Optis community blog » WebSphere Application Server http://blog.optis.be The Optis Community Blog Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:32:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 WebSphere Application Server for Developers for free http://blog.optis.be/2009/06/22/websphere-application-server-for-developers-for-free/ http://blog.optis.be/2009/06/22/websphere-application-server-for-developers-for-free/#comments Mon, 22 Jun 2009 04:41:53 +0000 admin http://blog.optis.be/?p=256 Download WebSphere Application Server for Developers, a no-charge offering that satisfies the need for a no-cost WebSphere Application Server development runtime for projects that don’t warrant the expense of a priced and supported runtime on the developer desktop. Reduce testing effort and develop with confidence using a runtime environment that is identical to the production runtime environment your applications will eventually run on.

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Share/Bookmark]]> http://blog.optis.be/2009/06/22/websphere-application-server-for-developers-for-free/feed/ 0 RedBooks – WebSphere Application Server V7.0 http://blog.optis.be/2009/05/28/redbooks-websphere-application-server-v70/ http://blog.optis.be/2009/05/28/redbooks-websphere-application-server-v70/#comments Thu, 28 May 2009 04:48:53 +0000 admin http://blog.optis.be/?p=238 Three books you have to read:

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Share/Bookmark]]> http://blog.optis.be/2009/05/05/websphere-cloudburst-appliance/feed/ 0 Application logging in WebSphere Application Server Community Edition http://blog.optis.be/2009/03/26/application-logging-in-websphere-application-server-community-edition/ http://blog.optis.be/2009/03/26/application-logging-in-websphere-application-server-community-edition/#comments Thu, 26 Mar 2009 06:11:42 +0000 admin http://blog.optis.be/?p=189 WebSphere Application Server Community Edition provides several ways to configure application logging, using java.util.logging, Log4j and SLF4j APIs. Though the steps to configure these logging services are to large extent independent of any application server, WebSphere Application Server requires certain tweaks to get your desired logging behavior. This tutorial walks you through these tweaks coupled with sample applications. WebSphere® Application Server Community Edition is freely available for download, so you can get started in just a few minutes.

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WebSphere® Application Server is the implementation by IBM® of the Java™ Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE™ ) platform. It conforms to the Java EE 5 specification. WebSphere Application Server is available in unique packages that are designed to meet a wide range of customer requirements. At the heart of each package is a WebSphere Application Server that provides the runtime environment for enterprise applications.

This discussion centers on the runtime server component of WebSphere Application Server .

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In the following article you can find the top 10 FAQs on core group bridges.

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Share/Bookmark]]> http://blog.optis.be/2009/02/12/10-questions-about-was-core-group-bridges/feed/ 0 System administration for WebSphere Application Server V7 http://blog.optis.be/2009/01/30/system-administration-for-websphere-application-server-v7/ http://blog.optis.be/2009/01/30/system-administration-for-websphere-application-server-v7/#comments Fri, 30 Jan 2009 06:08:25 +0000 admin http://blog.optis.be/?p=118 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

Share/Bookmark]]> http://blog.optis.be/2009/01/30/system-administration-for-websphere-application-server-v7/feed/ 0 2009 Trends and Directions for WebSphere http://blog.optis.be/2009/01/22/2009-trends-and-directions-for-websphere/ http://blog.optis.be/2009/01/22/2009-trends-and-directions-for-websphere/#comments Thu, 22 Jan 2009 06:57:20 +0000 admin http://blog.optis.be/?p=110 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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Share/Bookmark]]> http://blog.optis.be/2009/01/22/2009-trends-and-directions-for-websphere/feed/ 0 Modernizing the administrative console in V7.0 and V6.1 FP WS http://blog.optis.be/2009/01/14/modernizing-the-administrative-console-in-v70-and-v61-fp-ws/ http://blog.optis.be/2009/01/14/modernizing-the-administrative-console-in-v70-and-v61-fp-ws/#comments Wed, 14 Jan 2009 06:36:34 +0000 admin http://blog.optis.be/?p=67 The IBM® WebSphere® Application Server administrative console provides a graphical user interface for performing administrative tasks. In an effort to minimize your workload, new user interface design patterns have been implemented in WebSphere Application Server V7 and in the Version 6.1 Feature Pack for Web Services.

This article describes these new user interface patterns, including information on how to use them, and how these patterns can make your admin tasks quicker and easier to perform. This information is valuable for anyone who uses the admin console.

Figure 7. Security attributes panel uses expandable sections

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