Weblogic Server 10.0 Tech Preview

BEA WebLogic Server is the world’s leading application server. Combining an enterprise-grade kernel, a unique blended development model and advanced administration capabilities, BEA WebLogic Server helps reduce the overall cost of management and operations while delivering high reliability, continuous uptime, and scalability for mission-critical applications.

WebLogic 10 will support Java EE 5 (although the tech preview does not), including support for the new EJB 3 / Java Persistence API (JPA) specification. I really think that Java EE 5 is going to bring EJB to the masses because, although EJB 2.1 and earlier had immense power, it was so complicated to use that many companies bypassed EJBs altogether. EJB 3 gives you this same power and is much easier to use. More details