Market Leading Web and Application Server and Security Software Packaged With
New Solaris Operating Environment for Easier Customer Evaluation
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Jan. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- iPlanet E-Commerce
Solutions, a Sun-Netscape Alliance, today announced that its market leading
e-commerce infrastructure software products will be included with Sun
Microsystem's new Solaris 8 operating environment to enable easy customer
evaluation. As a result, all Solaris 8 customers will receive the new iPlanet
Advantage Software CD with the latest versions of iPlanet's market-leading web
and application servers and e-commerce security software products.
The iPlanet Advantage Software license enables Solaris 8 customers to
easily access, install and test full production versions of the industry's
leading e-commerce infrastructure software for a period of 90 days. Products
in the offering include:
-- iPlanet Web Server Software- As the foundation for a successful website
architecture, it can provide the central point through which all
business-critical content, applications and transactions must flow
before reaching users. iPlanet Web Server delivers the high
performance, reliability, scalability and manageability that an
enterprise needs to handle the massive volume demanded by successful
websites in the Net Economy.
-- iPlanet Application Server Software - For more demanding e-commerce web
applications, the iPlanet Advantage Software CD includes the current
4.0 release of Netscape Application Server. The application server
provides a comprehensive and scalable platform for development,
leveraging the flexibility and strength of the Java(TM) 2 Platform,
Enterprise Edition (J2EE) application model. It combines high
performance, scalability and high availability to support large volumes
of transactions. With an industry leading TP Monitor integrated as a
core service it can manage distributed transactions seamlessly,
reliably and quickly for Internet applications. Also included are the
console and SNMP-based management required for business-critical
Internet applications.
-- iPlanet Directory Server Software and Solaris Directory Extensions -
Also now included as a core component of Solaris 8 (see separate
announcement titled "SUN TO INTEGRATE LEADING IPLANET E-COMMERCE
DIRECTORY WITH SOLARIS 8 OPERATING ENVIRONMENT"), the iPlanet Directory
Server is the world's most widely deployed e-commerce directory with
more than 150 million licenses sold. It delivers an LDAP-based user
management infrastructure that acts as a central repository for the
consolidation of employee, customer, supplier and partner information.
Building on the scalable infrastructure provided by iPlanet Directory
Server, Solaris Extensions provide native support of the NIS and RADIUS
protocols to further simplify the management of user and network
information.
-- iPlanet Certificate Management System - A comprehensive public-key
infrastructure (PKI)-based e-commerce solution that makes it easy and
more economical for an enterprise to deploy and manage its own
certificate authority. Extensible, modular components -- including
tight integration with the iPlanet Directory Server -- allow even large
enterprises the flexibility to more easily customize and scale to
millions of certificates.
-- iPlanet Webtop Software - An Internet-based solution that provides
secure ubiquitous access from any browser to all web or non-web
corporate resources behind the firewall. It helps enable an enterprise
to rapidly -- and inexpensively -- deploy and manage a remote access
solution for employee and partner portals.
-- iPlanet Sunscreen Software - A high performance firewall that consists
of a rules-based, stateful packet-filtering engine for network access
control as well as an encryption and authentication engine that enables
customers to create secure Virtual Private Network (VPN) gateways by
integrating public-key encryption technology. It delivers more secure
administration through an easy-to-use graphical user interface using a
Web browser.
"More than 50 percent of the Fortune 500 already rely on iPlanet
infrastructure software for their e-commerce deployments," said Stuart Wells,
senior vice president of e-commerce infrastructure products for iPlanet, a
Sun-Netscape Alliance. "By delivering our market-leading solutions to every
Solaris 8 customer, we are making it even easier for new customers to quickly
evaluate and deploy the industry's most highly scalable, robust and
comprehensive e-commerce solutions."
The entire iPlanet product line supports leading industry standards such
as J2EE and Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), affording companies
maximum interoperability to work across multiple platforms and in-house
technologies.
About iPlanet E-Commerce Solutions, A Sun-Netscape Alliance
iPlanet E-Commerce Solutions, a Sun-Netscape Alliance, was established in
March 1999 by America Online, Inc. and Sun Microsystems, Inc. to provide
easy-to-deploy, comprehensive e-commerce solutions for the Net Economy.
iPlanet E-Commerce Solutions provides the industry's broadest portfolio of
Internet infrastructure and e-commerce applications software and services.
Its iPlanet Messaging, Directory, Web and Application Server software all
enjoy #1 marketshare positions. For more information, consult the iPlanet
E-Commerce Solutions Web site at http://www.iplanet.com or call 888-786-8111.
NOTE: Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun Logo, The Network Is The Computer,
iPlanet, J2EE and Solaris are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun
Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries. Netscape is a
registered trademark of Netscape Communications Corporation in the U.S. and
other countries.
SOURCE iPlanet E-Commerce Solutions
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CONTACT:
Ann Dupuis of KVO Public Relations,
503-221-2367, or ann_dupuis@kvo.com, for iPlanet E-Commerce
Solutions
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