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Comparing JEE Servers

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Java
Topics
Application Servers

When picking which JEE server to use for your application, you have a number of choices to select from. Knowing which application server is the best is key. Recently Jonathan Campbell took a handful of JEE application servers, coming up with surprising results as well as informative comments.

Gartner on Disruptive Trends in Platform Middleware

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Java,
.NET,
Architecture,
SOA
Topics
REST - DO NOT USE,
SOA Platforms,
Application Servers,
Open Source,
Dynamic Languages

A Gartner Report elaborates how emerging Event Driven Architecture and Service Oriented Architecture programming models, as well as the continued growth in adoption of key open source technologies (in particular Spring) have all combined to put significant pressure on traditional platform middleware vendors and may lead to disrupt the industry landscape.

OpenJPA 1.0: Enterprise O/R Mapping with full JPA 1.0 compliance

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Java
Topics
Data Access,
Open Source

Apache OpenJPA, an open-source implementation of the Java Persistence API (JPA), recently released version 1.0.0. InfoQ spoke with OpenJPA project lead Patrick Linskey to learn more about this release.

Apache Geronimo 2.0: Certified Java EE 5 compatible

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Java
Topics
Open Source,
Application Servers

Apache Geronimo, an open-source Java Enterprise Edition (Java EE) application server, recently released version 2.0.1. InfoQ took the opportunity to learn more about Apache Geronimo and where it fits into the application server space.

Geronimo passes Java EE 5 Compatibilty Test Suite

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Java
Topics
Open Source,
Application Servers

The Apache Geronimo project has passed a significant milestone in that their latest release candidate (2.0-M6-rc1) has passed all tests in the Java Enterprise Edition 5.0 Compatibility Test Suite, making it the first open source application server other than Glassfish to pass the tests.

An Inside Look at the Geronimo Plugins System

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Java
Topics
Application Servers

One of the top items listed in the new Geronimo 1.1 release is plugin support. Plugins are touted as being easy to install, automatically downloading dependencies, and eliminating the need for server restarts. InfoQ recently caught up with Geronimo committers Bruce Snyder and Aaron Mulder for more details.

Apache Geronimo 1.1 Released

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Java
Topics
Application Servers

With this release of Geronimo you can finally run it on Sun Java 1.5 VM, as long as you don't require CORBA. Another notable change from the 1.0 release is that Geronimo now is available in two distributions, one full and certified J2EE distribution and one "stripped down" distribution that only incudes a minimal installation with a Jetty or Tomcat http server.