Management

Five Reasons to Choose a Private Cloud

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:45:00 EDT

As enterprise interest in cloud computing offerings and concepts continues to increase, the number of solutions in both the public and private cloud spaces increases as well. Theres been much debate over public versus private cloud, even to the point of debating whether there can be such a thing as a private cloud. Im not here to debate the latter (in my opinion the location of the service has nothing to do with whether or not it is a cloud), but rather I want to take a look into why consumers would choose private clouds over their public counterparts.

The Impact of Making Product Choices

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 09:45:00 EDT

As part of my job, I help customers to select the appropriate software to either fulfill a need or as a component of a larger solution. Fulfilling this role means comparing similar software offerings and selecting the best fit. The challenge in this goal is to map the vendor offering into a subjective requirement, such [...]

Development of an Enterprise Architecture Communication Plan

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 09:30:00 EDT

As a strategic activity for IT, communication is important for the effective management of both internal and external relationships. The IT function in many organizations operates with highly diverse stakeholders from different parts of the world. The

Failover and Recovery of Enterprise Applications - Part 1

Mon, 08 Aug 2005 12:00:00 EDT

In enterprise application architecture, it is naïve to assume that none of the software/hardware components will go down. In fact, most of the IT managers and architects acknowledge this. However, a well-tested and robust recovery procedure continues to take a back seat when designing and implementing software projects. In several scenarios, administrators end up performing basic failover testing by shutting down the processes and verifying that the subsequent requests succeeded.

Monitoring and Controlling WebLogic Servers with WLST

Tue, 29 Mar 2005 00:00:00 EST

Scripting languages have recently garnered a bit of attention. With the arrival of Groovy and Jython, writing scripts merged with Java is more natural than Ant. Using XML to call Java methods has always been forced, mostly because it's hard to express flow, conditional expressions, and custom Java code in a markup language (although things have improved a lot since Ant 1.5).

Create a Real-World Business Process Model, Part 4

Fri, 11 Feb 2005 00:00:00 EST

In the first article in this series (Vol. 3, issue 6), I gave you an overview of business process management (BPM) and covered the specifications in this area. I described the order change example and the steps needed to create the business process in WebLogic Integration (WLI). In the second article I looked at how to create a process application (orderChange).

Strategies for WebLogic Domain Configuration

Fri, 11 Feb 2005 00:00:00 EST

In my previous article (WLDJ, Vol. 3, issue 8), I gave you a detailed overview of the different strategies available for domain creation and configuration and evaluated manual and templating options. In this article, I employ tools like WLShell, WebLogic Scripting Tool, Silent Scripts, and Ant for domain configuration. These tools leverage simple, high-level scripting languages.

News & Developments: Round-up of WebLogic Announcements

Fri, 11 Feb 2005 00:00:00 EST

BEA Systems, a world leader in enterprise infrastructure software, has announced the general availability of BEA WebLogic JRockit 5.0 Java Development Kit (JDK). Compatible with the J2SE 5.0 specification, WebLogic JRockit 5.0 is designed to offer-the-highest performing, easiest to use, and most manageable Java Virtual Machine (JVM) optimized for 32-bit and 64-bit Intel Xeon processor and Intel Itanium2 processor-based servers, according to published industry standard benchmarks.

WebLogic on the Mac

Tue, 13 Jul 2004 00:00:00 EDT

You may not be aware of it yet, but Mac OS X - version 10.3, better known as Panther - is a great Java development environment. I am a fairly recent Mac convert from the Windows and sometimes Unix/Linux world that I lived in. Maybe you are like me. Maybe aliens have abducted your friends and have turned them into Mac converts as well.

Managing the WebLogic Platform with HP OpenView

Tue, 13 Jul 2004 00:00:00 EDT

In our earlier article (WLDJ, Vol. 3, issue 5), we discussed the importance of designing for manageability. Using a case study of an on-line shopping application, DizzyWorld, we showed the developer's perspective around application manageability. This included both the development of a JMX MBean and the instrumentation of a Java Page Flow on the BEA WebLogic Platform.

Application Management with WebLogic Server for Developers part 6

Mon, 17 May 2004 00:00:00 EDT

This article is the last in a series on BEA WebLogic Server administration and management for developers. The first installment focused on the WebLogic Server administration concepts and terminology, and the graphical tools for packaging an application and setting up and configuring a WebLogic Server domain.

'HTTP Session Replication Failure' Issues

Fri, 09 Apr 2004 00:00:00 EDT

Sometimes, HTTP session states are not replicated from the primary server to the secondary server. The application using HTTP session does not function as designed and you see a loss of session data. You might be asked to re-log into the application even when the session has still not timed out.

Application Management with WebLogic Server for Developers, part 5

Fri, 09 Apr 2004 00:00:00 EDT

This article is the fifth in a series of articles on BEA WebLogic Server administration and management for developers (see WLDJ, Vol 2, issues 10 -12; Vol. 3, issue 2). We have focused on WebLogic Server administration concepts and terminology, the graphical tools for packaging an application and setting up and configuring a WebLogic Server domain...

Application Management with WebLogic Server for Developers, part 4

Thu, 26 Feb 2004 00:00:00 EST

This article is the fourth in a series of articles on BEA WebLogic Server administration and management for developers (WLDJ, Vol. 2, issues 10–12). The first installment focused on administration concepts and terminology, and the graphical tools for packaging an application and setting up and configuring a WebLogic Server domain.