- Updated Spring to `4.0.6.RELEASE`.
 - Updated Hibernate Entity Manager to `4.3.6.Final`.
 - Added FasterXML's Jackson JSON processor.
 - Uses SLF4J for logging.
 - Uses Servlet 3.0 annotations for configuration (no `web.xml`).
 - Uses Spring annotations for application configuration (no `applicationContext.xml`).
 - Uses a patched version of Heroku's Web-Runner (patched to use Tomcat 7.0.54)
 - Uses Oracle's Java 8 (`1.8.0_05`) via a custom buildpack.