Sun Microsystems is the #1 server manufacturer in the world. The reason? Reliability, dependability and scalability. All MMA accounts are hosted Sun Sparc machines with the Solaris operating system.

eXtensible Markup Language (XML) helps separate content from appearance, making it easier to update design and data independtly. The result can be a time-savings when it comes to maintaining large, data-intensive sites.

The #1 web server worldwide

Our Enterprise account includes support for Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) API version 1.1 through the open source JBoss EJB container. This advanced server allows deployment of Entity and Session beans with a variety of data sources, including the PostgreSQL and MySQL databases included with the account.

In addition to support for the EJB 1.1 API, JBoss also includes the following features:

• Hot deployment for instant deployment, undeployment and redeployment of EJBs.
• Support for Session and Entity beans with either BMP or CMP..
• SpyderMQ open source JMS messaging queue.
• Integrated JNDI server
• Integrated JAAS security
• Integrated JTA/JTS compliant transaction monitor.

For more information on JBoss capabilities and features, visit the JBoss website at http://www.jboss.org

For an excellent introduction to Enterprise JavaBeans, we recommend Enterprise JavaBeans (O'Reilly, 2001).