ALTOWEB AND FLASHLINE on Wednesday announced a partnership intended to make it easier for joint customers to more effectively build and deploy J2EE (Java 2 Enterprise Edition)-based applications and reuse Java components. The partnership links the AltoWeb Application Platform and the Flashline Component Manager Enterprise Edition to provide a development and deployment solution for reuse of software assets, according to the companies. The AltoWeb offering provides a component-based architecture for J2EE applications while Flashline CMEE is a software reuse system for reusing components, Web services, and other software assets. Software Development