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SIP Session Replication, Rolling Upgrade and 64-bit JVM Support

Key new features in the Sun GlassFish Communications Server 2.0 include SIP session replication, rolling upgrade and Diameter support. The open source telco-grade application server expands platform support to include AIX 6.1 with IBM JDK 6 in this release. Based on the latest version of the Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server 2.1.1, Communications Server 2.0 offers a scalable, standards-based platform aimed at simplifying development of value-added applications and services such as: VoIP, IPTV, virtual PBX, and fixed mobile convergence.

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Blogger Reacts to Article Comparing AIX, Solaris, HP-UX

An IBM article comparing AIX 6.1, Solaris 10 and HP-UX incites Blogspot host Robert Milkowski, who decides to dissect the piece, offer his opinion and identify inaccuracies. Some of Milkowski’s contentions with the article are the lack of Solaris innovations identified and comparison of ZFS to IBM’s JFS2. Kudos are given to IBM’s marketing strategy not only by this blog’s author but by a couple of the commenters as well.

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Version 4.3 of OpenMQ was made available as a free download in December. This new version of the enterprise quality, production ready, scalable messaging server allows a new http-based Universal Messaging Service to be used to access OpenMQ from a browser using AJAX, along with .Net, Python, Ruby, and others. OpenMQ 4.3 also includes new platforms (AIX, Oracle 11g, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008), a new installer, and additional Samples for things like talking to HermesJMS and STOMP.

Tune into a Webinar presentation this coming Friday, January 9th at 11 a.m. PT / 2 p.m. ET / 19:00 UTC (GMT), where speakers Ed Bratt and Linda Schenider of Sun will talk about the new Universal Messaging Service and show examples of its use from AJAX, C# and Python.