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WSO2 Launches Tungsten SOA Application Server and Receives Investment from Intel
JavaScriptSearch WSO2, a new start-up creating open source platforms for Web services, launched its premier product, Tungsten, and announced that the company has received an investment from Intel Capital, the venture capital arm of Intel Corporation. Founded by technology pioneers, the WSO2 team is comprised of individuals instrumental in establishing Web services and SOAP standards, and longtime contributors to the Apache open source project. “The middleware market today is dominated by expensive, complex products that will be rapidly commoditized by less expensive, technically superior open source alternatives that have been created specifically for today’s Web services environments,” said Sanjiva Weerawarana, CEO of WSO2. “WSO2 has developed an open, modern architecture that delivers the cleanest standards support.” WSO2 said it is the first company to deliver middleware built from the ground up to support Web services, an approach that makes it dramatically faster and easier to develop, deploy and manage applications. According to WSO2 Tungsten, an application server, is the only product to fully support Web services in a simple, clean, lightweight model that cuts out the unnecessary layers that complicate competing products. The WSO2 Team WSO2 was founded by technology pioneers who have been leaders in establishing Web services standards and developing open source software. The management team is:
WSO2 Tungsten WSO2 Tungsten is fully open source and built on Apache Axis2, the popular Web services foundation that WSO2 developers helped to create. It integrates Apache Axiom, Apache Neethi, Apache Rampart and Apache Sandesha to form a production quality, comprehensive Web services application server platform. It can be used to expose new or existing applications as Web services, build reliable messaging links across the enterprise, or serve as a host for AJAX-based Web applications. WSO2 Tungsten integrates with NET, J2EE, CICS, SAP and other Web service enabled platforms. WSO2 Tungsten includes an embedded Web server and can be used as a standalone platform. It can also be added to an Apache Tomcat or JBoss Application Server and improve and extend either products’ XML support. Key features are:
WSO2 Tungsten 1.0 is a free and open source application server released under the Apache License. WSO2 sells a wide variety of related support, consulting and training services. Annual support packages are available at Silver, Gold and Platinum levels with prices starting at $3,000 for up to two servers. |
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