JBoss has updated its Web 2.0 application framework, JBoss Seam, the company announced on Wednesday. The framework integrates SOA technologies such as AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML), JavaServer Faces, Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) 3.0 and business process management. A standard programming model requiring less coding is featured for Web 2.0 development. New in Seam 1.1 are enhancements for Web development a JBoss has updated its Web 2.0 application framework, JBoss Seam, the company announced on Wednesday. The framework integrates SOA technologies such as AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML), JavaServer Faces, Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) 3.0 and business process management. A standard programming model requiring less coding is featured for Web 2.0 development.New in Seam 1.1 are enhancements for Web development and AJAX as well as more supported application servers. A new POJO (Plain Old Java Objects) model serves as an alternative to EJB3, letting developers use containers like Hibernate or Apache Tomcat. Tooling for data-driven applications is offered, combining a data access framework built around Java Persistence and Hibernate. Integration with IceFaces and AJAX4jsf is featured for building rich client applications. Atomic conversations support boosts object persistence. A new concurrency model, meanwhile, was built with AJAX in mind. AJAX clients require that a server cope with many asynchronous, concurrent requests, which taxes the database, JBoss said.Seam 1.1 is in beta release now with general availability targeted for Friday. It also is part of the JBoss Application Server 5.0 beta release. Seam 1.1 is accessible here. Technology Industry