The eInsight business process tool from SeeBeyond is important for Sun, Willett said. "They really didn't have a process tool before this," he said.

But Sun is not the first to market with a process tool, Willett said. "Sun is coming out with something like this later than IBM or Microsoft," said Willett.

Java CAPS components are available as a complete package or separately. The full offering is priced at US$100 per employee per year, based on the number of employees at each user site. The component suites of Java CAPS purchased individually cost $50 per employee annually. The suites are available in March.

Sun also is unveiling three professional services programs for SOA. SOA Jumpstart Workshop is geared toward those getting started in SOA. SOA Opportunity Assessment is for planning an organization-wide SOA and SOA Governance Solution is for implementation, management and governance of an SOA. Services prices vary, starting at $5,000.