JNBridge at TechEd in Orlando

May 28th, 2008

Microsoft TechEd is coming, and JNBridge will be exhibiting there.

We’ll be at both TechEd Developers (June 3-6) and TechEd IT Professionals (June 10-13), demonstrating some of our latest products.  Come visit us at booth 1545 in the exhibit hall!

In other exciting, related news, JNBridge is honored to be recognized as a finalist for a Best of TechEd 2008 Developer award.  The awards will be announced on Thursday, June 5, at the TechEd attendee party.

We just came back from JavaOne in San Francisco a couple of weeks ago, where we exhibited for the first time.  There was a lot of interest in JNBridgePro.  Many people are still unaware that interoprability between Java and .NET is possible, so there’s plenty of opportunity for us to spread the word at shows like JavaOne and TechEd.

There was plenty of talk about our upcoming JNBridgePro 4.0.  See some of the recent coverage here.

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JNBridge interview on Microsoft’s Channel9

March 2nd, 2008

JNBridge’s Wayne Citrin recently gave a presentation on the JNBridge JMS adapters at TechReady 6, Microsoft’s internal technical conference in Seattle. After the talk, he stayed around for an interview with Kirk Evans for Channel9, Microsoft’s video blog. You can see the interview at http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=387574.

Thanks to Kirk for putting together the interview!

Update: Kirk blogs about the interview, and says nice things about the JNBridge JMS adapters, here.

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The JNBridge JMS adapters for .NET and BizTalk Server are now available!

November 7th, 2007

We’re happy to announce that JNBridge has released two new products: JMS adapters for .NET and for BizTalk Server!

Over the years, one of the most frequent scenarios for which customers have used our core JNBridgePro product (and for which they’ve often asked for assistance), is integration with JMS (Java Message Service). We’ve provided guidance on this, so that users can implement calls from .NET to JMS, and also create BizTalk Server adapters for JMS. However, for users to implement this integration with JNBridgePro requires knowledge of both .NET programming and JMS programming, and knowledge of the BizTalk Server Adapter Framework. These are not skill sets that most customers have, so we have often been asked to provide a full supported product. Well, we’ve listened, and the result is the two new adapters.

Both adapters will work with any vendor’s JMS implementation. Neither requires the deployment of any components on the JMS server, and neither require any knowledge of JMS programming. Both offer a full set of JMS capabilities, including point-to-point and publish/subscribe, durable subscriptions, JMS security, and message headers, filters, and selectors.

The BizTalk Server adapter works with both BizTalk Server 2006 and 2006 R2, and allows you to connect orchestration send and receive ports to JMS queues and topics. The .NET adapter is based on the new WCF Line-of-Business Adapter Framework, and allows you to access JMS messages and queues from custom .NET applications, or any Microsoft or third-party software that can consume a WCF endpoint.

There’s lots of information on the new adapters at http://www.jnbridge.com/JMS-NET-Adapter.htm and http://www.jnbridge.com/JMS-BizTalk-Adapter.htm. If you have any questions about the adapters, please don’t hesitate to contact us at info@jnbridge.com.

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JNBridge at the Microsoft SOA/BP conference in Redmond

October 21st, 2007

JNBridge is a sponsor of the upcoming Microsoft SOA and Business Conference on the Microsoft campus in Redmond from October 29 to November 2.  We’ll be exhibiting, so if you’re going to be there, look for us in the exhibit hall.  I can also guarantee that we’ll have some exciting announcements.

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JNBridgePro 3.2.2 has been released

October 21st, 2007
Our new point release, JNBridgePro 3.2.2, has been released.  You can download it from the JNBridge website.  

3.2.2 is a rollup of all the patches issued since 3.2.1 was released.  (The release notes listing the patches can also be downloaded from the website.)  Customers using those patches should feel free to upgrade to 3.2.2, which is compatible with the previous 3.2 release, and can be used by any user with a valid 3.2 license.

To install 3.2.2, download the installer from the website.  (Note that it’s named JNBSetup3_2.msi, just like previous 3.2 installers.)  If there’s a copy of an earlier version of 3.2 on the machine, uninstall it (and remove the JNBridgePro components from the GAC), then install the new 3.2.2.  Note that the 3.2.2 components can just be dropped into any application using an earlier version of 3.2; nothing needs to be recompiled, and the proxies do not have to be re-generated.

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Summary of JNBridge talk at JavaOne

June 28th, 2007

George Lawton has posted a very nice summary of my JavaOne talk on Java/.NET UI interop. You can find the post here on The ServerSide Interoperability Blog:

http://tssblog.techtarget.com/index.php/interoperability/interoperating-and-bridging-net-java-on-desktop

Thanks George!

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Welcome to the JNBridge WCF Adapter for JMS Blog!

June 26th, 2007

Hello all! The beta program for the JNBridge JMS Adapter is under way. Those of you who’ve already registered for the Beta Partner Program will receive an e-mail linking you to the download page for Beta1. If you haven’t registered, go to www.jnbridge.com/adapter  and I’ll follow up with the link.  

I’m Bill Heinzman. I will be the main contact for the beta program. Direct all your questions to beta@jnbridge.com.  I’ll be providing all technical support, receiving and replying to your questions and feedback.  I know you’re all busy, so if you run into a problem, or don’t understand the documentation—don’t waste your time, send me an e-mail and I’ll remedy the problem ASAP.

I’ll be blogging several times a week providing technical articles on the capabilities of the JNBridge JMS Adapter in combination with WCF, .Net and Visual Studio. I’ll start out each week with a summary of things learned (and the resulting new feature) ,  things fixed and directions to the latest documentation, patch or beta bits.

For those of you new to JNBridge’s technology and the JMS Adapter, here’s the synopsis:

The JNBridge WCF Adapter for JMS™ is a Windows Communication Foundation implementation that encapsulates Java Message Service client capabilities into a standard WCF Line of Business Adapter. The JNBridge JMS Adapter integrates JMS into into any .Net solution using Visual Studio 2005.

The JNBridge JMS Adapter exposes a simple, yet dynamic  interface for producing and consuming JMS messages to and from queues and topics without requiring knowledge of JMS classes, architecture—or even Java, for that matter. During the installation of the JNBridge JMS Adapter, a new plug-in is added to Visual Studio that provides design time integration in .Net applications. By using the new Add Adapter Service Reference plug-in, a developer can create a .Net C# WCF client proxy for integration into a .Net assembly, form or application.  The developer can browse specific send and receive operations particular to the queues and topics discovered on any JMS implementation including OpenJMS, JBoss, Websphere, Tibco EMS and WebLogic.

This support for any vendor’s JMS implementation is accomplished through the JNBridge .Net-to-Java interoperability product, JNBridgePro. For more information on JNBridgePro, visit www.jnbridge.com. 

Cheers,

Bill                        

   

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JNBridge at TechEd 2007 in Orlando next week

June 1st, 2007

JNBridge will be in Orlando at TechEd next week.  We’ll be giving two talks on creating adapters connecting .NET and Java using JNBridgePro:

  • Unifying Integration: Using Microsoft Windows Communication Foundation to Build Adapters to Line-of-Business Applications (SOA218 — Wednesday, June 6, 8:30AM - 9:45AM, Room N210 B).  I’ll be presenting with Sonu Arora of Microsoft and Jesus Rodriguez of TwoConnect.  I’ll be demonstrating a new WCF-based adapter that can be used to connect BizTalk Server 2006 R2 to JMS servers.
  • Connecting .NET to Java Messaging Service Using Windows Communication Foundation (SOA07-TLC — Wednesday, June 6, 2PM - 3:15PM, Blue Theater 10).  In this chalk talk, Bill Heinzman and I will do a deep dive into the aforementioned adapter, discussing how it’s architected and implemented, and how it can be configured and used with BizTalk Server.  We’ll also be discussing some other adapter technology we’re working on.

If you’re going to be at TechEd, I hope to see you at these talks.  If you’d like to meet with us face-to-face, drop us a line — we’d love to meet you there!

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JNBridgePro 3.2.1 released

May 29th, 2007

Our new point release, JNBridgePro 3.2.1, has been released.  You can download it from the JNBridge website.

The major new improvement in 3.2.1 is a substantial improve in performance in Java-to-.NET projects when tcp/binary is used and the .NET and Java sides are on different machines.  There are a number of other improvements and fixes.  Please see the release notes for additional information.

3.2.1 is compatible with the previous 3.2 release, and can be used by any user with a valid 3.2 license.

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Reminder: JNBridge at JavaOne next week

May 2nd, 2007

Just a reminder that JNBridge will be at JavaOne in San Francisco next week (May 8-11).  If you’re going to be there and have an interest in Java/.NET interop, drop me a note at info@jnbridge.com, and we can meet.

My JavaOne talk with Robert Bell of Microsoft will be on Friday, May 11, at 1:30PM in room E-135.  The talk title is “Java Technology and .NET UI Interoperability: How to Mix and Match UI Components,” and the session number is TS-3888.

Hope to see you there!

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