Sun Microsystems, creator and lead advocate of Java technology, today announced the integration of Java Enterprise Systems (Java ES) and Sun's suite of developer tools within the Solaris Operating System (OS) to provide developers a complete, open and affordable software solution. In addition, Sun has released the newest version of Java ES (release 2005Q4), which is available now supporting Solaris 10 OS, Windows 2000, Linux and HP-UX environments. Additional support for Windows 2003 is expected within the next 90 days and will ship simultaneously with all future Java ES releases. Sun is also bringing enhanced service oriented architecture (SOA) capabilities and a complete developer solution to Java ES for the same predictable cost of $140 US per employee per year. "Sun currently has the best software offering we have ever had, from the operating system to the infrastructure software platform to the tools used to develop on those platforms. And today we are taking it one step further by integrating that software into one simple offering that will enable developers with an unrestricted method of developing everything from the simplest to the highest performance applications," said John Loiacono, executive vice president of Software, Sun Microsystems. "Sun is the only vendor to provide a pre-tested, pre-integrated solution, and the latest enhancements to the Java Enterprise System further build upon the system-wide features that have made it the infrastructure software platform of choice for nearly 1 million subscribers." The enhancements made to Java ES address SOA Governance with the addition of a new Service Registry, supporting ebXML and UDDI standards, enabling subscribers to publish, govern and reuse web services and related data based on two standards of choice. Additionally, the latest version of Sun's Access Manager (version 7) is included in this upgrade, marking a significant contribution to Sun's overall SOA strategy by including new governance and federation capabilities, improved distributed authentication, and complete life-cycle management of web services and applications. The newest release of Java ES also includes a complete developer solution that allows users to develop, test and deploy applications with pre-configured tools and runtime infrastructure. The soon to be released Sun Java Studio Enterprise 8 will aid in increasing productivity among developers with a set of comprehensive features. More details on the Sun Java Studio Enterprise 8 and the benefits it will bring to Java ES subscribers will be announced within the next 30 days.