Don't ask me why, but I was thinking about a "twittering" WebLogic for some days now. And I finaly managed to spend some minutes on this today. This is the first approach. Have some more in mind and would like to contribute them, too. Let'…
Continue ReadingOne of the top posts on my blog is about installing and configuring the BEA/Oracle Apache Plugins for WebLogic Server. This inspired me to write a similar howto about how to achieve the same effect with Apache and GlassFish Server. To be honest, I recently c…
Continue ReadingOracle Updates Sun Merger FAQ
Oracle has updated their page on Oracle and Sun and it now includes a PDF entitled " Oracle and Sun Overview and FAQ ". For the first time, it contains some brief answers to some of the hottest JEE community questions around. I copied the releva…

I recently came across some projects, that in fact needed some performance tunings. Doing so, I was also looking for some best practices and white papers around. Found this one: Optimize GlassFish Performance in a Production Environment, Performance White Pa…

My personal #OOW09 Review
Anybody is writing his personal Oracle Open World review these days. Back in Germany and almost recovered from jetlag and too less sleep it seems as if it is time for me to do the same. This was my first trip to San Francisco and the United States in gener…

“Is Oracle good for Java?”
There are quite some questions around at the moment, talking about the future or Java in Oracle's hands. To be honest, nobody knows about the future. At the moment, nobody even knows about the exact plans Oracle and/or Sun have about their future. What s…

One of my personal highlights at Oracle OpenWorld 2009 was the OTN techcast series. Livestreaming from the OTN lounge Justin brought up some very interesting guests to talk to. I got the chance to ask some questsions during the session with Mike Lehmann. M…

Gartner takes a look at the current application server landscape and places Oracle in the "Leaders" quadrant. Compared to former MQs this is a slightly worser performance for Oracle/BEA at all. In the circumstances of continuing consolidatio…

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I attended a session by Adam Leftik and Jeff Trent at this years Oracle OpenWorld. It was all about the future of weblogic server and some upcomming features. As usual this has been presented under the standard disclaimer which states, that it is only an outl…


OOW in Numers
1966 Sessions on OOW, 5 Content Streams, 314 Demo Kiosks, 4500 Oracle Experts, 81.266 Hotel Rooms, 170.000 Cups of coffee :)


Oracle OpenWorld Live
Watch the best of live programming from Oracle OpenWorld, including major keynotes, Q&A with OTN Heavy Hitters, special editions of TechCast, technical keynotes and sessions and more. Live programming Sunday 10/11: 12:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. PT Monday 10…

The Proposed Final Draft (PFD) of the Java EE 6 Platform specification and of the two other specs being defined by the JSR-316 expert group, the Java EE 6 Web Profile specification and the Managed Beans specification, is now available from the JCP web site.
Continue ReadingI am departing the day after tomorrow. SF I am coming! Even if I do not know about how and when I will have internet access, I still try to post some updates from my Oracle OpenWorld 2009 visit. TwitPic updates on OOW09 http://twitpic.com/photos/myfear …

Jim Driscoll has been at Sun for over 13 years, ever since he joined JavaSoft to work on the Java Web Server and the first version of Servlets. At various times, he has been the manager of the J2EE RI, the Java Web Services Developer Pack, and a host of Open …
Continue ReadingI often come across the same issues in projects. One very hot topic is performance. Beside the things you should do to garantee performance during the development process, you are often left alone with tunings for frameworks. Good examples are the widly use…


Web Dynpro for Open Source?
First of all, I would like to state, that I am not a real big fan of SAP. From a technology point of view only. This changed slightly with the avalability of SAP applicationserver Java 7.x. This was the first appserver which has a satisfying standards complia…
