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James Taylor and his thoughs on IBM and ILog

January 30th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in ILog, Java

Recently James Taylor wrote some articles about his thoughs on IBM and ILog.

Read his thoughs in the following articles …

  1. IBM and ILOG – Simpler, more agile processes
  2. IBM and ILOG – Java, COBOL AND .Net
  3. IBM and ILOG – Thoughts on Jerry Cuomo’s WebSphere Top 10
  4. IBM and ILOG for a smarter planet
  5. IBM and ILOG – What Else?
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System administration for WebSphere Application Server V7

January 30th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in IBM, WebSphere Application Server

This series of articles describes several important new administration features available in IBM® WebSphere® Application Server V7. Part 1 introduces these features and subsequent articles will explore specific features in detail.

Figure 2.  An administrative agent topology

System administration for WebSphere Application Server V7 – Part 1

System administration for WebSphere Application Server V7 – Part 2

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Fast development with OpenXava

January 26th, 2009 | 1 Comment | Posted in Java

OpenXava is a productive way for creating AJAX Enterprise Applications with Java. Indeed, it’s faster developing with OpenXava than with Ruby On Rails, Spring MVC, or any other MVC framework. This is because in OpenXava you only have to write the Model. The Controllers are reused, and the View are generated automatically.

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2009 Trends and Directions for WebSphere

January 22nd, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in IBM, WebSphere Application Server

Gennaro “Jerry” Cuomo is a IBM fellow. He wrote an article on InfoQ about the trends an directions for WebSphere in 2009.

He spoke about the following topic

  1. Business Mash-ups
  2. Business Rules
  3. Middleware-as-a-Service
  4. Rainmaker
  5. Extreme Scale
  6. WAS.NEXT
  7. Restful – Agile
  8. DataPower-lution
  9. POWERful Middleware
  10. Industry-savvy Middleware

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Getting Started With Spring Integration

January 22nd, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Java, Spring

A new article has been published on InfoQ: Getting Started With Spring Integration. Enterprise Architect, Josh Long, describes the foundational concepts behind Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) and discusses the role played by ESBs and technologies like Spring Integration. The article provides a quick primer on using Spring Integration and gives a simple example that takes inbound emails to a known address and converts them into a blog entry. It is a great way to get a fast introduction to Spring Integration.

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Sanaware – Java Swing Docking Framework

January 16th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Java, Tools

Sanaware Java Docking is a library for managing the windows of a Java Swing application.

With the Sanaware Java Docking Framework you can:

  • Organize the windows of your application in panels, split panes, tabs, lines, grids and floating windows.
  • Reorganize the windows of your application by drag and drop.
  • Minimize and maximize your windows.
  • Save your workspace.
  • Organize the toolbars, buttons, and actions of your application.

Sanaware Java Docking

  • Has a simple and well documented API.
  • Can be used with a minimal amount of code.
  • Can be combined with your favourite look and feel.
  • Provides a lot of samples.
  • Provides the source code.
  • Is free for other open source projects.

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10 good Unix tips and tricks

January 15th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Unix

When you are using a system quite often, you tend to fall into a set of usage patterns. Sometimes, you do not start the habit to do things in the best possible way. So I found two articles explaining 10 Good Unix habits.

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Project Zero developerWorks skill kit

January 15th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Project Zero

IBM developerWorks brought out a new concept of helping IT professionals to build specific skills and learn more about a technology through just-in-time, customized content at no charge.

It’s delivered through a zip file that you can easily download. After extracting and starting it, you can view the contents through a browser. You can quickly search the skill kit for relevant content on a particular skill. This content can take the form of articles, tutorials, trial software, and demos.

Get started now with the developerWorks Project Zero WebSphere sMash skill kit.

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VisualVM All-in-one Java Troubleshooting Tool

January 15th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Tools
VisualVM is a visual tool integrating several commandline JDK tools and lightweight profiling capabilities. Designed for both production and development time use, it further enhances the capability of monitoring and performance analysis for the Java SE platform
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RedBook – WebSphere Application Server V7: Concepts, Planning and Design

January 14th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in RedBooks

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This IBM® Redbooks® publication discusses the concepts, planning, and design of WebSphere® Application Server V7.0 environments. The content of this book is oriented to IT architects and consultants who want more information for the planning and designing of application serving environments, ranging from small to large and complex implementations.

This IBM Redbooks publication addresses the packaging and the features incorporated into WebSphere Application Server, covers the most common implementation topologies, and addresses planning for specific tasks and components that conform to the WebSphere Application Server environment.

The book includes planning for WebSphere Application Server V7.0 and WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment V7.0 on distributed platforms, and WebSphere Application Server for z/OS V7.0. It also covers migration considerations for migrating from previous releases

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