Mule 2.1 Enterprise Launches with New Features
to Increase Performance and Simplify SOA Development

SAN FRANCISCO (October 21, 2008) - MuleSource, the leading provider of open source service oriented architecture (SOA) infrastructure software, today announced the general availability of Mule 2.1 Enterprise, a new enterprise-class edition of the world's most widely used open source enterprise service bus (ESB), complete with new capabilities and features including premium connectors, support for the Mule RESTpack, and retry policies designed for enterprise deployments.

“With any mission-critical deployment of enterprise software, uptime and performance translate directly to business productivity and ROI,” said Matthew Meyer, Director - Systems Infrastructure, Entertainment Partners. “We chose Mule Enterprise for its combination of enterprise-class features, tooling, and technical support services, as well as for the peace-of-mind that the company behind the Mule technology is in our corner.”

Mule 2.1 Enterprise is available immediately to MuleSource subscription customers. For a single annual fee, a MuleSource subscription offers a unique combination of technical support, sophisticated management tools, and reduced total cost of ownership (TCO), making it a must-have for enterprise-level deployments and mission-critical applications.

Features exclusively available in Mule 2.1 Enterprise include:

• Premium connectors –built for high performance and with enterprise-only features, fully certified and supported by MuleSource
  1. Premium JDBC Connector – support for advanced JDBC functions, such as batch and cursor mechanisms, resulting in over two orders of magnitude (150x) performance improvements for certain use cases
  2. WebSphere MQ Connector – bi-directional request-response messaging between WebSphere MQ and Mule JMS using native MQ point-to-point, as well as synchronous and asynchronous request-response communications using JMSReplyTo
• Mule RESTpack – now supported as part of the core Mule 2.1 Enterprise product, allows developers to create REST-style services, which form the basis for web oriented architecture (WOA), using popular frameworks such as RESTlet and Jersey
• Out-of-the-box retry policies – allows creation of self-healing connections, instructing Mule to attempt reconnection based on pre-defined policies, without the need for custom code

“The release of Mule 2.1 represents a quantum leap in architectural improvements over the first generation of Mule, resulting in simplified development and deployment,” said MuleSource Co-founder and CTO Ross Mason. “With premium connectors, retry policies and the support for RESTful development, combined with other productivity tools, Mule 2.1 Enterprise enables true enterprise-class performance, stability and ease of use, and provides a strong foundation for future innovation.”

In addition to exclusive features, subscribers of Mule 2.1 Enterprise have access to enterprise-only tools, including:

• Mule 2.x migration tool – powerful command-line tool to automate the conversion of Mule 1.x configurations to Mule 2.x
• Mule HQ – cross-platform management and monitoring tool, providing centralized monitoring and administration, event tracking and alerting, auto-discovery and configuration, and patch management/provisioning capabilities for Mule

For more information about Mule 2.1 Enterprise, and for a free 30-day trial download, please visit http://www.mulesource.com.

About MuleSource
MuleSource is the leading provider of open source service oriented architecture (SOA) infrastructure software. Founded by the creators of the Mule project, the world's most reliable and widely used open source enterprise service bus (ESB) and integration platform, MuleSource delivers enterprise class software, support and services to the thousands of organizations that have downloaded the open source project worldwide. Founded in 2006 and backed by investors Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Morgenthaler Ventures, MuleSource is headquartered in San Francisco with offices worldwide. For more information, visit www.mulesource.com.

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