Quest Performance Management for WebLogic Portal

BEA WebLogic Portal simplifies information access, improves IT productivity, and provides a low-cost path for customization of the presentation layer. As a result, enterprises are able to deliver new customized business services rapidly, at a lower cost and with far more agility than with any prior technology. WebLogic Portal supplies a robust set of core functionality in a single, integrated solution. Although good for the portal developer, this can make managing a portal’s performance and availability very difficult by depending on all the diverse IT infrastructure and resources that support each of a portal’s constituent components. To add to the complexity, each portal implementation has its own performance dependencies, since each portal uniquely integrates with a different combination of back-end systems. The challenge of portal management is further complicated by the fact that portal components are also being constantly modified in response to changing business needs.

In this webcast, we will discuss the key elements of WebLogic Portal, and discuss some of the challenges with respect to performance. We will introduce you to the Quest Performance Management suite for WebLogic Portal and how it helps IT teams deliver, manage and control the performance of WebLogic Portal applications. You will learn how to monitor and detect all aspects of WebLogic portal from the various portal services (such as entitlements and authentication) down to the individual portlets themselves. We will also demonstrate how you can drill deeper into the portlet to discover the offending Java object that may need optimization.

Presenter:

Ken Lancaster, BEA Weblogic Portal Product Manager
With over 20 years of experience in the software industry, Ken Lancaster has an extensive background in the design, development, testing, deployment, and operation of web-based enterprise applications. Prior to entering the world of web-development, Ken spent several years in the aerospace industry, developing onboard computers for commercial aircraft, and ground-based air traffic control systems for the FAA.

Brad Micklea, Quest Manager for Java Solutions Product Management
Brad Micklea has spent more than five years working in the Java performance management market helping Fortune 500 companies improve the performance and reliability of their Java systems. Currently, he manages the Java Product Management team at Quest Software. He has previously worked as a Java developer, consultant, trainer and product manager. In addition to his technical experience with Java, he has authored and co-authored several white papers and published articles, as well as speaking at conferences and tradeshows, including JavaOne.

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