Simplified Systems Integration

The Java EE platform is a platform-independent, full systems integration solution that creates an open marketplace in which every vendor can sell to every customer. Such a marketplace encourages vendors to compete, not by trying to lock customers into their technologies but instead by trying to outdo each other in providing products and services that benefit customers, such as better performance, better tools, or better customer support.

The Java EE 5 APIs enable systems and applications integration through the following:

• Unified application model across tiers with enterprise beans

• Simplified request-and-response mechanism with JSP pages and servlets

• Reliable security model with JAAS

• XML-based data interchange integration with JAXP, SAAJ, and JAX-WS

• Simplified interoperability with the J2EE Connector architecture

• Easy database connectivity with the JDBC API

• Enterprise application integration with message-driven beans and JMS, JTA, and JNDI