Sun shares more on its database management plans for Java Enterprise System (J2EE)

Sun Microsystems is looking at providing its Java Enterprise System (J2EE) customers with a database management solution that will either take advantage of existing open-source database management technologies or developed in-house. I think they should leverage from some high quality open source database management solutions rather than re-inventing the wheel.

Loiacono said that customers are also looking to Sun to give them the ability to have database services tightly integrated with the platform, beyond what they get in the directory.

“They are looking for transactional, persistent data services, and to do that they are looking to us for a solution to that problem. Sure, they can go and plug in Oracle if they have a site license, but many are saying they want the ability to run some caseload, that’s maybe 10 or 20 percent of their workload, on an open-source database,” he said.

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