Articles by Product

Using Real-World Commercial Web Services In BEA Platform 7.0
by Gary Meyer
This article focuses exclusively on the client side of Web services and does so through a real-world example. This example is the validation of U.S. geographical addresses via a commercially available Web service. 2004-06-17 | Discuss (0)

Introduction To XACML
by Phil Griffin
A new markup language has been approved by OASIS which promises to standardize policy management and access decisions. Extensible Access Control Markup Language, or XACML, was approved and became an OASIS standard in February 2003. XACML defines a general policy language used to protect resources as well as an access decision language. 2004-02-19 | Discuss (2)

Enabling Enterprise Portal Integration with Web Services
by Steve Buzzard
This article introduces a set of capabilities within the WebLogic Enterprise Platform that together provide some powerful new integration options available to you when architecting an Enterprise portal solution. 2004-02-02 | Discuss (0)

There's Nothing to Fear About Mainframe Integration
by William "Doc" Mills
There are many good reasons for using mainframe resources as part of WebLogic application development and integration projects. High on the list are leveraging existing logic and data, increasing the value of current investments, and focusing development effort on solving new business problems. 2004-01-31 | Discuss (0)

Dev2Dev Podcast 2: BEAWorld Shanghai 2007 - Workspace 360 Demo
Podcast
Blake Connell demos Workspace 360 during Rob Levy's keynote at BEAWorld Shanghai. Workspace 360 spans all BEA products and will enable you to build dynamic business applications. CEO Alfred Chuang describes dynamic business applications as adaptable, built for change, and designed for people and how people work. 2007-12-13 | Discuss (0)

Racing to Release: Automated Application Promotion
by Paul Nixon
Without properly prepared environments and successful application deployment, delays to your project will occur at a time when the project has little slack left in its delivery schedule. Paul Nixon shows how to avoid these pitfalls. 2007-05-03 | Discuss (4)

Announcing the 2006 Dev2Dev Reader Survey
by Jon Mountjoy
The 2006 Dev2Dev Reader Survey is underway. This is your opportunity to steer the site by helping us understand what you use, what you're interested in, and what can be improved. 2006-11-15 | Discuss (6)

Introduction to the WebLogic Diagnostics Framework (WLDF)
by Rebecca Sly
IT managers and system administrators need better ways to monitor and analyze the performance of their servers and deployed resources than scraping log files. WLDF provides such an approach, with powerful instrumentation, data harvesters and persistence features. 2006-06-21 | Discuss (2)

Introduction to SAML: Secure Sharing of Digital Identity Information
by Beth Linker
Author Beth Linker provides a short introduction to SAML, explains how it enables Web sites and Web services to safely share user identity information. and demonstrates its use within BEA WebLogic Server 9. 2006-08-09 | Discuss (2)

Using JMeter to Performance Test Web Services
by Dmitri Nevedrov
The Apache JMeter performance testing framework is widely accepted as a performance testing tool for Web applications. It can also be used for Web services, and in this tutorial, Dmitri Nevedrov provides an introduction to its features and use. 2006-08-02 | Discuss (1)

Creating Custom Load-Balancing Schemes using MBeans
by Francesco Marchioni
Tired of using a round-robin approach? Learn how to write your own load-balancing router classes and integrate them with your stateless EJBs in this article by Francesco Marchioni. 2006-07-26 | Discuss (1)

Derived Model Analysis: Detecting J2EE Problems Before They Happen
by Alan West and Gordon Cruickshank
This article argues that a runtime abstract application model derived automatically from an application server can provide a valuable basis for discovering poor architectural and construction errors. 2006-07-12 | Discuss (0)

Using Real-World Commercial Web Services In BEA Platform 7.0
by Gary Meyer
This article focuses exclusively on the client side of Web services and does so through a real-world example. This example is the validation of U.S. geographical addresses via a commercially available Web service. 2004-06-17 | Discuss (0)

WebLogic Server 7.0 Single Sign-On: An Overview
BEA's WebLogic Server 7.0 attempts to address a number of the issues concerning Single Sign-On support through a series of approaches, each focused at a different tier in which a portion of an application is housed, and addressing the problems that appear in that tier. The new security architecture found in WebLogic Server 7.0 provides essential integration points, called security providers, that allow best-in-breed solutions to be plugged in by commercial security vendors or customers themselves. 2004-02-11 | Discuss (0)

Integration of Novell iChain, Novell eDirectory and Weblogic 7.0 Security
White Paper
by Thomas D. Burke
This article provides a practical look at the integration of Novell iChain, Novell eDirectory and Weblogic 7.0 Security. 2004-02-10 | Discuss (0)

Enhancing Availability, Performance, and Security for BEA® WebLogic Clusters Using Cisco CSS 11000
This article describes how the Cisco CSS 11000 Series content services switches can be used to enhance the capabilities of BEA WebLogic clusters. 2004-02-10 | Discuss (0)

Using JTA transactions to envelope WLS JMS and IBM MQSeries
This note describes some explorations in using JTA transactions to envelope WLS JMS and MQSeries JMS messaging. 2004-01-26 | Discuss (0)

Application Architecture for Disparate Client Support
by Rahul Kumar Gupta
This article is about designing and developing an J2EE based open ended architecture application, which targets not only the PC user, but also the other users using different means of communication like Wap enabled Mobile phones, Imode phones, Telephones etc. 2004-01-26 | Discuss (0)

Programming BEA WebLogic Server 5.1 to 6.x Migration Tutorial
Looking to migrate Web applications and other applications from WebLogic Server 5.1 to WebLogic Server 6.x? This tutorial, geared toward application developers, will show you how. 2004-01-26 | Discuss (5)

Upgrading to WebLogic Server 7.0
by Viresh Garg
The much awaited WebLogic Server 7.0 beta release was announced on Feb. 24, 2002, at BEA's eWorld conference in San Diego. Continuing in its path as the Number 1 Web application server, WLS 7.0 implements J2EE 1.3 technologies, Web services, and other Internet standards to provide a reliable framework for highly available, scalable, and secure applications. 2004-01-23 | Discuss (0)

Building Enterprise RIA Using Flex and WebLogic Server
by Sudhansu Pati
Building enterprise-grade Rich Internet Applications (RIA) using Flex and WebLogic Server is readily accomplished using the wizards and WYSIWYG capabilities of BEA Workshop Studio. Sudhansu Pati shows how in this article. 2008-04-21 | Discuss (0)

SPECjms2007: A Novel Benchmark and Performance Analysis Framework for Message-Oriented Middleware
by Samuel Kounev and Kai Sachs
There is a strong interest in the end user and analyst communities for a standardized benchmark suite for evaluating the performance and scalability of Message-oriented middleware (MOM). This article describe SPECjms2007 - an industry-standard benchmark specialized for MOM. 2008-03-26 | Discuss (0)

Best Practices for Building Production Quality EAR Files
by Hussein Badakhchani
This article examines the options available for packaging and deploying Java EE applications. It also describes the purpose of packaging specifications for application archives, and provides examples for implementing them. 2008-02-13 | Discuss (11)

An Introduction to OSGi on the Server Side
by Daniel Rubio
Daniel Rubio introduces OSGi, an environment that facilitates modularizing an application into smaller and more manageable pieces, with packaging, JVM, and class loader graph support. 2008-01-23 | Discuss (1)

Migrating from Tomcat to WebLogic Express
by Lakshmi Ananthamurthy, Mandar S. Chitnis
WebLogic Express is a full standards compliant lightweight server that supports the Java Servlet 2.3, JavaServer Pages 1.2, Java Database Connectivity 2.0 and JNDI 1.2 technologies that form part of the J2EE specification. Hence, it makes more sense for developers grappling with open source solutions in the market like Tomcat server to move to WebLogic Express. 2004-01-23 | Discuss (0)

Selecting the Right Java Servlet Engine for Your Environment
White Paper
This white paper is meant to help the developer navigate the important decision of selecting a Java Servlet engine. With open-source offerings and free licenses becoming more prevalent, it is now more important than ever that you have all the information necessary to make the right decision for your application environment. 2003-02-05 | Discuss (0)

BEA WebLogic Express Evaluation Guide
Tech Guide
Use this document and the tutorial files in the WebLogic Express™ Evaluation Kit to explore the features and functionality of WebLogic Express. You will set up the WebLogic Express environment, create a Web application, and deploy it to WebLogic Express. Exciting, yes? 2004-01-23 | Discuss (0)

WebLogic Express Quick-Start Tutorial, Part 1
Tutorial
This is the first of a series of five articles in which we look at BEA's WebLogic Express. BEA WebLogic Express is a JSP/Servlet engine which includes a number of additional unique features. In this series, we'll look at how to get started with WebLogic Express and look at key features and functionality. 2004-01-23 | Discuss (0)

Applying WebLogic Server Optimistic Concurrency
Tech Guide
by Philip Aston
BEA WebLogic Server 7.0 has a powerful new concurrency strategy for entity Enterprise JavaBeans: the optimistic concurrency strategy. The concurrency strategy of a container-managed entity determines how WebLogic Server synchronises the entity with the database and has significant architectural impact on the correctness, efficiency, and scalability of an application. In this paper I explain why the optimistic strategy is the right choice for most J2EE applications and how application architects can most effectively apply it. 2003-06-19 | Discuss (0)

Event Processing Market Pulse 2007
BEA and ebizQ conducted a vendor-anonymous survey to determine market readiness for event processing. The results were positively surprising. 90% of the ~450 respondents identified plans to put event driven applications in production within the next 2 years. Read on for more. 2007-11-28 | Discuss (0)

BEA WebLogic Event Server Performance: A Benchmark Study
White Paper
The benchmark study described in this report demonstrates WebLogic Event Server’s ability to provide low latency at very high data rates with a use case that is very typical of financial front office applications in Capital Markets. 2007-11-28 | Discuss (0)

Location-based Information Processing with WebLogic Event Server and Web 2.0
by Paco Gómez
The author demonstrates how a location-based use case can be implemented with WebLogic Event Server (WLEvS) and Web 2.0 techniques. 2007-11-14 | Discuss (1)

Arch2Arch Podcast 12: Terms of Empowerment: SOA, EDA and XTP
Podcast
by Roy Schulte and Ruma Sanyal
Companies today demand more agility and speed from their IT systems, and there's an ever-growing array of options to meet their changing business needs. So why are so many organizations turning to SOA, EDA and XTP? Are these solutions separate from each other or intertwined? And how do you make sure you find the right solution to address your business needs? We'll address those questions and more with Gartner analyst Roy Schulte, a leading expert on Service-Oriented Architecture, and Ruma Sanyal, director of Product Marketing for BEA Systems. 2007-11-08 | Discuss (0)

WebLogic Platform 7.0: Three Key Wins for Web Service Developers
by Tom Clements
In this article, we'll describe how WebLogic Workshop, built from the ground up to help developers deal with and manage the complexities of present-day Internet computing, helps you do your job quickly and effectively. 2004-01-31 | Discuss (0)

The BEA WebLogic Workshop™ JWS Container
White Paper
BEA WebLogic Workshop allows developers to create and deploy Web services that leverage the power, scalability and reliability of the Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) platform without knowing any of the details of J2EE. This white paper describes how BEA WebLogic Workshop uses the facilities of J2EE and BEA WebLogic Server to support and deploy Web services, as well as some of the configuration and tuning options that are available to administrators. 2004-01-30 | Discuss (0)

Developing a stock quote subscription service using WebLogic Workshop
Those of you who have tried WebLogic Workshop or read about it probably think it looks like a great tool - at least on the surface - but you may be wondering whether it will work for real-life business applications. 2004-01-30 | Discuss (1)

The Role of Web Services in Enterprise Application Architecture
by Frank Sinton
Web services play an important role in building enterprise application architectures. These architectures, by nature, provide a blueprint describing software structure. This blueprint allows enterprise application architecture to be the confluence of business and technology, supporting business requirements and providing technology enablers. 2004-01-30 | Discuss (0)

Building Enterprise RIA Using Flex and WebLogic Server
by Sudhansu Pati
Building enterprise-grade Rich Internet Applications (RIA) using Flex and WebLogic Server is readily accomplished using the wizards and WYSIWYG capabilities of BEA Workshop Studio. Sudhansu Pati shows how in this article. 2008-04-21 | Discuss (0)

Ajax Programming with BEA Workshop
by Gary Horen
Gary Horen shows how to install and use a free JavaScript editor and debugger from Aptana, Inc., in BEA Workshop. He also demonstrates the use of a message inspector in the Firebug plug-in, an extension for Firefox. 2008-03-05 | Discuss (4)

Flex Messaging with BEA Workshop Studio
by Jon Rose
In this tutorial, Jon Rose shows how to use Flex's LiveCycle Data Services Express messaging features to implement data push in your Flex applications. The tutorial application is built with BEA Workshop Studio (Flex bundle). 2008-01-29 | Discuss (2)

IMS Service Creation with Ericsson Service Development Studio and BEA WebLogic SIP Server
by Amin Daya and Marco Rodriguez
Learn how the Ericsson Service Development Studio 4.0 can be used with BEA WebLogic SIP Server 3.1 to enable operators and ISV developers to design and test their own IMS applications. 2008-01-08 | Discuss (1)

Handling Schemas without Namespaces in WebLogic Workshop 8.1
Tutorial
by Bea Chan
Integrating legacy applications sometimes requires handling XML schemas without namespaces. In this tutorial, Bea Chan shows how to avoid possible namespace clashes when generating XMLBeans from such schemas. 2006-08-16 | Discuss (0)

WebLogic Portal Datasync in a Multi-User Development Environment
by Tanya Saarva
WebLogic Portal Datasync in a Multi-User Development Environment 2004-05-21 | Discuss (0)

Security in Portal (4.0 and 7.0)
Tech Guide
by Jim Litton
This article discusses Security aspects of WebLogic Portal. 2004-02-02 | Discuss (0)

LDAP in Portal 7.0 with WebLogic 7.0 Compatibility Security
Tech Guide
by Jim Litton
A common support issue encountered by Weblogic Portal administrators surrounds configuration of LDAP for authentication and property retrieval. This document touches on configuration and use of LDAP in Portal. 2004-02-02 | Discuss (0)

Cluster and Data Sync Set-Up Guide for Portal 7.0
Tech Guide
This document provides instructions on how to configure BEA WebLogic Portal Servers 7.0 in a clustered environment utilizing the services provided by BEA WebLogic Server 7.0. Clustering provides several advantages that are optimal for Production-type environments including, but not limited to, load balancing, fail over, performance, administration and security. 2004-02-02 | Discuss (0)

State of the Portal Market 2007: Portals and the Power of Participation
White Paper
CIOs are looking at portals for consolidating applications and introducing Web 2.0 capabilities. See for yourself: BEA Systems' annual report on the enterprise portal market includes survey data on deployment and adoption from more than 540 BEA portal customers, plus a synthesis of more than 100 analyst reports and industry articles. 2008-03-12 | Discuss (0)

Gartner Magic Quadrant Reports for Portals & Social Software
White Paper
Two Gartner Magic Quadrant Reports are now available for download: "Magic Quadrant for Horizontal Portal Products, 2007" and "Magic Quadrant for Team Collaboration and Social Software, 2007". 2008-03-12 | Discuss (0)

Introduction to Enterprise Portals - Why they Benefit IT and the Business
by Peter Laird
Peter Laird introduces the enterprise portal space and the problems that portals solve. In an article aimed at CIOs, IT architects, and IT management, Peter discusses application integration, security consolidation, content aggregation, and collaboration. 2008-01-30 | Discuss (3)

Dev2Dev Podcast 2: BEAWorld Shanghai 2007 - Workspace 360 Demo
Podcast
Blake Connell demos Workspace 360 during Rob Levy's keynote at BEAWorld Shanghai. Workspace 360 spans all BEA products and will enable you to build dynamic business applications. CEO Alfred Chuang describes dynamic business applications as adaptable, built for change, and designed for people and how people work. 2007-12-13 | Discuss (0)

Exploring the WebLogic Integration 8.1 RDBMS Event Generator
by Mahadevan Krishnan
Learn about an approach to integrating databases with enterprise applications through the use of WebLogic Integration event generators. 2007-03-21 | Discuss (4)

Announcing the 2006 Dev2Dev Reader Survey
by Jon Mountjoy
The 2006 Dev2Dev Reader Survey is underway. This is your opportunity to steer the site by helping us understand what you use, what you're interested in, and what can be improved. 2006-11-15 | Discuss (6)

BEA Guardian: A New Model of Pre-Emptive Support
by Robert Brass
Learn how to solve the integration complexity around ensuring that your application server, installed libraries, hardware, and other software are all compatible and working in harmony. 2006-09-19 | Discuss (6)

Working with the BEA AquaLogic BPM Suite
by Alex Toussaint
Learn how the BEA AquaLogic BPM Suite can integrate business process management with existing infrastructure, including Web services, WebLogic Integration, and the AquaLogic Service Bus. 2006-08-31 | Discuss (8)

Memory Leaks, Be Gone!
by Staffan Larsen
How do you find memory leaks in enterprise scenarios, where taking down an application and installing a profiling version is simply not an option? This article by Staffan Larsen introduces memory leaks, their associated causes, and how to find them using BEA JRockit and the JRockit Memory Leak Detector. 2005-06-27 | Discuss (8)

Quick Start Guide to Enterprise AOP with Aspectwerkz 2.0
by David Teare
Aspect-oriented programming is a great extension to Java, though not yet popular within the enterprise environment. David Teare introduces some production-ready aspects performing logging and profiling, together with a complete application demonstrating the process. 2005-04-05 | Discuss (1)

Memory Tuning Without Tuning
by Eva Andreasson
This article discusses the complexity of memory tuning, the benefits of a self-tuning memory system, some of the new techniques currently explored for BEA JRockit and what the future might hold. 2004-04-14 | Discuss (0)

Java - A Slow Language? It Depends on What You're Talking About
by Joakim Dahlstedt
In the past six years or so the claim that Java is a slow language has regularly appeared in articles and news discussions. Most of the time I follow the debate, but after a while I get bored because the discussions remain at the micro-benchmark level. It continues to amaze me that there isn't more focus on system-level performance in discussions of language performance. 2004-01-29 | Discuss (0)

Memory Leaks, Be Gone!
by Staffan Larsen
How do you find memory leaks in enterprise scenarios, where taking down an application and installing a profiling version is simply not an option? This article by Staffan Larsen introduces memory leaks, their associated causes, and how to find them using BEA JRockit and the JRockit Memory Leak Detector. 2005-06-27 | Discuss (8)

Quick Start Guide to Enterprise AOP with Aspectwerkz 2.0
by David Teare
Aspect-oriented programming is a great extension to Java, though not yet popular within the enterprise environment. David Teare introduces some production-ready aspects performing logging and profiling, together with a complete application demonstrating the process. 2005-04-05 | Discuss (1)

Java in a 64-bit World: Why BEA JRockit and the Intel® Itanium® Processor Family Make Java the Choice for Developing Server-side Enterprise Applications
by Marcus Lagergren, Kumar Shiv, Edwin Spear
Why BEA JRockit and the Intel® Itanium® Processor Family Make Java the Choice for Developing Server-side Enterprise Applications. 2004-01-29 | Discuss (0)

The Language, the Server, and the JVM
by Benjamin Renaud
While some of the most exciting developments, like XML, EJBs, and Web services happen at the top of the stack, some of the most important ones happen deep down, in the JVM. 2004-01-29 | Discuss (0)

Memory Leaks, Be Gone!
by Staffan Larsen
How do you find memory leaks in enterprise scenarios, where taking down an application and installing a profiling version is simply not an option? This article by Staffan Larsen introduces memory leaks, their associated causes, and how to find them using BEA JRockit and the JRockit Memory Leak Detector. 2005-06-27 | Discuss (8)

Quick Start Guide to Enterprise AOP with Aspectwerkz 2.0
by David Teare
Aspect-oriented programming is a great extension to Java, though not yet popular within the enterprise environment. David Teare introduces some production-ready aspects performing logging and profiling, together with a complete application demonstrating the process. 2005-04-05 | Discuss (1)

BEA JRockit® - The Server JVM
White Paper
This document describes BEA JRockit from a technical perspective. The purpose of this document is twofold. First, it provides an overview of the current server-side Java problem. Second, it gives a description of BEA JRockit and how it supports development of server-side Java applications. 2004-02-02 | Discuss (0)

Java in a 64-bit World: Why BEA JRockit and the Intel® Itanium® Processor Family Make Java the Choice for Developing Server-side Enterprise Applications
by Marcus Lagergren, Kumar Shiv, Edwin Spear
Why BEA JRockit and the Intel® Itanium® Processor Family Make Java the Choice for Developing Server-side Enterprise Applications. 2004-01-29 | Discuss (0)

Memory Leaks, Be Gone!
by Staffan Larsen
How do you find memory leaks in enterprise scenarios, where taking down an application and installing a profiling version is simply not an option? This article by Staffan Larsen introduces memory leaks, their associated causes, and how to find them using BEA JRockit and the JRockit Memory Leak Detector. 2005-06-27 | Discuss (8)

Quick Start Guide to Enterprise AOP with Aspectwerkz 2.0
by David Teare
Aspect-oriented programming is a great extension to Java, though not yet popular within the enterprise environment. David Teare introduces some production-ready aspects performing logging and profiling, together with a complete application demonstrating the process. 2005-04-05 | Discuss (1)

Memory Leak Detection with the JRockit JVM
by Helena Åberg Östlund
How can you find memory leaks while running your program at near full speed? In this article, Helena Östlund shows how to detect leaks using the JRockit Memory Leak Detector. 2005-01-30 | Discuss (0)

JRockit 1.4 - The JVM at your fingertips
by Marcus Hirt
The BEA JRockit Java Virtual Machine offers more than just a performance advantage. Marcus Hirt discusses some new and experimental manageability and usability features available in JRockit 1.4.2. 2004-04-27 | Discuss (0)

Checklist/Tuning Guide for Optimizing the JRockit JVM
by Steven Pozarycki
In this article author Steven Pozarycki provides valuable information for tuning the BEA JRockit JVM using a checklist approach. He covers a lot of territory, from esoteric command-line options to iterative performance testing. 2007-12-13 | Discuss (1)

Dev2Dev Podcast 2: BEAWorld Shanghai 2007 - Workspace 360 Demo
Podcast
Blake Connell demos Workspace 360 during Rob Levy's keynote at BEAWorld Shanghai. Workspace 360 spans all BEA products and will enable you to build dynamic business applications. CEO Alfred Chuang describes dynamic business applications as adaptable, built for change, and designed for people and how people work. 2007-12-13 | Discuss (0)

Adaptive Memory Management for Virtualized Java Environment
White Paper
This white paper examines the Java Virtual Machine and hypervisor virtualization, the BEA LiquidVM, and adaptive memory management for virtualized Java. 2007-12-10 | Discuss (0)

Results From the 2006 Dev2Dev Reader Survey
by Jon Mountjoy
We ran the second Dev2Dev Reader Survey during the last two months of 2006. Here are the results, with commentary. 2007-02-07 | Discuss (2)

Dev2Dev Podcast 2: BEAWorld Shanghai 2007 - Workspace 360 Demo
Podcast
Blake Connell demos Workspace 360 during Rob Levy's keynote at BEAWorld Shanghai. Workspace 360 spans all BEA products and will enable you to build dynamic business applications. CEO Alfred Chuang describes dynamic business applications as adaptable, built for change, and designed for people and how people work. 2007-12-13 | Discuss (0)

Announcing the 2006 Dev2Dev Reader Survey
by Jon Mountjoy
The 2006 Dev2Dev Reader Survey is underway. This is your opportunity to steer the site by helping us understand what you use, what you're interested in, and what can be improved. 2006-11-15 | Discuss (6)

Performance Testing of Tuxedo Applications with IBM Rational Robot
by John Straathof
The Zyntax Tuxedo Adaptor allows testing of BEA Tuxedo versions 7 and higher. Author John Straathof shows an example recording of a small test application and looks at issues that arise in real-world applications. 2006-06-06 | Discuss (1)

Using Tuxedo with PowerBuilder
by Paco Gómez
While Tuxedo and PowerBuilder are veteran products, the upgrade of legacy middleware to SOA is renewing interest in integrating BEA Tuxedo with Sybase PowerBuilder and other 4GL tools. This article shows you how to use Tuxedo 8.1 with PowerBuilder 10.0. 2005-02-22 | Discuss (3)

Configuring WebLogic Tuxedo Connector
by Nicolas Duminil
Starting from the statement that manually configuring WebLogic Tuxedo Connector is a very tedious and error-prone operation, this article proposes two programmatic alternative approaches. The first is based on JMX, and the second is based on the utilization of the command-line weblogic.Admin utility. This article provides a Java class library that is able to generate both the required JMX objects and the shell weblogic.Admin-based files. 2004-12-06 | Discuss (0)

Building your first WebLogic Event Server Application
Tutorial
by Robin Smith
In this tutorial, Robin Smith gives a brief introduction to WebLogic Event Server, and a step-by-step process for creating your first WebLogic Event Server application. 2007-07-16 | Discuss (16)

Interview Series: Building an Event-Driven SOA
Interview
by Anne-Christine Strugnell and Robin Smith
In this interview, Robin Smith, senior engineering product manager, WebLogic Time- and Event-Driven Computing, is interviewed about the products and concepts architects need in order to build an event-driven SOA. 2007-07-11 | Discuss (0)

Interview Series: Event-Driven SOA
Interview
by Anne-Christine Strugnell and Guy Churchward
In this interview, Guy Churchward writes about event-driven SOA and event-driven architecture. 2007-06-20 | Discuss (0)

End-to-end IMS Application Development with Nokia Siemens Networks IDP Development Tools
by Dennis Luemkemann and Manfred Jakesch
Authors Dennis Luemkemann and Manfred Jakesch show how to develop and test an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) application with both a client and a server part, using the free standards-based development tools from the Nokia Siemens Networks IMS Developer Program and BEA WebLogic SIP Server (WLSS). 2008-03-05 | Discuss (11)

IMS Service Creation with Ericsson Service Development Studio and BEA WebLogic SIP Server
by Amin Daya and Marco Rodriguez
Learn how the Ericsson Service Development Studio 4.0 can be used with BEA WebLogic SIP Server 3.1 to enable operators and ISV developers to design and test their own IMS applications. 2008-01-08 | Discuss (1)

Dev2Dev Podcast 2: BEAWorld Shanghai 2007 - Workspace 360 Demo
Podcast
Blake Connell demos Workspace 360 during Rob Levy's keynote at BEAWorld Shanghai. Workspace 360 spans all BEA products and will enable you to build dynamic business applications. CEO Alfred Chuang describes dynamic business applications as adaptable, built for change, and designed for people and how people work. 2007-12-13 | Discuss (0)

An Introduction to the JAIN SIP API
by Emmanuel Proulx
Author Emmanuel Proulx shows how to develop client-side applications using the JAIN SIP API, a powerful API for telecommunications. He uses a simple IM application to explore this technology. 2007-10-17 | Discuss (3)

Dev2Dev Podcast 2: BEAWorld Shanghai 2007 - Workspace 360 Demo
Podcast
Blake Connell demos Workspace 360 during Rob Levy's keynote at BEAWorld Shanghai. Workspace 360 spans all BEA products and will enable you to build dynamic business applications. CEO Alfred Chuang describes dynamic business applications as adaptable, built for change, and designed for people and how people work. 2007-12-13 | Discuss (0)

Announcing the 2006 Dev2Dev Reader Survey
by Jon Mountjoy
The 2006 Dev2Dev Reader Survey is underway. This is your opportunity to steer the site by helping us understand what you use, what you're interested in, and what can be improved. 2006-11-15 | Discuss (6)

SOA Practitioners' Guide
White Paper
This comprehensive guide provides best practices surrounding SOA, from defining just what SOA is to understanding how to implement such an architecture, the standards involved and advice on how to manage the services lifecycle. 2006-09-18 | Discuss (3)

Using the AquaLogic Interaction Analytics 2.0 OpenUsage API
Tutorial
by Jennifer Shipman
BEA AquaLogic Interaction Analytics 2.0 collects information on user activity within your portal and Web applications. This tutorial shows how to embed this functionality within your own applications using the Analytics OpenUsage API. 2006-09-13 | Discuss (8)

Dev2Dev Podcast 2: BEAWorld Shanghai 2007 - Workspace 360 Demo
Podcast
Blake Connell demos Workspace 360 during Rob Levy's keynote at BEAWorld Shanghai. Workspace 360 spans all BEA products and will enable you to build dynamic business applications. CEO Alfred Chuang describes dynamic business applications as adaptable, built for change, and designed for people and how people work. 2007-12-13 | Discuss (0)

Event Processing Market Pulse 2007
BEA and ebizQ conducted a vendor-anonymous survey to determine market readiness for event processing. The results were positively surprising. 90% of the ~450 respondents identified plans to put event driven applications in production within the next 2 years. Read on for more. 2007-11-28 | Discuss (0)

Get Serious About SOA Governance: A 5-Step Action Plan for Architects
Whether your organization's SOA has 50 services in use by one customer, or 50 customers using one service, you need SOA governance in order to fully benefit from your SOA. This white paper provides a 5-step action plan that will help architects get governance right. 2007-09-27 | Discuss (0)

Arch2Arch Podcast 5: Building an SOA Skills Strategy
Podcast
by Bill Laberis and Ed Kourany
Bill Laberis, vice president at IDG, interviews Ed Kourany, BEA's Executive Director of World Wide Consulting. This is the fourth part of a series looking at Accelerating SOA Buy-In. Bill and Ed discuss creating a plan for changing the skill sets and roles within your organization over time so that you have the skilled SOA team you need. 2007-08-08 | Discuss (0)

Dev2Dev Podcast 2: BEAWorld Shanghai 2007 - Workspace 360 Demo
Podcast
Blake Connell demos Workspace 360 during Rob Levy's keynote at BEAWorld Shanghai. Workspace 360 spans all BEA products and will enable you to build dynamic business applications. CEO Alfred Chuang describes dynamic business applications as adaptable, built for change, and designed for people and how people work. 2007-12-13 | Discuss (0)

Arch2Arch Podcast 5: Building an SOA Skills Strategy
Podcast
by Bill Laberis and Ed Kourany
Bill Laberis, vice president at IDG, interviews Ed Kourany, BEA's Executive Director of World Wide Consulting. This is the fourth part of a series looking at Accelerating SOA Buy-In. Bill and Ed discuss creating a plan for changing the skill sets and roles within your organization over time so that you have the skilled SOA team you need. 2007-08-08 | Discuss (0)

Arch2Arch Podcast 4: A Portfolio Perspective with SOA
Podcast
by Bill Laberis and Ed Kourany
Bill Laberis, vice president at IDG, interviews Ed Kourany, BEA's Executive Director of World Wide Consulting. This is the third part of a series looking at Accelerating SOA Buy-In. Bill and Ed discuss the benefits of having a portfolio perspective when implementing SOA, possible SOA entry points, key risk factors and how to mitigate them, and best practices for creating an SOA road map. 2007-08-01 | Discuss (0)

Arch2Arch Podcast 3: Justifying SOA with the Right Metrics
Podcast
by Bill Laberis and Ed Kourany
Bill Laberis, vice president at IDG, interviews Ed Kourany, BEA's Executive Director of World Wide Consulting. This is the second part of a series looking at Accelerating SOA Buy-In. Bill and Ed discuss how to build a business case for the strategic value of SOA, which metrics to use, roadblocks to justifying SOA, when to expect results and who should be involved in the justification process. 2007-07-25 | Discuss (0)

Blueprint for Successful SOA Integration
by Dain Hansen
SOA Integration has emerged as the de facto standard for successful IT integration. Some architects mistake SOA Integration for the inclusion of an enterprise service bus or BPEL along with some adapters. There's more to it, and this article shows how it can be defined, what it solves, and some points to think about for your IT organization. 2008-03-12 | Discuss (4)

Dev2Dev Podcast 2: BEAWorld Shanghai 2007 - Workspace 360 Demo
Podcast
Blake Connell demos Workspace 360 during Rob Levy's keynote at BEAWorld Shanghai. Workspace 360 spans all BEA products and will enable you to build dynamic business applications. CEO Alfred Chuang describes dynamic business applications as adaptable, built for change, and designed for people and how people work. 2007-12-13 | Discuss (0)

Arch2Arch Podcast 5: Building an SOA Skills Strategy
Podcast
by Bill Laberis and Ed Kourany
Bill Laberis, vice president at IDG, interviews Ed Kourany, BEA's Executive Director of World Wide Consulting. This is the fourth part of a series looking at Accelerating SOA Buy-In. Bill and Ed discuss creating a plan for changing the skill sets and roles within your organization over time so that you have the skilled SOA team you need. 2007-08-08 | Discuss (0)

Arch2Arch Podcast 4: A Portfolio Perspective with SOA
Podcast
by Bill Laberis and Ed Kourany
Bill Laberis, vice president at IDG, interviews Ed Kourany, BEA's Executive Director of World Wide Consulting. This is the third part of a series looking at Accelerating SOA Buy-In. Bill and Ed discuss the benefits of having a portfolio perspective when implementing SOA, possible SOA entry points, key risk factors and how to mitigate them, and best practices for creating an SOA road map. 2007-08-01 | Discuss (0)

Measuring AquaLogic Enterprise Security Performance
by William Dettelback
AquaLogic Enterprise Security (ALES) extends the concept of entitlement policies beyond what is possible with WebLogic Portal alone. Learn about the performance aspects of using ALES as the entitlement engine for WebLogic Portal. 2008-03-12 | Discuss (0)

Dev2Dev Podcast 2: BEAWorld Shanghai 2007 - Workspace 360 Demo
Podcast
Blake Connell demos Workspace 360 during Rob Levy's keynote at BEAWorld Shanghai. Workspace 360 spans all BEA products and will enable you to build dynamic business applications. CEO Alfred Chuang describes dynamic business applications as adaptable, built for change, and designed for people and how people work. 2007-12-13 | Discuss (0)

Centralized Security Policy with AquaLogic Enterprise Security: Part 2
by William Dettelback
AquaLogic Enterprise Security (ALES) provides a centralized security policy facility for applications and services. This article shows how to use ALES with WebLogic Portal and AquaLogic Data Services Platform, and how the addition of ALES as a security policy mechanism has little to no impact on how the portal or data services are created. 2007-10-18 | Discuss (0)

Centralized Security Policy with AquaLogic Enterprise Security: Part 1
by William Dettelback
AquaLogic Enterprise Security (ALES) provides a centralized security policy facility for applications and services. This article shows how to use ALES with WebLogic Portal and AquaLogic Data Services Platform, and how the addition of ALES as a security policy mechanism has little to no impact on how the portal or data services are created. 2007-09-19 | Discuss (0)

Dev2Dev Podcast 2: BEAWorld Shanghai 2007 - Workspace 360 Demo
Podcast
Blake Connell demos Workspace 360 during Rob Levy's keynote at BEAWorld Shanghai. Workspace 360 spans all BEA products and will enable you to build dynamic business applications. CEO Alfred Chuang describes dynamic business applications as adaptable, built for change, and designed for people and how people work. 2007-12-13 | Discuss (0)

Centralized Security Policy with AquaLogic Enterprise Security: Part 2
by William Dettelback
AquaLogic Enterprise Security (ALES) provides a centralized security policy facility for applications and services. This article shows how to use ALES with WebLogic Portal and AquaLogic Data Services Platform, and how the addition of ALES as a security policy mechanism has little to no impact on how the portal or data services are created. 2007-10-18 | Discuss (0)

Centralized Security Policy with AquaLogic Enterprise Security: Part 1
by William Dettelback
AquaLogic Enterprise Security (ALES) provides a centralized security policy facility for applications and services. This article shows how to use ALES with WebLogic Portal and AquaLogic Data Services Platform, and how the addition of ALES as a security policy mechanism has little to no impact on how the portal or data services are created. 2007-09-19 | Discuss (0)

Arch2Arch Podcast 5: Building an SOA Skills Strategy
Podcast
by Bill Laberis and Ed Kourany
Bill Laberis, vice president at IDG, interviews Ed Kourany, BEA's Executive Director of World Wide Consulting. This is the fourth part of a series looking at Accelerating SOA Buy-In. Bill and Ed discuss creating a plan for changing the skill sets and roles within your organization over time so that you have the skilled SOA team you need. 2007-08-08 | Discuss (0)

Dev2Dev Podcast 2: BEAWorld Shanghai 2007 - Workspace 360 Demo
Podcast
Blake Connell demos Workspace 360 during Rob Levy's keynote at BEAWorld Shanghai. Workspace 360 spans all BEA products and will enable you to build dynamic business applications. CEO Alfred Chuang describes dynamic business applications as adaptable, built for change, and designed for people and how people work. 2007-12-13 | Discuss (0)

Innovate over SAP with Service Oriented Architecture, Business Process Management, and Enterprise Social Computing
White Paper
Learn how to apply Service-Oriented Architecture, Business Process Management, and Enterprise Social Computing to innovate over legacy monolithic applications to transform the way they serve customers, partners and employees. 2008-01-16 | Discuss (0)

Dev2Dev Podcast 2: BEAWorld Shanghai 2007 - Workspace 360 Demo
Podcast
Blake Connell demos Workspace 360 during Rob Levy's keynote at BEAWorld Shanghai. Workspace 360 spans all BEA products and will enable you to build dynamic business applications. CEO Alfred Chuang describes dynamic business applications as adaptable, built for change, and designed for people and how people work. 2007-12-13 | Discuss (0)

Event Processing Market Pulse 2007
BEA and ebizQ conducted a vendor-anonymous survey to determine market readiness for event processing. The results were positively surprising. 90% of the ~450 respondents identified plans to put event driven applications in production within the next 2 years. Read on for more. 2007-11-28 | Discuss (0)

Applying a BPM and SOA Approach to Achieve Agile Business Integration
White Paper
This paper provides in-depth insights on best practices to align SOA with business processes through a business and IT aligned approach centered around the Atomic Business Service and a mediation layer to simplify service communications and management. 2007-09-12 | Discuss (0)

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