Developers deploying applications to WebSphere Application Server (WAS) now
have something to be "fired up" about. Candle Corporation, a systems
management and business integration company, has packaged a powerful and
intuitive performance monitoring tool called Omegamon XE for WebSphere
Application Server, a potent tool for optimizing the performance and
availability of WAS. Omegamon XE has brought some much-needed usability and
functionality enhancements to performance monitoring software.
Remember that Omegamon XE server should be installed on the same machine as
the WebSphere Application Server. The installation and configuration of
Omegamon XE is not straightforward. Let's just say there were too many knobs
to turn. Also, a licensing key must be obtained from Candle... (more)
The fusion of IBM's WebSphere Application Server (WAS) and Macromedia's
ColdFusion MX (CFMX) brings together two proven technologies. CFMX for the
WAS runtime environment is a Java application expected to take advantage of
WAS's industry-leading J2EE platform implementation and superior technologies
for processing and managing Web application requests, and managing database
connections. ... (more)
The rich set of new features and functionalities in WebSphere Application
Server 4.0 reduces some of the complexity usually inherent with database
programming, especially with distributed database programming.
Before any application component attempts to retrieve data from a database it
must first acquire a valid connection to the database. Most seasoned
developers are well aware of the o... (more)