While innovation, creativity and individualism have been the attributes which has revolutionized the information technology world, one of the most stunning technology inventions which has brought a paradigm shift in the way the world does business is 'INTERNET' which in turn led to evolution of 'ecommerce'. The internet and the underlying technologies is proving to be the effective way for companies to establish extended business presence going beyond geographies irrespective of their size or place of operation.
Java has been a key enabler as a technology in the internet world harnessing the power of the network because it is both a programming language and a selection of specialized platforms. It standardizes the development and deployment of the kind of secure, portable, reliable, and scalable applications required by the networked economy.
The Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) has emerged as one of the strongest platforms for creating business critical applications. J2EE is a set of coordinated specifications and practices that together enable solutions for developing, deploying, and managing multi-tier server-centric and enterprise applications. With Sun Microsystems while being the source, for invention of this Java technology also played a key role in creating the standards and APIs for J2EE to ensure compatibility among the applications developed by different vendors.
Software providers are also embracing and developing new technologies, to extend the web technologies to the next level, developing a new class of applications loosely referred to as Web services. Designed from standardized building block components, Web services can theoretically be assembled in a variety of ways, allowing companies to develop business applications that function across a variety of software and hardware platforms.
IBM is one of leading vendors that supports the J2EE platform and web services with their WebSphere product suite. WebSphere Application server suite is a complete set of tool to develop a complete J2EE application, consisting of a session EJB, a servlet, a JSP page, and an HTML home page.
Eksper Technologies has focused on Java/J2EE competencies for its demanding clients, offering a range of services that includes application development, migration and integration. J2EE provides the platform for creating reliable, secure and scalable solutions to host business-critical applications. J2EE also supports the open source platform and has enabled organizations to significantly lower the cost of their IT infrastructure. The team has significant expertise in many areas including device drivers, embedded systems, network protocol development, and web applications.
Our expertise in Java/J2EE technologies include:
Sun Skill sets
· Solaris and Linux software for SPARC and x86 platforms
· N1 platform for dynamic and utility computing
· Sun Java System
· SunOne
IBM Skill sets
· WebSphere application suite
Eksper Technologies has also worked on the creation and modification of open source software to suit various business needs. With neutral approach and best-fit web development platforms, languages and scripts, and servers, we offer complete end-to-end solutions using Java/J2EE & web services.
The Open Source Edge
New technologies and features tend to be implemented quickly and aggressively in open source solutions. Because open source development is an ongoing process involving potentially hundreds of talented developers, open source application servers can offer new features, architectures, and platform support as soon as the project can implement and support it, often long before standard commercial products can incorporate these innovations.
Because the open source development process is highly collaborative, the resulting code sees widespread peer review, improving the chances of turning out a solid and secure product. But keep in mind that because the products are often works in progress, documentation may be out of date or missing completely. Many newsgroups, developer sites, and automated mailers exist to assist users, but solving problems will typically require your IT staff to be more proactive.
What open source solutions lack in support they often make up for in capabilities. Not only do many open source application servers sport the same features as their commercial counterparts, including J2EE-compliance with support for Enterprise JavaBeans (EJBs), Servlets, and JavaServer Pages (JSPs), but some even go one step further. Both Enhydra and JBoss/Server offer functionality found in the upcoming update to the J2EE specification including Java Management Extensions (JMX), as well as the Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS). The addition of JMX is hugely beneficial, as it is central to how Sun will require vendors to manage application servers in the future.
For the enterprise, many open source solutions even offer clustering, session-level fail-over, management consoles, and connection pooling, providing the manageability, load balancing, and fault tolerance needed for high-volume Web applications. Should your organization find a need for a capability not currently offered, open source gives you the freedom to develop it yourself rather than potentially waiting forever for a vendor to respond.
As with any product offering, one should carefully weigh the pros and cons of an open source application server before passing judgment. But enterprise-class capabilities and the inherent benefits of open source development provide many reasons beyond cost-savings to give solutions such as Enhydra and JBoss/Server a close look.