The Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server is a comprehensive support offering for GlassFish, the leading open source and open community platform for building and deploying next generation applications and services. Previously named the Sun Java System Application Server, the Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server is ideal for Service-Oriented Architectures and Rich Internet Applications utilizing Java EE, PHP, AJAX and Ruby.
At A Glance
Fastest open source application server, surpassing closed source market leaders
Sophisticated, easy-to-use centralized monitoring and management
Clustering for scalability and availability
Rapidly growing and active community; more than 4.5 million downloads in the last year alone
GlassFish
The GlassFish open source application server is the Java EE 5 reference implementation built for mission-critical enterprise deployments. Take advantage of GlassFish ease-of-use, excellent documentation and enterprise features to build and deploy applications quickly.
The Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server enables customers to leverage the benefits of open source with an optional subscription that provides support, training credits, indemnification and more. The result is a reliable, low risk, and cost-efficient deployment platform.
Speed Development with Less Code
GlassFish offers developer productivity features that reduce the time it takes to create feature-rich applications.
A "developer profile" that configures GlassFish for reduced memory footprint and fast startup makes everyday use of laptops a natural fit
Java EE 5 compliance means developers can leverage the productivity of EJB3 and annotations
Auto-deploy features simplify round-trip development
Native support of popular IDEs such as NetBeans is available
The GlassFish Update Center offers quick access to new technologies such as Open ESB, jMaki, and jRuby as well as additional samples and documentation.
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Spotlight
An Overview of GlassFish
Depending on your point of reference, GlassFish is a community, a project, and an open
source application server. What is it for you? Sun Distinguished Engineer, Eduardo Pelegri-Llopart, delves into the basics of GlassFish, why it is important, and how organizations are using in their IT environments.
Social Software for GlassFish
What is Social Software for GlassFish? How do you it from the update center? How do you use it? Learn the answers in this screencast.
From Download to Subscription
Get a bird's eye view of the value proposition of a download of GlassFish throughout the many options available when taking advantage of moving to the Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server.
Startup Essentials Helps New Companies Get Going
The Sun Startup Essentials Program enables start-up companies to get big discounts on Sun products – including industry-leading servers, the Solaris OS, Sun's Web 2.0 software stack, award-winning developer tools, and service plans that fit your products and individual needs.
Application Server Migration Program Streamlines Process
Sun offers a comprehensive set of migration tools and services designed to reduce and simplify the development work of moving to a new application server infrastructure.
Discover GlassFish Enterprise Server
Discover more about the latest Java EE technology with Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server.
“GlassFish impressed us from the beginning, particularly because of its intuitive web-based management interface. Deploying existing applications was painless. ”
— Guillaume Bilodeau, Software Architect, Auchan
Ready for Mission Critical Enterprise Deployments
With a mature code base and enterprise features, Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server is ready for enterprise deployments.
"Always-On" technology offers near five 9s availability, including uninterrupted operation during online software and hardware upgrades
Manage distributed deployments through centralized administration
Manage and monitor the application server leveraging existing JMX-enabled enterprise management tools
Out-of-the-box interoperability with Microsoft .NET 3.0 web services
Enterprise support and services are available through a Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server subscription
