(EMAILWIRE.COM, August 07, 2001 ) WALNUT CREEK, Calif. -- Cape Clear Software, a leading provider of Web Services technology, is today announcing that its award winning Web Services platform, CapeConnect, now has full built-in support for the iPlanet Application Server. In addition, CapeConnect now includes fine-tuned support for the recently announced CapeStudio, which is a rapid application development tool for Web Services, updated interoperability with other leading SOAP-enabled products, and an enhanced SOAP client builder.

"The corporate IT world is a large and complex jigsaw of different technologies, tools, and applications. Web Services offer the opportunity to remove much of this complexity and incompatibility," said PJ Murray, product manager for CapeConnect at Cape Clear Software. "By adding full built-in support for the world's leading application servers such as iPlanet, Cape Clear is producing the tools and technologies needed to create and manage Web Services in today's corporate environment."

"Cape Clear's inclusion of full support for iPlanet in its CapeConnect Web Services platform demonstrates the growing momentum behind the iPlanet Application Server solution," said Joe Keller, Vice President engineering, iPlanet E-Commerce Solutions. "The iPlanet Application Server is being used by global organizations to build real-world business solutions today, and the combination of CapeConnect and iPlanet further extends the functionality and potential of our platform into the emerging world of Web Services."

CapeConnect Two for J2EE with support for iPlanet is available immediately and can be downloaded from: http://www.capeclear.com/download/.

Enhancements to CapeConnect Two for J2EE:

Support for Leading Application Servers
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CapeConnect now includes native support for the world's leading application servers, allowing existing Java components to be exposed as Web Services, based on the latest WSDL, SOAP, and UDDI standards.

Rapid Application Development with CapeStudio
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CapeConnect has been tested to ensure full interoperability with CapeStudio. The combination of CapeStudio and CapeConnect provides compelling reasons for their deployment as an end-to-end design-time and runtime environment for Web Services.

Enhanced SOAP Interoperability
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Cape Clear has enhanced CapeConnect's interoperability with other Web Services products. The interoperability of Web Services products was showcased earlier in the summer (http://www.capeclear.com/news/reports/interop.shtml).

Enhancements to SOAPDirect Toolkit
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The SOAPDirect client builder has been updated to provide more flexibility in constructing SOAP 1.1 messages.

SOAP with Attachments
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CapeConnect now has the ability to add attachments to SOAP messages enabling a new range of Web Services applications.

About Cape Clear Software
Cape Clear Software [ http://www.capeclear.com ] is automating the business Internet by providing the software products corporations need to create Web Services. Utilizing leading industry standards such as XML, SOAP, WSDL, and UDDI, through products such as CapeConnect and CapeStudio, Cape Clear allows new business applications to be linked over the Internet from diverse technologies such as Java, EJB, CORBA, and Microsoft .NET. Founded in 1999, Cape Clear is a privately held firm with offices in Dublin, London, and California, USA.

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