Using CDI and Dependency Injection for Java in a JSF 2.0 Application

This Tech Tip illustrates the use of three powerful technologies in the Java EE 6 platform: Contexts and Dependency Injection, Dependency Injection For Java, and JavaServer Faces 2.0.

Posted at 12:29PM Nov 06, 2009 by CW, managing editor in Enterprise Java  |  Comments[2]

The GlassFish Advantage for Small Businesses

This paper summarizes the benefits of GlassFish for small businesses with an overview of the product's core features and a look at the experiences of three young companies: Webzzle, TravelMuse, and Clarity Accounting. (Login or registration required.)

Posted at 12:27PM Nov 06, 2009 by CW, managing editor in Enterprise Java  |  Comments[0]

Vote Until Nov. 2 for JCP Executive Committee Members

It's time to vote for new Executive Committee (EC) members for both Standard Edition/Enterprise Edition and Micro Edition.

Learn more on the JCP blog and the JCP elections page.

Posted at 05:39PM Oct 28, 2009 by GD in Core Java  |  Comments[0]

Open-Source Starter Kit: Federating to Salesforce CRM With OpenSSO

This article explains how to simultaneously control access to in-house applications and those hosted by the SaaS provider Salesforce by using OpenSSO. (Login or registration required.)

Posted at 12:51PM Oct 19, 2009 by CW, managing editor in Enterprise Java  |  Comments[0]

Getting Started in the Cloud with the Sun GlassFish Portfolio

This paper describes how to take advantage of the Sun Glassfish Portfolio in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) public cloud environment using Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server. (Login or registration required.)

Posted at 04:38PM Oct 16, 2009 by CW, managing editor in Enterprise Java  |  Comments[0]

Guide to Sun Java Communications Suite Messaging and Collaboration Platform

Register to download this free guide to Sun's communications platform. Read about enhanced email indexing and search; interoperability with Mac's iCal, Mozilla's Thunderbird/Lightning calendars, and Microsoft Outlook; and native calendar synchronization with mobile devices that support CalDAV, such as Apple's iPhone.

Posted at 08:00AM Oct 13, 2009 by CM and KP in BigAdmin  |  Comments[0]

Deploying Sun GlassFish Web Space Server 10.0 For High Availability and Scalability

This document provides a brief technical overview, as well as the steps to install and configure Sun GlassFish Web Space Server for simplifying the development of web content and collaboration. (Login or registration required.)

Posted at 08:00AM Oct 05, 2009 by CM and KP in BigAdmin  | 

Designing Storage Solutions With High Availability for Sun Java System Messaging Server

This white paper describes a proof-of-concept large messaging server implementation based on Sun servers with CoolThreads technology running the Sun Java System Messaging Server, the Solaris Operating System, ZFS, and Sun storage arrays. (Log in, please.)

Posted at 08:00AM Oct 02, 2009 by CM and KP in BigAdmin  | 

Deploying Sun GlassFish Web Space Server 10.0 For High Availability and Scalability

This document provides a brief technical overview, as well as the steps to install and configure Sun GlassFish Web Space Server for simplifying the development of web content and collaboration. (Login or registration required.)

Posted at 06:28PM Sep 28, 2009 by CW, managing editor in Enterprise Java  | 

Enabling Web Service Security With OpenSSO WSS Agent

In this article, learn how to write a web service with JAX-WS, secure it with OpenSSO WSS Agent, and deploy it on Tomcat, JBoss, WebLogic, GlassFish, and WebSphere.

Posted at 06:26PM Sep 28, 2009 by CW, managing editor in Enterprise Java  | 

Community Equity: Facebook for Enterprise

Hal Stern, VP for Global Systems Engineering at Sun Microsystems, talks with Peter Reiser of Community Equity 2.0, a Java technology-based social value system that measures and evaluates online social capital, or equity, on Innovating@Sun.

Posted at 12:46PM Sep 23, 2009 by GD in Enterprise Java  | 

Locking and Concurrency in Java Persistence 2.0

This Tech Tip highlights the new locking and concurrency features in JPA 2.0 and provides an application that demonstrates these capabilities.

Posted at 08:51AM Sep 23, 2009 by CW, managing editor in Enterprise Java  | 

Case Study: Web Application Tuning on Chip Multithreading Platforms

This article offers an example of tuning web applications to prevent performance bottlenecks on chip multithreading (CMT) platforms. A Sun engineer describes a scenario using Java virtual machine (JVM) tuning and jstack at a leading Web 2.0 independent software vendor (ISV).

Posted at 08:19AM Sep 23, 2009 by CM and KP in BigAdmin  | 

Enabling IP/Resource/Environment Based Authentication With OpenSSO

In this three-part article series, detailed use cases show how OpenSSO server and policy agents can improve a user's experience with access control.

Posted at 02:44PM Sep 18, 2009 by CW, managing editor in Enterprise Java  | 

Java EE 5 Tools Bundle Update 7 Refreshed

The Java EE 5 Tools Bundle has been updated with NetBeans IDE 6.7.1 and NetBeans Portal Pack 3.0.2. Download now.

Posted at 03:36PM Sep 17, 2009 by CW, managing editor in Enterprise Java  |