Archive for January, 2008
Explaining to your boss (or your wife:)) why tier based architecture doesn’t scale
January 31st, 2008Two weeks ago I had the pleasure of presenting at the NY JavaSIG. The event was hosted by an old friend, Frank Greco, who has been doing a really great work keeping the NY Java community up to date with…
New GigaSpaces Podcasts
January 24th, 2008We are happy to introduce a new series of podcasts here at GigaSpaces. We've been planning to launch the series for a while now, and we finally got around to start recording. There is no official page yet, but there will be soon with the obvious option to subscribe via iTunes, RSS and other methods.
Our [...]
I Am Legend - XAP 6.5 POCO C++ SBA Framework
January 23rd, 2008I'm not the Legend… the XAP 6.5 POCO C++ SBA Framework is the Legend
I was watching few days ago this amazing "I Am Legend" Movie - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480249/ on my Large Sony BRAVIA at my place in the freezing shiny Manhattan. See a nice trailer here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480249/trailers-me60407838
When watching Will Smith, alone by himself, on the [...]
Oracle aquisition of BEA - The kiss of death for the “open” J2EE App Server
January 18th, 2008The claim to fame of the J2EE application server market was the ability to define a standard platform for running business applications, and then have multiple vendors competing on providing the best implementation of that standard. Oracle’s acquisition of BEA…
An Open Letter to BEA WebLogic Customers
January 18th, 2008Dear BEA WebLogic Customer:
As you probably know, Oracle just announced it is acquiring BEA for $8.5 billion. Independent industry analyst Vinnie Mirchandani said about the deal: "Customers, unlike investors, do not have much to cheer." You are now facing a vendor that will put you in one of two situations:
They [...]
