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Lutris Technologies Announces World's First Micro-Application Server For J2ME Devices
URL(s): Lutris
SANTA CRUZ, Calif.--Sept. 10, 2001--Lutris Technologies Inc., a leading provider of Java/XML application server products for building a Web of
Services(TM), today with its Enhydra.org Open Source development partners announces the launch of the Enhydra Micro
Edition project. "EnhydraME" delivers the world's first Open Source Micro Application Server that targets Java 2 Micro
Edition(TM) (J2ME) devices and appliances as both client and server platforms.
The EnhydraME project is comprised of a suite of J2ME infrastructure components that run in the memory and CPU
constraints of Java mobile phones and PDAs, and provides critical support for XML and SOAP-based communication
between these devices and Web applications. Mobile Internet devices, which traditionally behave as clients to
applications running on Java application servers, are now free to communicate in a peer-to-peer fashion with other
devices, with J2EE(TM) application servers, as well as with publicly accessible Web Services using standard Internet
protocols.
"As the only U.S. carrier offering J2ME-enabled handsets, Nextel sees great value and opportunity for developers and
enterprises in building and deploying J2ME technologies. I see Lutris, with its EnhydraME, as an early mover in
advancing the J2ME Open Source market and application infrastructure technologies," commented Randall Mitchum,
Director of Technology Development at Nextel.
The EnhydraME project began in late 2000 as the result of increasing demand for pervasive Java computing
infrastructure and the emergence of increasingly sophisticated mobile Java devices such as WinCE devices, which run
PersonalJava(TM), and J2ME-enabled mobile phones such as those offered by Motorola and Nokia. Concurrently, Lutris
assembled technology licensing and partnership agreements with Sun, Nokia, Pixo and Motorola to advance the wireless
capabilities of the Enhydra.org family of projects.
"We rely on EnhydraME's outstanding quality and support to reduce our development costs and time to market, " said
Francine Hunter of Survivorsoft.com. "With Enhydra and J2ME we easily created an extensible network layer and freed
our team to focus on creating great games for the latest J2ME platforms, such as Motorola's i85s cell phone available
through Nextel."
EnhydraME is the result of the collaboration between engineers at Lutris and developers across the United States and
Europe seeking to expand the role of J2ME in peer-to-peer and enterprise computing. The original contributors for the
platform include Stefan Haustein, a well-known J2ME expert, John Beatty, a J2ME and peer-to-peer expert, and other
engineers from both Lutris and around the globe.
"In preparation for my presentation on using J2ME as a server platform at JavaOne, I agreed to co-found the micro
team at http://me.enhydra.org with the expectation that I could learn from what others brought to the community and also
contribute myself," noted John Beatty.
Comprised of five micro-infrastructure components today, EnhydraME offers a wireless WebOS, complementing
Internet server side technologies such as Web servers and Java 2 Enterprise Edition APIs. The released and planned
projects provide support for all Java platforms, web transports and security standards (e.g. J2EE, J2ME, HTTP, HTTPS,
XML, WML, etc.). Technologies ready for deployment today include:
-- kHTTP - A micro HTTP server contributed by John Beatty that enables a J2ME device to become a web server
-- Locumi - A proxy for HTTP servers contributed by John Beatty that enables devices on private networks and behind
firewalls to become HTTP servers. kHTTP uses Locumi to establish internet connectivity with devices behind firewalls or
on private networks. Additionally, Locumi is useful for generic P2P applications such as gaming, remote data collection,
mobile webcams, etc.
-- kSOAP - A micro-implementation of the SOAP protocol which allows for MIDlets running on J2ME devices to act as
clients and servers of Web Services such as those implemented by SunONE(TM), Microsoft .NET, and similar
frameworks. kSOAP, because of its small footprint, is suitable for building SOAP-enabled Java Applets as well.
-- kXML - A micro XML validating parser. kXML was conceived with the J2ME environment as its platform, and thus is
a lean XML API with optional WBXML/WML transport support. By incorporating support for WBXML, kXML allows for
Java developers to substantially compress the packet size of XML datasets over carrier networks, thus providing higher
performance as well as lower costs.
-- Mail4Me -- A lightweight implementation of the Internet standard protocols POP3 and SMTP, providing wireless
devices with E-Mail capabilities. Soon to be added extensions include support for IMAP and MIME.
The EnhydraME project is also announcing the creation of the following five additional J2ME infrastructure components
that will soon be launched on the EnhydraME project:
--
kUDDI - A lightweight UDDI implementation for J2ME clients
--
kBox - A lightweight component container for executing
downloaded application code or web services. This service is analogous to a lightweight servlet engine.
-- kJMS - A lightweight JMS implementation ideally suited for messaging between peer-to-peer applications and data
synchronization and replication.
-- kDB - A lightweight relational database.
-- kSync - An implementation of SyncML for synchronization of both database and application session state.
Pricing & Availability
EnhydraME project components are available today at http://me.enhydra.org/. All EnhydraME project components are
open source and available for development and deployment without license fees. Review each project for exact licensing
information, but most projects use the Enhydra Public License, a Mozilla Public License variant.
About Lutris Technologies
Lutris Technologies is a leading provider of Java/XML application server products for building a Web of Services(TM).
Lutris leverages the worldwide Open Source process to combine industry standard technology with the freedom of
innovation. The company's mission is to deliver the highest value development and deployment platforms to our partners
in the OEM, VAR, ISV and System Integrator community. Lutris offers a full range of product support, training and custom
engineering services to its partners. Additional information about Lutris products, services and partner programs is
available at www.lutris.com, or call (877) 688-3724 (U.S. toll free), (831) 460-7590 or +44 1923 431669 in the United
Kingdom.
CONTACT: David Young
Lutris Technologies
831 460 7310
david.young@lutris.com
or
Joel Richman/Hilary Kenworthy
PAN Communications
978 474 1900
lutris@pancomm.com
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