and services. WSO2 is a global corporation with offices located in Boston, USA, Portsmouth, UK and Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Key features of WSO2 Tungsten/Java 1.0 include

• Full support for WS-* and REST
• Interoperates with Microsoft .NET, Windows Communications Framework (Indigo) and IBM WebSphere
• XML-centric client API including full WSDL and policy support
• Synchronous as well as asynchronous Web service utilization
• Archive based modules and services deployment model with hot deployment support
• Flexible service life cycle model for managing different level of sessions
• Multiple code generation options for greater flexibility
• RSS/ATOM support makes it easy to monitor your server through your browser or feed aggregator
• Manageable and monitorable through JMX, browser and a command line admin client
• Lightweight AJAX administration makes it simple to configure reliability, security and advanced features
• Available as a standalone lightweight server, or embeddable Web archive inside Tomcat and Jboss.
• Fully open source with the source available under the Apache Software License v2.0