What is Jboss Middleware

Jboss belongs to the category Enterprise Middleware. It competes with the likes of BEA Weblogic IBM Websphere and Oracle Application Server. Jboss is typically used to build complex, transactional web applications that can be deployed within a company or on the public internet.

Jboss Enterprise Platforms integrate mutliple projects and components, all at different versions with different dependencies, into a single certified distribution with support, patches and updates.

Jboss Enterprise Platforms include:

• Jboss Enterprise Application Platform - Everything you need to deploy, host, and persist data to Java-based web applications and services.
• Jboss Enterprise SOA Platform - A Flexible, standards-based platform to integrate applications, SOA services, and business events.
• Jboss Enterprise Portal Platform - Portol integration, content aggregation, a personalisation.
• MetaMatrix Enterprise Data Services Platform - Bridge the gap between existing enterprise data sources and the new forms of data required by new projects, applications, and architectures.

IT infrastructure environments often include software from a number of vendors. So, in addition to Enterprise Platforms, Red Hat also offer modular frameworks that run with and Java EE middleware platform and dramatically increase productivity in both development and production. Jboss Enterprise Frameworks include:

• Jboss Hiberate for industry-leading Object Relational mapping and persistence (open database)
• Jboss Seam for simplifying Web 2.0 application development
• Jboss jBPM for enabling the creation and automation of business processes
• Jboss Rules for direct and dynamic input into application behaviour