Java Services Polished Up...
-David H. Young, LEJ Editor

We're rolling out Lutris EAS 4.1, the 2nd edition of our Java Services Architecture framework. To help some of the press folks write about it, I created a quick, roll up your sleeves, walk through of key topics such as directory layout and using the management console for application deployment. Hope you find it useful as well.

XML Journal picks up LEJ XMLC article
We're starting to move some of our past articles into the mainstream. Last August's article on XMLC for Application Service Provider applications from Nick Xidis of Iconnix made it to XML Journal. Read it on-line now or in the printed February issue.

Barracuda makes Commercial entrance...
What's a Lutris application server release without some major cutting edge sizzle... In addition to new Web Services capability, XMLC is complemented with a complete MVC presentation framework! Check out the article on Barracuda in this issue and featured in Chapter 13 of the XMLC book. What book???... read on...

The Book, finally...
And, the book, Enhydra XMLC, from yours truly is finally available. The acknowledgements are a mile long, but it all boils down to my wife Kathy making the sacrifice to help me get the book written. I hope people find it worthwhile. If you are interested in writing a book on a topic related to Enhydra or any other Lutris technology, please drop me a line and let's chat. As Chief Evangelist here at Lutris, it's my job to get the Lutris/Enhydra word out.

Enhydra Micro Edition marches on...
More wireless is on the way in open source land. Soon we'll be announcing two new Enhydra ME projects: kUDDI and kSyncML. In fact, this issue features an article from the folks at Reaxion who are contributing the kSyncML code and heading the project.

Great Zeus! article...
We have a solid read from Robert Suse, who works closely with Brett McLaughlin and the open source Enhydra Zeus project. His article focuses on how we leveraged Zeus to hande the XML descriptors for the new Lutris EAS.

Partners for real world perspectives...
And our friend Rick Lingsch at eApps has contributed an article on Web Services, newly supported in EAS 4.1. Rick has become an expert at explaining the ROI value of the Lutris platform.

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