HP, IBM and SAP Ease Web Services Publication with UDDI and Java Industry Leaders Promote Web Services Adoption with UDDI Technology Upgrade for Java Developers
PALO ALTO, Calif., SOMERS, N.Y. & WALLDORF, Germany - 20 Dec 2001: Hewlett-Packard Company, IBM and SAP AG today announced that they have committed to support UDDI4J, an open-source Java® class library that supplies an application-programming interface (API) for interacting with Universal Description Discovery and Integration (UDDI) registries.
UDDI4J benefits Java developers by providing them a common API for programmatically registering services as well as for querying and accessing information in UDDI-based registries. Agreement on UDDI4J also benefits the Web services industry as a whole by reducing hurdles associated with creating Web services tools. IBM originally made UDDI4J available as open source in January 2001. HP played an active role with IBM in UDDI4J by enhancing the original UDDI4J API to meet the new UDDI V2 specifications. SAP has contributed its experience and resources in deploying business-driven APIs to ensure rapid adoption of UDDI4J in the business community.
"As an advocate of both the UDDI and the open source movement, supporting UDDI4J makes sense for HP,'' said Jack Walicki, chief technology officer, HP Middleware Division. "Industry agreement on a common Java API for UDDI registries is critical for the success of service-centric computing. HP's contributions to UDDI4J further demonstrate our commitment to our customers as well as to the Java and Web services communities.''
"UDDI4J is an excellent example of how the open source process can be used to create high-quality Java libraries to simplify application development around industry standards,'' said Bob Sutor, director of e-business standards strategy, IBM. "While IBM started the UDDI4J effort, we are very pleased to be working with HP and SAP to further evolve this important resource for Web services developers. UDDI4J will help the industry-strategic UDDI registry technology reach its full potential for the publishing and discovery of Web services descriptions both inside and outside enterprises.''
"Web services and UDDI provide essential building blocks to facilitate business on a global level through the Web. Easy development, publication and deployment driven out of heterogeneous environments are crucial for the success of Web services,'' said Willi Therre, senior vice president application integration, SAP AG. "SAP is focused to overcome the technical constraints and obstacles that challenge global e-business today and is pleased to work with IBM and HP to provide the foundation for open, standard-based, high-quality Web services.''
UDDI Business Registries Now Available
This announcement follows UDDI.org's Nov. 19 announcement that HP, IBM, Microsoft and SAP launched beta versions of public UDDI Business Registries that allow businesses to easily search, discover, and integrate Web services. The UDDI Business Registry provides a standards-based protocol for cataloging services at design time and for discovering services at run time.
Additional information regarding UDDI4J can be found at the UDDI4J Web site: http://www.uddi4j.org.
Contact(s) information
Angela Lee
IBM Media Relations
(212) 745-2954
a1lee@us.ibm.com
Sherri Stuart
HP
(856) 638-6249
sherri_stuart@hp.com
Gerhard Rickes
SAP AG
+49 6227 7-44271
press@sap.com
