(Portsmouth, NH; Santa Clara, CA) –Bowstreet and Sun Microsystems, Inc., have significantly advanced the Sun ONE services on demand initiative with an agreement to port the Bowstreet Business Web Factory to the Sun ONE architecture, including the iPlanet Application Server and the iPlanet Portal Server platform. The agreement brings dynamic Web services assembly – the ability to assemble and customize the appropriate Web services at run-time – to the enterprise.

As part of the agreement, Bowstreet will offer a fully integrated version of its Web services development and assembly platform, the Business Web Factory, for the iPlanet Application Server by the end of the first quarter of 2002. The Business Web Factory will also provide integrated support for the iPlanet Portal Server by the end of the first quarter of 2002. This development work furthers the alliance Sun and Bowstreet announced in February 2001 to encompass support of the Sun ONE product portfolio. Sun ONE is Sun’s vision, architecture, product, and expertise to enable the development and delivery of services on demand.

The integration of the Business Web Factory to the Sun ONE portfolio represents an important new tool for Java and iPlanet developers who want to create and deploy applications that leverage the scalability, high availability, and high performance capabilities of the iPlanet Application Server. Additionally, the Business Web Factory for the iPlanet Portal Server will enable enterprises to assemble, manage, and deploy services on demand to a broad range of clients and devices throughout the network of employees, partners, or customers. The ability to dynamically assemble content and services into unique portal instances is expected to enable Sun ONE customers to speed time to market and reduce maintenance costs over the lifespan of Web applications.

“Because of the central role that application servers play in Web services delivery, it’s becoming increasingly evident that the ability to dynamically assemble Web services is a key component for any J2EE application server environment,” said Daryl Plummer, vice president and research group director, Gartner, Inc.

The announcement substantiates Bowstreet’s and Sun's commitment to integrate technologies. “Bowstreet shares our vision for a services on demand architecture, and provides the dynamic Web services assembly our customers will need as they develop and implement Web services,” said Sun Microsystems, Inc. senior director, Sun Developer Network, Shahram Moradpour. “The combination of Bowstreet and iPlanet technologies gives our customers the ability to assemble and customize Web services for the enterprise.”

The announcement is also a victory for developers. “Bowstreet technology gives our developers a truly unique tool,” said director of technology evangelism for Sun Microsystems, Inc., Matt Thompson. “The Bowstreet Business Web Factory compounds the value of any tool by combining software components from other sources and delivering them as needed to virtually any individual or device.”

“iPlanet and Bowstreet are a natural fit. Sun was first to deliver a complete vision for platform-neutral software, and we were first to recognize the importance of Web services and act on it commercially,” said Bowstreet vice president of marketing, Dave Rosenlund. “The combination of Bowstreet, iPlanet and the Sun ONE vision lowers the cost of doing business on the Internet.” Further information is available at www.bowstreet.com