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. CFMX for J2EE applications can now take advantage of the
scalability, robustness, security, and portability of the J2EE platform.
WAS provides a highly scalable and well-managed environment for CFMX
applications, performance monitoring tools for CFMX administrators, and
application server-specific features such as application security,
transaction management, database connection management, and access to
message-oriented middleware systems. CFMX developers need only be concerned
wit... (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 overhead incurred with getting a connection
to a database. Not only must the application server set up a connection to
the database, it must also maintain the open connection and perform any
hous... (more)
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 WebSpher... (more)
Independent consultant with e-Mind Solutions. Has over 12 years experience in the computing industry. Served 10 years with the United States Army (whoooa) and since his expired term of service has worked with several leading technologies such as Messaging services, XML/XSL Transformations, J2EE, Workload Management and Load Balancing, Application Server implementation and monitoring, and RDMS development.
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