Macromedia on Monday released a new version of its JRun application server that supports the latest enterprise Java standards at a budget price.
Macromedia JRun 4 offers J2EE 1.3 and Web services support—as well as support for server clustering—at a price of $899 per processor, well below bigger rivals such as IBM and BEA Systems. At that price, JRun looks to be strongly positioned for enterprises that want to make affordable steps into Java-based development, as well as a more commercially supported alternative to open-source Java servers such as JBoss or Tomcat.
"In the past six to eight months we've seen a lot of interest in open-source Java, driven by a couple of factors but mainly budget restraints, and companies wanting to do more with less," said Dan Murphy, Macromedia senior product marketing manager. "[JRun] is a great opportunity to get vendor-supported, fully-capable J2EE technology at under one thousand dollars."
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