This is taken from the Introduction chapter in the J2EE Tutorial: "TODAY, more and more developers want to write distributed transactional applications for the enterprise and leverage the speed, security, and reliability of server-side technology. If you are already working in this area, you know that in today s fast-moving and demanding world of e-commerce and information technology, enterprise applications have to be designed, built, and produced for less money, with greater speed, and with fewer resources than ever before.
"To reduce costs and fast-track enterprise application design and development, the Java"2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE") technology provides a component- based approach to the design, development, assembly, and deployment of enterprise applications. The J2EE platform offers a multitiered distributed application model, the ability to reuse components, integrated Extensible Markup Language (XML)-based data interchange, a unified security model, and flexible transaction control. Not only can you deliver innovative customer solutions to market faster than ever, but your platform-independent J2EE component-based solutions are not tied to the products and application programming interfaces (APIs) of any one vendor. Vendors and customers enjoy the freedom to choose the products and components that best meet their business and technological requirements." I know we don't have identical requirements, but I thought it might help to read something concrete about J2EE. -- <!-- Matt --> <:->Get a smart net</:->
