An updated version of Oracle's ESB supports the latest Java Business Integration technologies, according to Oracle. Embedded within the enterprise edition of the application server, the ESB handles messaging, content-based routing, and transformations. Customers can plug in legacy applications or processes to orchestrate flow of services.

Support for Web services and security standards is increased in the new release. A services registry based on UDDI version 3 is offered in the enterprise release of the application server.

Other Web services standards supported include WS-Reliable Messaging, WS-Security, WS-Federation, and Web Services Invocation Framework. Accommodating the non-SOAP and WSDL world, the application server accommodates REST (Representational State Transfer) Web services.

"There are some folks who are using REST more than others. It has had some pickup in the Internet communities," Schultz said.

WS-I (Web Services Interoperability Organization) compliance also is featured in the application server, as are new Java Message Service features.