About GlassFish V2
A production-ready, Java EE 5, open source application server. GlassFish V2 includes support for Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) 3.0, JavaServer Faces (JSF) 1.2, JavaServer Pages (JSP) 2.1, Java Servlet 2.5, Java API for XML Web Services (JAX-WS) 2.1, Java Architecture for XML Binding (JAXB) 2.1 technologies, etc.

What’s New in this Version
- With GlassFish V2, customers no longer have to choose between open source and enterprise features. GlassFish V2 delivers on the major features that are required for scalable and mission critical deployments. Highlighted features include:
- Best-in-class performance - as evidenced in a July 2007 SPECjAppServer benchmark result, GlassFish V2 is the fastest open source Java EE 5 application server available today.
- Clustering - enables enterprises to group servers for scalability and replicate data in-memory for fail over protection and high availability.
- Centralized administration - manage application server clusters and application deployments from a centralized administration console.
- Project Metro - allows for interoperability between Web services hosted on Java technology and Windows environments.
- Java Business Integration (JBI) and Open ESB - provides a standardized approach to delivering SOA using Web services.
- IDE Integration (NetBeans, Eclipse, Intellij) - enabling developers to develop Java EE applications seamlessly.
- Sun also has dramatically reduced the support costs compared to other enterprise vendors.