JNBridge will be at JavaOne in San Francisco this coming September 19 through 23. We’ll be exhibiting, and we’ll also be giving a talk on our cross-platform transaction capabilities. We’ll post the scheduling details as soon as we know them, but in the meantime here’s the talk’s title and abstract:

Title: Bridging Transactions from Java EE to .NET

Abstract: Cross-platform transactions between enterprise Java and .NET should be easy, right? After all, both platforms have implemented the same specification. How hard can it be? This session will attempt to answer that question by providing an in depth look at distributed transactions including implementations in enterprise Java and .NET. Technologies that provide cross-platform transactions will be demoed providing a look at code from examples using WS-AT/WS-Coor and direct bridging using a shared-memory JVM-to-CLR implementation. In closing, the session will discuss performance benchmarking, “gotchas”, tips and tricks and the move towards eXtreme Transaction Processing and what that means for current Java EE and .NET based technologies.

JNBridgePro 5.1 is released! Version 5.1 adds support for .NET Framework 4 and a plug-in for Visual Studio 2010.

JNBridgePro 5.1 supports multi-targeting toward .NET 2.0, 3.0, 3.5 and 4.0. Download a copy here.

While you’re at it, check out our revised site design. We hope you like it, and find it easier to navigate.

We’ve published a new case study on how Graebel Companies, Inc., used the JNBridge JMS Adapter for .NET to leverage existing business logic and easily integrate JMS messaging with their .NET-based SOA framework.

From our previous blog post, you can see that we’ve announced version 5.0 of JNBridgePro, which supports cross-platform transactions. This is a feature we’re really excited about. Up until now, you could have Java code inside a Java transaction call .NET code (or vice versa), but if something happened to cause a rollback on the Java side, the .NET side wouldn’t get rolled back. With the new version of JNBridgePro, transactions on the Java and .NET sides are transparently and seamlessly integrated. If there are active transactions on the Java and .NET sides, JNBridgePro will automatically join them, so that if either side fails, both sides are rolled back, and if both sides succeed, the transaction is committed on both the Java and .NET sides.

The picture below gives an idea of cross-platform transaction bridging in action:

JNBridgePro’s cross-platform transaction bridging will work with both .NET-to-Java and Java-to-NET (and bidirectional) projects, and it will work with any vendor’s JEE implementation.

If you’re creating financial or e-commerce software, you will likely have transactional requirements, and we encourage you to download and try the new version of JNBridgePro, which becomes available on Monday, November 16.

More information on cross-platform transactions in the new version of JNBridgePro can be found here.

We’ve just announced the forthcoming release of JNBridgePro 5.0 and v2.0 of the JMS Adapters for .NET and for BizTalk Server. The bits will be available on 11/16/09, and we’ll be demonstrating the new capabilities at PDC next week in Los Angeles.

JNBridgePro 5.0 adds support for cross-platform transactions between Java and .NET in both directions.

The JMS Adapter for BizTalk Server 2.0 adds support for request/response and solicit/response messaging patterns. Both adapters have greater architecture flexibility.

Read the full press release, and download new versions on or after next Monday, 11/16/09.

We’ve posted a new case study featuring Benefitfocus and our JMS Adapter for BizTalk Server.

Business Challenge

How to streamline incoming carrier data from JMS (Java Message Service) with a BizTalk enterprise application integration infrastructure — and do it within a two-month software development window.

Solution

Use an off-the-shelf BizTalk adapter — the JNBridge JMS Adapter for BizTalk Server — to integrate applications into the enterprise infrastructure without the cost, risk, and time-to-deploy associated with an open source or internally developed solution.

Read the entire case study here.

We’ve just announced that JNBridgePro is compatible with Windows 7.

You’ll need JNBridgePro v4.1.1 (or later), and you can download the latest version here.

We’ve posted the transcript for our interview on Connected Show! Episode 11, “JNBridge – Spanning Java & .NET” (the transcript starts about 27 minutes in). Peter Laudati, a Developer Evangelist for Microsoft, interviewed Wayne Citrin, CTO of JNBridge, at JavaOne. They talk about connecting Java and .NET applications using JNBridge. It’s just magic!

Whew! We’ve finally updated our Web site to reflect most of the JavaOne and Tech-Ed flurry of activity.

Listen to Wayne Citrin’s interview on JavaOne Blog Talk Radio, or read the transcript.

And check out some of our recent press:

SearchSoftwareQuality.com
June 4, 2009
New tools target software QA, testing: Spring roundup
by Colleen Frye and Jan Stafford
Read more

SDTimes
June 2, 2009
JNBridge crosses message queue Rubicon
by Alex Handy
Read more

SearchSoftwareQuality.com
May 14, 2009
JNBridgePro 4.1 Interview at Tech-Ed
Watch the video

Windows IT Pro
May 14, 2009
Tech Ed 2009: Best of Tech Ed Winners Announced
Read more

Version 1.2 of the JMS Adapter for .NET supports distributed transactions with full rollback capability

Boulder, Colorado, June 1, 2009 (JavaOne Booth #208)

JNBridge, www.jnbridge.com, the award-winning provider of Java and .NET interoperability tools, today announced the release of version 1.2 of its JMS Adapter for .NET. The adapter provides a single-step integration between JMS (Java Messaging Service) capabilities and .NET Framework-based applications. This new version adds interoperability between .NET distributed transactions and local JMS transactions, thereby allowing JMS to fully participate in .NET transactions.

“We use JNBridge’s core product, JNBridgePro, to rapidly integrate our .NET-based Enterprise Service Bus with our JMS broker,” said Don Taylor, CTO for Benefitfocus. “The ability to combine .NET and JMS transactions will allow us to extend our use of JNBridge interoperability technology to additional business-critical applications where preserving the integrity of data is paramount.”

The JNBridge JMS Adapter for .NET integrates any vendor’s JMS implementation directly with a .NET Framework-based application. Customers can quickly and easily create custom .NET applications that send messages to, and receive messages from, an existing JMS infrastructure. In the new version of the adapter, if a .NET-side operation fails inside a transaction, and the transaction must be rolled back, JMS messages that are consumed as part of the transaction will be placed back on the JMS queue, ensuring that no data is lost. When the .NET side resumes its activity, the messages are still on the JMS queue, and will be read when the .NET operations resume.

“JNBridge’s technologies provide seamless integration between both the Java and .NET frameworks, which allows our organization to meet customer demand regardless of platform,” said Michael Petersen, President at TechPath, a systems integration company. “We’ve successfully and easily integrated Microsoft’s products with our customers’ existing JMS systems, including enterprise systems that require 99.999 percent uptime. This new ability to support distributed transactions across platforms will be crucial for certain architectures in financial services and other transaction processing systems.”

“Transactions are critical to many applications, especially in financial services,” said Wayne Citrin, CTO of JNBridge. “A transaction needs to succeed or fail in its entirety, especially where money is involved. Current solutions that support distributed transactions do not guarantee their success across platforms. With version 1.2 of the adapter, this process is completely transparent for the user, and works regardless of the JMS vendor.”

“With the increased adoption of financial systems that integrate both .NET and JEE technologies, true cross-platform transactions are a necessity that current web service-based interoperability standards fail to adequately meet,” said Mark Driver vice president of research at Gartner. “Bridging technologies offer an alternative that is both fine-grained and tightly coupled-a fundamental requirement of any robust transaction processing implementation.”

Pricing and Availability

The JNBridge JMS Adapter for .NET is available for immediate download from www.jnbridge.com, and can be purchased directly from JNBridge.

About JNBridge

JNBridge connects Java and .NET-Framework based components and applications together with tools and adapters that are fast, simple to use and remove the complexities of cross-platform interoperability. JNBridge is a privately-held company based in Boulder, Colorado. Founded in 2001, JNBridge has more than 350 unique customers in 40 countries that use JNBridge’s solutions in a wide variety of applications in financial services, insurance, media, manufacturing and other industries. Please visit www.jnbridge.com for more information.