JBoss Professional Open Source

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JBossProfessional Open Source

• Roll it Out
• Sacha Labourey
• GM JBoss EMEA
• Open Source Forum Russia April 2005

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Agenda

• JBoss
• JBoss history
• Open Source business models
• JBoss Professional Open Source methodology
• JEMS
• the JBoss Enterprise Middleware System
• JEMS strategy
• JBoss Services
• Customer satisfaction
• JBoss Partners
• Marketshare
• JBoss is safe

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The Evolution of JBoss

• 1999 EJB-OSS Project
• 2000 Training Consulting
• 2001 Documentation for sale
• 2002 JBoss Group LLC Support
• 2003 Expansion with new OSS projects
• 2004 JBoss Inc, Venture Funding,
• J2EE 1.4 Certification
• 2005 JEMS, JBoss Network

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The Evolution of Open Source

• Moving Up the Stack
• Natural Progression
• Open Source as a Business
• Widespread Adoption
• Open Source Redefining Software

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JBoss Business Model

• Traditional Software Company Attributes
• Headquarters in Atlanta (GA), USA
• EMEA headquarters in Switzerland
• EMEA sales offices in London
• Full-time paid core development staff
• Traditional corporate departments such as product
  mgt, support, marketing, sales, accounting, HR,
  etc.
• Revenue from services
• Professional Support
• Training
• Consulting
• Non-Traditional Attributes
• Zero license revenue!
• Highly leveraged
• Recruiting best talent from Open Source community
• Distributed QA feedback loop through OS
  community
• Low cost Internet-based software distribution
• Transparency

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Professional Open Source

• The best of both worlds
• All of the benefits of Open Source software
  including
• Free licenses (under LGPL)
• Free source code
• Strong community of enthusiasts
• All of the benefits of Commercial software
  including
• Professional Support (24x7x365 2hrs)
• Enterprise-quality software
• Legal indemnification
• Product roadmaps product management
• Professional documentation
• Strict QA processes
• Accountability

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JEMS (JBoss Enterprise Middleware System)

• Open Source Middleware Suite
• Additional Middleware Components in Development
• JBoss Microkernel Architecture
• Plug-n-Play Service Selection
• Create Custom Services

Your Applications
JBoss App Server
Tomcat
Hibernate
JBoss Cache
JBoss jBPM
TBD
Custom Service

JBoss Microkernel
Java Virtual Machine
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JBoss Products Overview

• JBoss AS J2EE 1.4 certified application server
• Tomcat web/JSP/servlet server
• Hibernate O/R mapping persistence solution
• JBossCache distributed data replication
• JGroups reliable multicast messaging toolkit
• JBoss jBPM workflow management system
• JBossIDE Eclipse-based IDE for JEMS
• JBoss Portal portal framework (alpha)
• JBossAOP aspect-oriented programming framework

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Services Engagement Timeline
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Customer Satisfaction
JBoss Support Survey, November 2004 Velocity
Research. Respondents using more than one
application server vendor. 184 Customer
responses for JBoss, 84 BEA, 28 IBM, 14 Oracle,
14 Other Full report available at
http//www.jboss.com/pdf/supportsurvey.pdf
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Adoption of JBoss Software(tip of the iceberg)
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Partner Adoption

• JBoss Inside free, reaches small ISVs
• JBoss Marketing Partners
• JBoss Authorized Service Partners (JASP)
• Bundle/embed JBoss products and resell JBoss
  support
• Tier 1 and 2 Support provided by the Partner
• Tier 3 Support provided by JBoss

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JBoss Marketshare Analysis

• Available online at
• http//www.jboss.com/services/press/bzresearchjan0
  5.pdf

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Gartner Magic Quadrant for Application Servers
2005

• Available online at
• http//www.jboss.com/services/press/magicquad0405.
  pdf

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Analysts JBoss is Safe

• JBoss delivers the best of both worlds It is
  free, portable and standards-based, and it enjoys
  popularity among a growing number of developers.
  
• Gartner, Feb. 2004
• JBoss and Tomcat are more than ready for
  projects in the enterprise.
• Forrester April, 2004
• The modular architecture and AOP capability puts
  JBoss AS at the forefront of this sector.
• Butler Group May, 2004
• Open-source JBoss 4.0s achievement of Java 2,
  Enterprise Edition (J2EE) compatibility is a big
  step toward wider adoption of the product and
  open-source Java in general.
• - Gartner, July, 2004
• JBoss has astounded naysayers and alarmed
  competitors with its consistent growth. Fellow
  open source application servers are scrambling
  to keep up, while JBoss wins sales at BEA's
  expense.
• - The 451 October, 2004

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JBoss Professional Open Source Methodology
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QA

• Questions?