BEA adds app server support to Beehive project In an effort to woo developers, BEA Systems and Sun Microsystems this week will detail forthcoming tools.Sun is getting ready to release Version 7 of the company’s enterprise development tool suite, Sun Java Studio Enterprise, and has previewed a JVM that will support the 64-bit AMD Opteron processor.A key addition to Version 7 of Sun Java Studio Enterprise is Code-Aware Collaboration, which allows distributed teams to work together. IM is deployed to enable secure connections between developers, who can transfer information and artifacts to one another, according to Sun. Version 7 will also support UML in an effort to facilitate model-driven analysis. The release will also include Application Profiler, which analyzes application performance.Java Studio Enterprise 7 is in beta and will be available in early 2005.“Sun is trying to play catch-up with IBM, because IBM has such powerful market penetration with their Rational product line [and] high-end enterprise modeling. It would appear Sun is trying to enter that game,” said Rick Ross, founder of Javalobby, an organization of Java developers. The Opteron-supporting JVM will be available as part of the JDK that will ship with Solaris 10, which Sun plans to announce on Monday. It will enable developers to build Java applications for Linux, Windows, and Solaris.Meanwhile, BEA this week will add JOnAS (Java Open Application Server) and the Geronimo application server to its Project Beehive open source initiative.The company will announce Beehive Milestone 1, a release that bundles technology with documentation, samples that show the interoperability of controls, NetUI technology for building Web applications, and Web services. “With this release, Beehive developers have the opportunity to deploy to WebLogic Server to JOnAS and to Geronimo,” said Garrett Conaty, principal technologist at BEA. Beehive enables development of J2EE and SOA (service-oriented architecture) applications. Technology Industry