Red Hat Launches JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6

 CRN Network, June 25, 2012, 1500 hrs

Red Hat has launched JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 to help enterprises decrease time-to-market for application delivery and reduce operational costs.

JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 is the run-time engine that drives Java workloads in Red Hat OpenShift, Red Hat's platform-as-a-service (PaaS) offering. It has an updated architecture that can be easily deployed in on-premise, private and public clouds.


It offers developers the ability to programmatically manage applications and automate application deployment processes whether used standalone or integrated with their own management tools, including private clouds. It is optimized for multi-core and virtualized environments, resulting in a low-memory footprint and faster start-up times. The solution also offers enhanced resource utilization and port management, which simplifies the effort behind deploying JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 into virtualized environments.

JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 provides increased integration with other development tooling, including Maven, Hudson and JBoss Community projects such as Arquillian and Hibernate. In addition to Java EE 6 support, it also supports a wide range of Java Virtual Machine (JVM)-based frameworks, including Spring, Struts and Google Web Toolkit, as well as a variety of open source development tools.

“Enterprises are always seeking ways to deliver applications faster, and they increasingly view the cloud as the environment in which to do that, as long as they can do so on their own terms. JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 allows enterprises to easily create and manage applications in the cloud, on premise or in hybrid architecture,” said Craig Muzilla, Vice President and General Manager, Middleware, Red Hat.

In addition, Red Hat is also introducing JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6-specific courses and JBoss Certified Application Administrator Certification, as well as strategic training and service offerings to help guide customers migrating to the solution.