Rich application programming interfaces, APIs, are available to Java programs making it easier to build sophisticated applications in a minimal amount of time.
These APIs include connectivity services to back-end services, such as:
* Relational Databases (JDBC)
* Transaction services (JTS, CICS, TXSeries, ...)
* Enterprise JavaBeans
* Distributed Objects (RMI, IIOP)
* Messaging Services (JMS, MQSeries, ...)
Resulting web-based systems are easy to maintain and administer via remote administration interface

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