SpringSource acquires Covalent
Merger deepens support for Spring-plus-Tomcat as a lightweight alternative to Java EE.
Paul Krill,
January 2008
Is Tomcat an application server?
Whether Tomcat is an app server depends in part on how you're using it, but that's not all. Jeff Hanson explains the formal
differences between app servers, Web servers, and Java EE containers, and also explores usage scenarios where Tomcat is --
and is not -- appropriate as an application server.
Jeff Hanson,
January 2008
JBoss, Geronimo, or Tomcat?
Three top-notch open source Java application servers compared based on features, deployment, and performance.
Jonathan Campbell,
December 2007
GlassFish app server to swim in the enterprise
Sun Microsystems' open source GlassFish application server is to be fitted with enterprise-level capabilities and interoperability
with Microsoft technologies.
Paul Krill,
March 2007
Migrate your BEA Webflow applications to Struts
This article explains how to migrate applications developed with Webflow to Struts using Rational Application Developer. Readers
should have a good understanding of Java programming, and basic familiarity with the Struts framework and of the RAD test
environment.
Samuel S. Sharaf,
March 2007
Sun releases Java Enterprise System 5.0
Sun Microsystems has released a new version of its Java Enterprise System (Java ES), a set of subscription-based enterprise
middleware, with emphasis on making the offering more modular.
China Martens,
March 2007
Oracle sows the seeds for SOA
An SOA (service oriented architecture) has the appealing allure for reducing costs and improving your company's agility. But,
before digging up your existing IT roots, you'll need assurances there's a fortified and fertile ecosystem waiting to support
you in those supposedly greener pastures.
James R. Borck,
February 2007
JBoss head Fleury quits Red Hat
Often opinionated, always entertaining, JBoss founder and former CEO Marc Fleury has officially left Red Hat, the Linux distribution
vendor that purchased his open source middleware company for $350 million in June 2006.
China Martens,
February 2007
Container-less SOA
In enterprise applications, the SOA/ESB paradigm is definitely now in full-speed-ahead mode. However, it has a dark side,
mainly increased complexity. As the maps of the New World used to say, "here there be dragons." This article dissects the
dragons of SOA/ESB, while proposing a new operating technique.
L. Detweiler,
January 2007
The wise work manager for context-based scoping
This article examines the possibilities for high-performance Java Platform Enterprise Edition applications using context-scoped
threads created by the application server with the Work Manager API.
Ravi Shankar Nair, Adrian Farolan, and Narendra Govindu,
January 2007
BEA sees Java virtualization approach as differentiator
Middleware vendor BEA Systems will lay out its Java virtualization strategy this week in China, an approach the vendor hopes
will differentiate it from its competitors.
China Martens,
December 2006
JBoss joins ESB fray
JBoss has unveiled its enterprise service bus as well as revealed core technologies planned for an upcoming application server
upgrade.
Paul Krill,
November 2006
BEA showing PHP on Java app server
May 16, 2006—BEA Systems at JavaOne will expand beyond its traditional, bread-and-butter Java base, demonstrating PHP (Hypertext
Preprocessor) running on the WebLogic Server application server
Paul Krill,
May 2006
Use a distributed cache to cluster your Spring remoting services
This article discusses how automatic discovery of remote services
can simplify the development and deployment of complex, multitiered
enterprise applications. Author Mikhail Garber then demonstrates
this approach for Spring-based applications deployed in the JBoss
environment. Some familiarity with the Spring Framework is assumed.
Mikhail Garber,
October 2005
Automate resource configuration on WebLogic Server
Enterprise Java applications cannot function correctly without
using application server resources like connection pools,
datasources, JMS queues, and security settings. These resources
should be correctly configured on the application server before an
application deploys. However, configuring resources can grow
complex when the application must be deployed on multiple
environments. Automating and integrating resource configuration
offers an efficient approach, particularly when applications change
during maintenance, thereby requiring new resources, or when
deploying on different servers on the fly to tune performance. This
article explains how to automate resource configuration for
WebLogic Server using WebLogic Scripting Tool and Ant.
Tanmay Ambre,
October 2005
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