The following link is an interesting set of links about Java EE 7 and Netbeans 8.0. It's a VTS (Virtual Technology Summt) and looks very interesting: Building a 3-tiered Application with Java EE Enterprises are a bit slow moving to the latest versions of both Java SE & Java EE. Here's a reminder about Java EE 6: Introducing the Java EE 6 Platform, Part 1 http://alexander.holbreich.org/2011/01/javaee5-vs-javaee6/