Systinet Embraces Microsoft .Net

The new release of the J2EE-based server platform adds support for interoperability with systems built using the Microsoft .Net framework.

"Over half of our customers tell us they will be building Web services using both .Net and J2EE," said Ian Bruce, director of marketing at Systinet, based here. "It's pretty clear that both these models are going to be widely used."

With this release, Systinet also adds integration support for Active Directory and Kerberos using Web services and DIME, Microsoft's Direct Internet Message Encapsulation platform for processing binary attachments via Web services. In addition, Systinet said it's the first Web services platform to support version 3.0 of the UDDI protocol standard.

Besides supporting Java, the Systinet platform also supports C, making it the only Web services platform for applications written in the C programming language, Bruce said.

The new channel program will primarily focus on training and marketing the OEM version of the Systinet platform, said Charlie Ungashick, director of product marketing at Systinet.

The company was founded by CEO Roman Stanek. Former CTO of the company is Anne Thomas Manes, who left Sun Microsystems at a time when Sun was downplaying the impact that XML-based Web services would have on the market.