Will position Sun as a complete software platform for building SOA and composite applications.

Sun Microsystems, Inc., yesterday announced the availability of the Sun Java Integration Suite, the sixth suite in Sun's Java Enterprise System (Java ES). The new suite is a result of the company's acquisition of SeeBeyond.

Sun claims that the addition will build upon Java ES's success and position it as the most complete software platform for building Service Oriented Architectures (SOA), web services and composite applications. Sun plans to deliver the next version of the Sun Java Integration Suite in-line with the release schedule of Q1 2006, as previously outlined by SeeBeyond, with support for a number of platforms, including Solaris 10, Microsoft Windows, HP-UX, IBM AIX, Red Hat, SuSe, IBM ZOS, IBM WebSphere, and BEA WebLogic. Additionally, Sun intends to detail the future roadmap within 90 days, including plans to add the Java Integration Suite to Java ES.

The Sun Java Integration Suite is available with both perpetual license and subscription pricing. Sun will continue support for SeeBeyond's current customer installed base by maintaining current support levels of previous SeeBeyond releases in order to protect customers' investments, says the company.

"With the announcement today, Sun is making an early move to capture the growing integration market with a complete and affordable Java ES stack to address both security and integration, two of the leading concerns for IT managers today," said John Loiacono, executive vice president of Software, Sun Microsystems. "Adding the premier suite for integration and composite application development to the Java ES and then combining with Solaris 10 further establishes Sun as a mainstream, end-to-end provider of software for the development and deployment of enterprise applications. And we're just warming up."