Mainsoft's Visual MainWin for J2EE opens the J2EE platform to Visual Basic .NET
and C# developers
Visual Studio .NET-Integrated Development Environment A Cost-Effective Solution
to the J2EE Platform Productivity Crisis
DEMO EXECUTIVE CONFERENCE - Scottsdale, Ariz. - Feb.
16, 2004 - Mainsoft Corporation (www.mainsoft.com), the cross-platform
development company, today unveiled Visual MainWin®
for the J2EETM
platform, the first application development tool that enables millions of
Visual Studio®
developers to create Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) enterprise Web
applications and Web services within the Visual Studio .NET Framework. Selected
to debut at the prestigious DEMO 2004 conference, Visual MainWin resolves the
acute productivity and resource challenges of developing enterprise
applications for industry-leading J2EE servers. Mainsoft opens the previously
single-language JavaTM
platform to C# and Visual Basic®
.NET, two of today's fastest growing programming languages.
"Conflicting software standards for developing and deploying the next
generation of enterprise applications and Web services - Microsoft's .NET and
J2EE from Sun, along with IBM and BEA standards - are inflating development
costs and driving productivity losses in medium- and large-scale enterprises,"
said Mark Driver, vice president and research director, The Gartner Group.
"What is needed are technology solutions that enables Visual Studio developers
to easily create applications for the Java platform. Until now, software
developers have had limited success bridging the .NET /J2EE divide."
Visual MainWin allows IT organizations to make deployment decisions based on
their business needs rather than resource constraints. Enterprise CIOs with
Visual Studio developers can tap into the scalability and flexibility of the
J2EE application servers without replacing or attempting to retrain these
developers. Large-scale IT organizations with both .NET and Java developers can
accelerate the development process significantly by co-developing
enterprise-class applications and Web services using Visual MainWin.
"Visual MainWin is playing an integral role in the
evolution of the Java platform by broadening the J2EE platform into a
multilingual platform for Web applications and Web services," said Yaacov
Cohen, president and CEO of Mainsoft Corporation. "By opening the J2EE platform
to three million C# and Visual Basic .NET developers, we offer medium- and
large-scale enterprise IT departments a practical solution to the acute J2EE
platform productivity and resource crises."
The Technology Solution
Visual MainWin introduces a patent pending technology
that compiles the Microsoft®
Intermediate Language (MSIL) source code directly into standard Java bytecode.
For the first time, enterprises can use Visual Basic .NET and C# developers to
rapidly develop Web applications for the J2EE platform. Visual MainWin
preserves the complete Visual Studio developer experience, allowing developers
to develop, run, debug and deploy their code directly within the Visual Studio
system. Because the output is fully compliant with the J2EE platform standards,
Visual MainWin application can be deployed and managed as any standard J2EE
application.
IT organizations with both .NET and Java developers
can accelerate the development of enterprise-class applications and Web
services significantly by co-developing multi-tiered applications. Visual Basic
.NET and C# developers rapidly create the front-end of the application in
Visual Studio, while Java developers provide the back-end business logic and
J2EE components. Visual MainWin bridges the technology gap, enabling Visual
Studio, Visual Basic .NET or C# developers to easily access Enterprise
JavaBeansTM
(EJBsTM
).
"Mainsoft has created an innovative solution for IT
organizations struggling with conflicting development standards," said Chris
Shipley, DEMO executive producer. "Visual MainWin enables organizations to
accelerate application development by using their resources more efficiently."
Bridging the Technology Gap
For more than a decade, Mainsoft has extended the
productivity of the Visual Studio environment to multiple platforms, helping
many of the world's largest independent software vendors resolve their most
pressing cross platform development issues. Responding to growing customer
concerns about J2EE development, Mainsoft identified the opportunity to extend
the productivity of Visual Studio to the J2EE platform. Since 2001, the company
has drawn upon its years of experience working with Microsoft developers, its
deep expertise in bridging between the Windows®
and UNIX®
operating systems, its memberships in the European Computer Manufacturing
Association (ECMA) and the MONO open-source project to create a unique
development solution that bridges the .NET and J2EE platforms.
The Business Need
While CIOs tend to favor the J2EE platform to deploy large-scale enterprise
applications, the resource and workflow challenges of developing Java
applications are significant. According to The Gartner Group, the growing
demand for large-scale J2EE projects far outpaces the availability and skills
of J2EE developers and the gap will continue to grow for the next three to four
years. The fact that most enterprise IT departments employ a large staff of
Visual Basic developers who are not familiar with the J2EE design patterns and
programming model compounds resource issues. These large IT organizations
replace their Microsoft developers or outsource portions of their development
projects. However, both strategies carry hidden costs and inevitably result in
productivity losses. Others attempt to transform their Microsoft-centric
development staff into a highly skilled J2EE development team. This, too, is an
expensive and risky venture. It requires changing the development team's
methodology, workflow, and development culture, and there is no guarantee the
transformation will be successful.
"Leveraging common skills and code between .NET and
J2EE is a promising, cost-effective approach to resolving the developer
productivity challenges," said Driver.
About DEMO 2004
The annual DEMO and DEMOmobile conferences focus on
emerging technologies and new products, which are hand-selected by executive
producer Chris Shipley from across the spectrum of the personal technology
marketplace. Top executives from the leading hardware and software technology
companies, venture capitalists, journalists from key industry publications and
industry analysts attend the DEMO and DEMOmobile conferences to preview the
most promising products and technologies for the coming year. DEMO is held in
February each year and features approximately 60 new companies, products and
technologies. DEMOmobile is held each fall and features approximately 35 new
mobile technologies. For more information, visit
http://www.demo.com/.
About Mainsoft Corporation
Founded in 1993, Mainsoft Corporation, the cross-platform development company,
enables businesses to develop mission-critical applications with Visual Studio
software and deploy them natively on J2EE, UNIX®
and Linux®
platforms dramatically reducing development costs and time-to-market. The
company is a first-mover in cross-platform development. Its world-class
research and development team has created patented cross-platform products that
solve critical problems facing independent software vendors (ISVs) and IT
organizations. Many of the world's largest independent software vendors (ISVs),
including Siebel, Computer Associates and IBM Rational, use Mainsoft's products
to extend the productivity of Microsoft®
Visual Studio, deploying more than $1 billion worth of software annually on
multiple operating systems. Headquartered in San Jose, Calif., the company has
90 employees and offices in Chicago and Israel. For more information, visit
www.mainsoft.com
.
Contact Information:
Jenna Dobkin
415.652.2185
jennad@mainsoft.com
Mainsoft and MainWin are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Mainsoft
Corporation. Microsoft, Visual Basic, Visual Studio, and Windows are either
registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United
States and/or other countries. Java and J2EE are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries.
UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group.
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