With its latest release of the software, Apache announced that Geronimo 1.0-M5 Java application server has passed all the compatibility tests and has gained official J2EE1.4 certification of the Java server software standard.

Apache Geronimo 1.0-M5 is completely integrated with the Tomcat Web server and includes a developer preview of web management console submitted to Apache by IBM. Additionally it allows configuration of ports, hosts, and most other attributes without rebuilding the server.

Java standards certification is very important, particularly for corporate adoption. Also it makes it a viable alternative to JBoss application server.