Flower Mound, TX August 18, 2008 -- Genuitec, LLC, the leading provider of the popular MyEclipse integrated development environment (IDE) and a founding member of the Eclipse Foundation, announced today the immediate availability of the first milestone release of MyEclipse 7.0 Blue Edition. This release provides WebSphere developers with advanced Ajax tooling, enhanced reporting technologies and Eclipse 3.4 support, among other enhancements.

"MyEclipse Blue Edition has proven to help WebSphere developers expedite their work flow and take advantage of cutting-edge technologies," said Wayne Parrott, vice president of product development for Genuitec. "We're pleased to now offer our users even more capabilities by integrating advanced Ajax tooling and full ALM capabilities into MyEclipse Blue Edition."

To keep acquisition even smoother, Genuitec is providing Blue Edition users a fast and easy option to acquire MyEclipse 7.0 M1: Pulse, Genuitec's software profiling and Eclipse plugin management service. The Pulse service was overwhelmingly popular with those users acquiring the base Eclipse Ganymede downloads, leading Genuitec to utilize Pulse as an option for those wishing to download Blue. Users can find the Milestone release in the Ganymede "Popular Profiles" area, and from there can they can easily manage their favorite third-party tools in Pulse's sharable software profiles.

In addition to supporting Ganymede and delivering advanced Ajax tooling, MyEclipse 7.0 Blue Edition M1 includes:

-SR 168 Portlets support
-Maven 2 support
-EJB and Java Projects support
-Advanced deployment modes for J2EE/JEE projects
-WebSphere-compatible Web Services support and the latest Java EE 5 development tools for the WebSphere Application Server 6.1
-Web Services and Web 2.0 feature packs
-Spring IDE for MyEclipse
-Hibernate Tools for MyEclipse
-JSF/Facelets support
-MyEclipse Reports
-much more!

MyEclipse 7.0 Blue Edition is available at www.myeclipseide.com/blue.php and is available for a free trial. Subscriptions are $149 per year. Free trial users and those with current subscriptions receive all upgrades and full support at no charge.

About MyEclipse Blue Edition:
MyEclipse Blue Edition is a tailored IDE built on the MyEclipse Professional Workbench platform. It offers users the familiarity of MyEclipse as well as its lightweight footprint while working seamlessly with WebSphere.

About Genuitec:
Genuitec, LLC, is an Eclipse-based company offering innovative Java and J2EE development tools. Genuitec offers training and expert consulting and development services for the Eclipse SDK and Rich Client Platforms. An original sponsor of Eclipse Plug-in Central, Genuitec joined the Eclipse Foundation early in 2003 and currently has an employee serving as an elected member of the board of directors, actively participating in the strategy development and direction of the organization. Genuitec LLC was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Flower Mound, Texas.

Genuitec, MyEclipse and MyEclipse Blue Edition are trademarks of Genuitec, LLC. The WebSphere Application Server and the Rational Application Developer are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) in the United States; and/or other countries. JRE, Java and all Java-based marks are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other brand or product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies and should be treated as such.