JBoss (company)

Red Hat JBoss Middleware is a portfolio of enterprise-class application and integration middleware software products delivered by Red Hat, Inc. These software products are used by end users to create applications; integrate applications, data, and devices; and automate business processes. Red Hat JBoss Middleware uses an open source development model.

Marc Fleury started the JBoss project in 1999. JBoss Group, LLC was incorporated in 2001 in Atlanta, Georgia. JBoss became a corporation under the name JBoss, Inc. in 2004. It was a C corporation headquartered in Atlanta, GA that owned the copyright and trademarks associated with JBoss.

In early 2006 Oracle Corporation, a major distributor of database software, sought to buy JBoss Inc. for an estimated $400 million. The acquisition would have enabled Oracle to compete with rivals BEA Systems and IBM in the middleware market (Oracle eventually acquired BEA in April 2008). On April 10, 2006, however, Red Hat announced that they would buy JBoss for $420 million. The acquisition was completed in June 2006.

Anchored on the open source enterprise Java application server, Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform, Red Hat JBoss Middleware is a portfolio of lightweight, cloud-friendly, enterprise-class products that are fully supported by Red Hat, Inc. The middleware portfolio for an open hybrid cloud environment enables IT organizations to accelerate application development, deployment and performance, integrate numerous applications, data and devices, and automate business processes across heterogeneous environments including physical, virtual, mobile and cloud.

The Red Hat JBoss Middleware portfolio of products includes:

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