Bluestone Software Thursday released Sapphire/Web Release 6.1, the latest version of its
platform-independent, pure Java application server for
enterprise-class Internet commerce.
With Sapphire/Web Release 6.1, Bluestone continues to support the
JavaServer Pages 1.0 specification and the Java Servlet API, two
components of Sun’s Enterprise Java
technologies. It also provides distributed JSP and Java Servlet engines
that gives JSP and Java Servlet load balancing, scalability, fault
tolerance and technologies such as Internet Quality of Service and
real-time management. The Java Servlet API provides a platform for Web
applications while JSP technology provides a server-side scripting
mechanism.
Sapphire/Web’s Load Balance Broker can be deployed as a Java Servlet
itself within a Web server farm, or as an ISAPI or NSAPI within
Microsoft or Netscape Web servers to balance the load across any number
of application server boxes hosting the Java Servlet or JSP
applications.
In addition, Sapphire/Web’s Load Balance Broker can take
Java Servlet and JSP applications into non-browser based applications by
deployment as a JavaBean or Enterprise JavaBean. In conjunction with
Bluestone’s XML-Server, this new capability offers an open platform for
developers.
Other features included in Sapphire/Web 6.1 are
- A JDBC Driver Proxy that provides connection pooling for
JDBC-compliant drivers.
- Sapphire/Web’s Internet Quality of Service facility provides dynamic
service level differentiation where the best users get the highest
application performance possible while other users may be upgraded
on-the-fly according to their site interactions.
- Sapphire/Application Manager adds real-time monitoring, control,
and deployment options to any JSP or Java Servlet. It provides
notification services for outages, performance bottlenecks, and trending
as well as integration to Enterprise Management Systems like CA
Unicenter.
- Bluestone’s Hot Versioning technology is also available to any Java
Servlet or JSP, thereby giving Website administrators the ability to
upgrade a site without incurring downtime.
- Java Application Server Class Library has such features as
Persistent State Servers, Live Object Cache, and Security.
Sapphire/Web Release 6.1 is available in Beta, with production shipment
scheduled for July 30. Pricing remains unchanged for Sapphire/Web
Release 6.1, starting at $25,000 for a starter kit.