Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) builds on the solid foundation of Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE) and is the industry standard for implementing enterprise-class service-oriented architecture (SOA) and next-generation web applications. The SDKs contain Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server, previously named Sun Java System Application Server, and provide support for Java EE 5 specifications.
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January 16, 2009 Protecting Java EE Applications With OpenSSO Policy Agents, Part 2: Same-Domain SSO
How to configure OpenSSO so that certain resources on your secured application are publicly accessible with no authentication required? Read this article for the procedure. Also included is an overview of the types of single sign-on.
January 09, 2009 Federated Single Sign-On for Salesforce in OpenSSO
Learn how to implement federated SSO for Salesforce CRM software with an open-standards-based approach, featuring OpenSSO as the identity provider. That way, you preserve the confidentiality of user login credentials and eliminate the need for multiple logins.
December 19, 2008 Single Sign-On for SugarCRM Through a SAML-Based Integration of OpenSSO and simpleSAMLphp
With PHP-based SugarCRM as an example, this article shows you how to enforce SSO in a PHP environment. The process integrates OpenSSO, Sun's open-source Web access management project, with an application in the LAMP [Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP] or SAMP [Solaris and AMP] stack. Here, simpleSAMLphp acts as the front end for SugarCRM.
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The name of the Java platform for the enterprise has been simplified. Formerly, the platform was known
as Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE), and specific versions had "dot numbers" such
as J2EE 1.4. The "2" is dropped from the name, as well as the dot number. So the latest version
of the Java platform for the enterprise is Java Platform, Enterprise Edition 5 (Java EE 5).
