The Gold subscription for Sun GlassFish Portfolio includes:

• Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server

The performance record setting open-source and open community platform for building and deploying next-generation applications and services. The Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server is ideal for Service-Oriented Architectures (including Web Oriented Architectures) and rich Internet applications utilizing Java EE, PHP, Server-side Java Script and Ruby (plus .NET integration with Metro jointly developed with Microsoft). GlassFish Enterprise Server provides a focus on the simplicity of installation, development and management of production environments with extreme scale and reliability. Enterprises should look to Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server as the main application tier web container for developing Java EE and dynamic language applications.

• Enterprise Manager

Provides an additional value add to the application monitoring and management available within the GlassFish Administration Console. Enterprise Manager provides tools for performance monitoring and tuning as well as support for SNMP monitoring. Enterprises should look to Enterprise Manager as a tool only available within the GlassFish Portfolio which allows mission-critical production support to their application infrastructure.

• Message Queue

Enables loosely-coupled applications to reliably exchange messages and cost-effectively scale. Applications can produce and consume messages at different rates without causing data traffic jams or system grid-lock. Java MQ easily scales to meet your needs now, and as your application needs grow. Sun MQ can be used within the Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server or as a stand alone application. Enterprises should look to Sun GlassFish Message Queue to reduce costs for existing messaging infrastructures and as a highly scalable, mission critical applications which require message exchange.

• Sun GlassFish Web Stack

A complete LAMP cross-platform suite of Web Tier technologies developed by several open source communities. Sun has compiled, pre-configured, and tested these components across multiple operating systems for optimal performance and compatibility. Sun Glassfish Web Stack allows you to use the technology you already know, including Apache HTTP, Lighttpd, Squid, PHP, Ruby, Python, MySQL, and more, with confidence. Enterprises should look to Sun Web Stack to standardize their existing LAMP strategies and to leverage within the Web Tier for their enterprise for proxy capabilities, load balancing, and web tier content and applications (image servers, DMZ applications, etc.)

• Proxy Server

Solves the problems of network congestion and slow response time and provides control over network resources without burdening end users or network administrators.

• Web Server

Boost performance, reduce the risk of potential exploits and vulnerabilities, and maximize uptime all with less cost and complexity. Sun Web Server, the leading Web server in the world's largest companies, delivers a single, secure infrastructure for all Web technologies and applications.

• Sun Software Premium Support

Provides access to the Sun Knowledgebase, Software Releases and Updates, Sun Alerts and Notifications and extended local business hours coverage 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

• SunSpectrum Training

Sun SunSpectrum Bundled Training includes Videos, eLibraries, and information about Training Credits eligibility. Access to Sun SunSpectrum Bundled Training requires that you have a support contract and are logged into SunSolve to view. Please visit Sun SunSpectrum Bundled Training website at for more information and to access SunSpectrum Bundled Training. It may take up to 5 days to receive Contract Number.

Files must be downloaded within 30 days of purchase. Please allow up to 5 business days for your support contract to be activated for entitlement of services purchased.