Chapter 1. Introduction
These release notes contain important information related to JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.1.1. New features, issues fixed in this release, and other known issues are addressed here.
1.1. About JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
JBoss Enterprise Application Platform is the next evolutionary step in open source enterprise software. It is a powerful tool for developing rich, high performance Web 2.0 applications on a pure Java Platform.
By integrating best-of-breed open source frameworks such as JBoss Seam, Hibernate, CXF Web Services, JBoss Cache, and JBoss Messaging, the Platform takes advantage of innovations in the open source community. As well, JBoss Enterprise Application Platform is fully tested and supported by Red Hat, and is certified to work on many leading enterprise hardware and software products.
