| By the very nature of their operations, large | | | | the needed higher-level classes to handle |
| and medium-sized businesses have complex | | | | security, networking, XML parsing and GUI |
| requirements. And when the time comes to | | | | crafting. And to this, as most users have |
| port legacy systems to today's business | | | | known since 2003, the Enterprise Edition |
| demands or to build entirely new | | | | added the ability to develop and run very |
| functionality, IT planners in the know tend | | | | large, scalable, multi-tiered and |
| to think in terms of .NET, Oracle, SAP or | | | | increasingly robust networked applications. |
| Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE). | | | | |
| | | | One of the most enthusiastic J2EE supporters |
| The great appeal of J2EE rests on its open | | | | I've met are the folks at HyTech |
| source heritage, pretty much an | | | | Professionals ( out in the Nashua (NH) |
| anti-establishment way to get even complex | | | | extension of the eastern Silicon Belt. |
| enterprise applications developed without | | | | Simply amazing, the number of J2EE systems |
| license fees or kowtowing to "Big Brother". | | | | they've developed for industrial, gaming, |
| Far from being scanty, the Java programming | | | | banking, insurance and e-commerce companies. |
| language defined basic objects, as well as | | | | |