Business/Product Q&A Sun ONE Studio 5, Standard Edition Competition Q1. What is Sun ONE Studio software? Microsoft Visual Studio .NET A1. Sun ONE Studio, formerly Forte for ™ software, is an •Single platform/lock-in entry-to-enterprise, full-featured, and extensible integrated •Significant security and scalability issues development environment (IDE) covering end-to-end (J2ME, •Solutions for identity and security can disassociate application J2SE, and J2EE) Java development. builder from own customers Q2. What is the NetBeans project? •Weak mobile story—J2ME technology out performing A2. The NetBeans and Open Source projects develop two things: Microsoft solutions an application runtime or platform upon which other Java client IBM WebSphere Application Developer: applications can be built, and an open source Java IDE for J2SE •No complete runtime stack offering, partnering with BEA for Sun ONE Studio 5, development. application server story Standard Edition Q3. What is the relationship between Sun ONE Studio and •Lacks comprehensive RAD/framework offering and portal NetBeans software? server integration A3. Sun ONE Studio is based on the NetBeans.org project, but Sun •Limited Web services facilities does stabilization work and includes many closed source commercial modules that add additional functionality to the platform. Some of •Expensive Enterprise Edition-level product the added modules are provided by Sun at no charge; others are Key Points sold as commercial products. •Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) 1.3 technology compliant The relationship is similar to .org versus the commercial Linux •Enhanced performance platform, providing greater productivity distributors or OpenOffice.org versus StarOffice™ software. and an improved visual experience Q4. What is new in Sun ONE Studio 5, Standard Edition? •Intuitive installation and dynamic deployment to the industry- A4. There are significant improvements included in the Sun ONE leading Sun ONE Application Server 7 Studio 5, Standard Edition. In addition to the Sun ONE Studio 4, •Extended Web services and seamless configuration for: Update 1 major features, which were: •JAX-RPC support including handlers, attachments, stateful sessions, •Support for development of J2EE or Web components and security •Introduction of the Mobile Edition for optimized development of •UDDI registry Web servers MIDP/CLDC wireless applications •Improved test client support •Standards-based Web services support •Improved wireless integration for kSOAP-enabled devices •Support for native language development on the Solaris •Unit testing support for JUnit •Improved ClearCase and CVS supports •Enhanced start-up performance •Advanced NetBeans tools platform features Sun ONE Studio 5, Standard Edition provides: Resources •An enhanced performance platform, providing greater productivity Product Review’s and an improved visual experience www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1191824,00.asp •Intuitive installation and dynamic deployment to the industry- Product Pocket Guide leading Sun ONE Application Server 7 External Website www.sun.com/software/sundev/jde/index.html •Extended Web services support, unit testing support with JUNIT, inherited advanced NetBeans platform features, and much more Internal Website Partner sales and marketing tools, password protected Customers—Sun ONE Studio 5, Standard Edition sitesunonepartner.sun.com/xx/ Viking Line Ltd., Hyperion, InsiTech Group Ltd., Ford Motor (=xx indicates your specific partner category variable) Company Research Vehicle, Ford Motor Credit Company, J. 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Do not distribute to public Printed in USA 10/03 October 2003 What is Sun™ ONE Studio 5, Standard Edition? Features and Benefits Customer Qualification Questions Sun™ ONE Studio 5, Standard Edition, is a powerful yet intuitive Feature Benefit •What is your build environment like (OS, application type)? integrated development environment (IDE) for the Java™ platform. Enterprise JavaBeans™ Rapid development of J2EE 1.3 s •What tools, if any, are you currently using to build your applications? (EJB™) 2.0 Workshop enterprise application It provides a comprehensive set of features and functionality •Is there a budget allocated for application development projects? Develop and publish standards- Create, test, and deploy new Web that enable the development of applications ranging from desk- •Are Java technology-based applications being built, and if so, what based Web services from applications, servlets, and top to standards-based, enterprise-class applications and Web existing EJB components JSP templates technology type (Web-tier, Enterprise-tier)? services. It also comes preconfigured with its very own instance Rapidly develop components Greatly reduce development time •Are you currently developing or do you have plans to develop of the Sun ONE Application Server 7, the premier platform for using wizards and templates using templates and wizards (over 100 applications in the Java language? developing and delivering Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition templates are included, each supported Example Applications (J2EE™) technology-based applications and standards-based Java by a wizard to speed the creation of all manner of application components •Web services and J2EE applications require considerable Java code, Web services. and features) configuration, and deployment technologies for a successful, comprehensive, and scalable implementation. Sun ONE Studio 5, Platform and Requirements Easy access with Simplify data access and management Standard Edition enables developers to quickly evolve these types Operating Systems: JDBC™ development database with PointBase, a 100% Pure Java™ of powerful solutions, without requiring deep knowledge of the •Sun Solaris™ 9 and 8 Operating Systems (SPARC® Platform Edition) server and data access complex underlying infrastructures. •UltraSPARC® II 450-MHz system with 512 MB of memory and 850 MB Create Swing-based GUIs Increase your productivity using •Web and Mobile Java technology-based solutions are by nature of disk space Sun’s GUI editor and the specialized distributed applications, requiring client and server components •Recommended: UltraSPARC III 750-MHz system with 1 GB of memory layout customizer for GridBayLayout to run. Writing, testing, and debugging such applications can be and 850 MB of disk space (to speed development time) very cumbersome to do by hand. Sun ONE Studio 5, Standard • 7.2 Edition provides the comprehensive features to write, test, and •Pentium III 500-MHz systems with 512 MB of memory and 700 MB debug these types of applications, with supporting capabilities to Value Proposition for Customers of disk space further accelerate software development, such as code comple- When developers standardize on Sun ONE Studio 5, Standard •Recommended: Pentium III 1-GHz system with 768 MB of memory tion and integrated fast and dynamic application deployment. Edition, they get an open, integratable development environment and 700 MB of disk space Target Segments and Audience with 130 Extension Partners providing additional feature support. •Window 2000 and Windows XP •Fortune or Global 1000 companies This helps ensure that developers will be able to develop a wide •Pentium III 500-MHz system with 512 MB of memory and 700 MB •Financial and insurance companies variety of Java technology-based applications quickly and easily. of disk space •Retail, especially those with e-commerce operations Sun ONE Studio software provides excellent support for EJB •Recommended: Pentium III 1-GHz system with 768 MB of memory •Government and 700 MB of disk space development and integrated deployment to the Sun ONE •Telecommunications Additional Software Requirements: Application Server platform. In addition, because it is modular •Internet service providers •Java 2 SDK, Standard Edition (part of the Java 2 Platform, Standard and integratable, Sun ONE Studio 5 supports: Edition) 1.4.1_02 (recommended) •Add-on modules for additional application servers Target Audience •UML modeling tools Developers who have a need for an intuitive and completely Companion Products •Refactoring tools integrated development environment that supports the NetBeans™ Platform, Developer Support, and Sun ONE •Relevant Standards—Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE™) 1.4, development of Java technology-based applications with both Software Training J2EE 1.3, JSP 1.2, Java Servlet 2.3, EJB 2.0, JDBC 2.0, XML 2.2, the J2SE and J2EE architectures—from design to deployment. CORBA, RMI over IIOP, JAXR 1.0_02, JSTL 1.0_01, WSDL, UDDI, NetBeans API 3.4.1, ANT 1.4.1, Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME™) MIDP 1.0, and CLDC 1.0