Sun’s vice president, marketing, software infrastructure Mark Herring said Java CAPS 6 is a result of Sun’s collaboration with the open source community, so the software is modular and not vendor locked-in.

Sun also released a new Master Data Management (MDM) suite, a high-performance and unified solution that gives users a single view of their customer data and help them effectively manage customer relationships.

Java CAPS 6 is the first SOA platform by a major technology provider built on open source through the Open ESB community at http://open-esb.dev.java.net.

The Java CAPS 6, ESB and MDM suites can be bought on a subscription or licensing basis. Pricing depends on the type of licence and the nature of support. For details, visit www.sun.com/soa/ or www.sun.com/mdm/.