GFOS software integrates your company data with GlassFish

No, GFOS does not stand for GlassFish Open Source :) Rather, GFOS is an ISV out of Germany developing software for time administration of personnel, input planning, access control, business data assembling, and production management, all with visual tools.

GFOS chose to develop the next generation of their X/TIME software family using standard Java EE 5 and came quite naturally to GlassFish. This should enable GFOS to do even better than the current thousands of deployments, 1000 customers, 11 languages, and 18 countries.

Make sure you read the detailed questionnaire. You'll find out that the top GlassFish features for GFOS are the admin console, tool integration, and stability. You'll also read about which open source frameworks were used in their development process, the variety of supported platforms, and more.

Posted at 12:01PM Aug 31, 2008 by Alexis Moussine-Pouchkine in ISV  |  Comments[0]

Wotif.com, a strong OpenMQ reference

Australia's Wotif.com is a successful business that has grown quite a bit in the past year and a half, becoming the number one hotel website in both Australia and New Zealand. Each month, Wotif.com attracts over 3.2 million visitors and processes more than 200,000 bookings for 11,000 hotel partners around the world as explained in this detailed story.

Beyond Wotif.com's extensive use of GlassFish, this story also mentions who they migrated from Apache Active MQ 3 to Open Message Queue 4.0. Architect Greg Luck calls "Open Message Queue to be faster than Active MQ and rock solid in production”. You'll find more details on this slide deck and this set of videos.

Posted at 05:00AM Aug 22, 2008 by Alexis Moussine-Pouchkine in eCommerce  |  Comments[0]

Selmet software with GlassFish - Croatia has more than beautiful beaches and a great football team

This time GlassFish is put to work in a Warehouse Management System in Croatia. Selmet operates in an industrial environment offering operators with ruggedized handheld devices communicating with GlassFish-powered Web Services. The most common use of this software is for inventory and article checking.

One interesting side to this GlassFish ISV Partner story is how a mostly Microsoft-minded company benchmarked Micrososft's IIS (the WCF stack) against Metro (GlassFish's Web Services stack) to finally deploy GlassFish on Ubuntu. Selmet used NetBeans as the development tools and PostgreSQL as their database.

Find out more about this story by reading the Full Questionnaire for GlassFish adoption by Selmet and the associated case-study.

Posted at 06:00PM Aug 19, 2008 by Alexis Moussine-Pouchkine in Industrial  |  Comments[0]

GlassFish powering Gieman IT Solutions and their customers

Gieman IT Solutions specialises in developing applications for the internet and is based in Geelong, Australia. Gieman are committed to using the latest technology and web standards to create sophisticated and functional web applications that enhance and complement your business, such as JSF and JPA technologies, you can read Gerald Gierer's response here.

Gerald started to learn more about GlassFish when the looked to replace their existing Application Server, Orion ( "our situation was very similar to the Wotif guys"). One of the reasons they chose GlassFish was, as Gerald Gierer puts it, "The application server had to be well supported and well documented. It also had to have a great track record and be up to date in terms of the latest Java EE specifications.... The server also had to be high quality, free for development purposes and (preferably) be open source" and "... I also wanted an administration console that actually *worked* without the need for hacking xml and restarting the server for simple tasks".

To read through all of Gieman IT Solutions' reasons why they chose GlassFish, see their full questionnaire here. Here's how Gieman IT Solutions summarizes their reasons for using GlassFish, Gerald Gierer writes, "We are very happy with GlassFish - keep up the good work!" and "GlassFish was the only server that fitted all the criteria." (their evaluation criteria).

Make sure you visit and read :
- the Full Questionnaire for GlassFish adoption by Gieman IT Solutions
- the Gieman IT Solutions website

Posted at 09:47PM Jun 22, 2008 by Chris Fleischmann in eCommerce  |  Comments[1]

SNCF, another customer getting on the GlassFish train

Yet another "Travel" story for GlassFish. This time, it's the French railways company, SNCF. Their GlassFish-powered monitoring application produces alerts, a real-time graphical representation of key system variables as well as PDF reports.

If you've ever traveled to France you know about SNCF, the railways company and its high speed train the TGV. The company is now using GlassFish in production to monitor the complete (and somewhat complex) system, from the web to the IBM mainframe, including their links to partners such as Amadeus, Sabre, and Galileo or other European railways systems.

From a technical point of view, SNCF uses JMS (OpenMQ), JSF, JavaDB/Derby with connection pooling, security realms, and Hibernate's JPA implementation. JasperReports is used for PDF generation while quicktime and JavaSwf is used for Flash content. The administration console and full Java EE 5 compliance are clearly stated by Franck Leprêtre, Software Architect at SNCF, as key GlassFish features.

Make sure you read the full questionnaire to learn how and when they first found out about GlassFish, how this Java EE 5 product helped them improve their code, among other tidbits.

Posted at 11:18PM May 27, 2008 by Alexis Moussine-Pouchkine in Travel  |  Comments[0]

GlassFish helping TravelMuse help you get a better online travel experience

There's still plenty of room for improvement in the online travel planning and that's what TravelMuse is here to provide. More than comprehensive travel guides, engaging original content, the TravelMuse Planner has some unique features such as the ability to securely share travel plans with friends and families.

TravelMuse is a supported GlassFish customer. Their production systems run on hosted Solaris 10 containers, use a large set of Java EE 5 technologies (EJB, JSF, JPA, JMS) but also Alfresco for content management and jMaki for its web Ajax widgets. This is yet another MySQL user. This Web 2.0 site relies on communities for both its users (to share their experiences) and its underlying technologies (GlassFish, Apache, MySQL).

Make sure to check out:

• The TravelMuse full questionnaire on their GlassFish adoption.
• The TravelMuse website - currently in Almost Beta and launching in early June.

Posted at 01:50PM May 17, 2008 by Alexis Moussine-Pouchkine in Travel  |  Comments[2]

iTAC Software MES, 3 million calls a day

Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) are probably as critical as the web site of an Internet company. iTAC Software explains here how, only 6 months after they found out about the technology, they are using GlassFish as the underpinnings of their iTAC.MES.Suite product to provide direct connection between shop floor devices in manufacturing plants.

iTAC Software operates in industries such as automotive, electronics and medical devices and their software uses a large set of Java EE features such as EJBs, rich IIOP clients, and the Java Connector Architecture to serve up to 3 million hits a day on larger installations. It also includes a reasonable set of Open Source technologies from unit and UI testing to distributed caching such as EHCache.

Make sure you read the full questionnaire, including Volker Burch's take on why Open Source is an obvious choice for an ISV like iTAC Software.

Posted at 10:19AM Apr 25, 2008 by Alexis Moussine-Pouchkine in Industrial  |  Comments[0]

GlassFish v2 and JRuby powering WorldxChange Communications NZ's online billing system

WorldxChange Communications NZ have just won the NZ Telecommunications Carrier of the Year 2007. While looking at their competitors they decided to refocus their efforts towards an online system to actively view their call records and past history information for our customers verses making sure they grow their customer base, see Grant McLaren's comments from WorldxChange Communications NZ here.

The project started out as a Proof Of Concept, 8 weeks later, it went live, see ViewBill Portal Link. The ViewBill Portal Link project is based on JRuby, GlassFish v2 and NetBeans 6.1. One of the reasons they chose NetBeans, GlassFish and JRuby was, as Grant McLaren puts it, "I came across Glassfish. From my perspective, the main advantage was that I could deploy my JRuby project war file directly to GlassFish, allowing me to develop and test our online ViewBill portal using a production grade, scalable web server." Since then, WorldxChange Communications NZ have since started using GlassFish v3 with the JRuby gem for testing of new code features before going in to production.

To read through all of WorldxChange Communications NZ's reasons why they chose GlassFish and Jruby, see their full questionnaire here. Here's how WorldxChange Communications NZ summarizes their reasons for using GlassFish and JRuby; Grant McLaren writes, "I do not believe that I could have developed this project any faster using different toolsets or technologies and have been massively impressed with the combination of Glassfish and JRuby." and "I like the fact that it is a production grade web server that is reliable, scalable and packed full of features. As we traditionally use Apache web servers, Glassfish fulfilled the requirements of this project and it was easily incorporated into our existing network. Not too mention being backed by the reputable company Sun, it made Glassfish the perfect choice."

Make sure you visit and read :
- the Full Questionnaire for GlassFish adoption by WorldxChange Communications NZ
- the WorldxChange Communications NZ website

Posted at 07:00AM Apr 21, 2008 by Chris Fleischmann in Telecommunications  |  Comments[1]

Net Entertainment Saves 300,000 Kron a Year with GlassFish

Net Entertainment is market leader in browser based gaming software headquartered in Stockholm. The company recently selected GlassFish v2 after considering competidors from JBoss, IBM or BEA.

We don't have our traditional questionnaire yet, but NetEnt's adoption was highlighted in Computer Sweden, the leading Swedish IT magazine. The article quotes NetEnt's Chief Architect saying they are "Saving 300,000 kronor a year with GF"!

Posted at 11:00PM Apr 17, 2008 by Eduardo Pelegri-Llopart in eCommerce  |  Comments[0]

GlassFish flies for FAA's NASE

The Federal Aviation Administration's NASE department is chartered with developing software to support Radar Systems, Navigation and Landing System, Weather Processors and Sensors amongst others and GlassFish is now used in production in this department.

NASE runs their applications on Solaris on Sun hardware, uses JSF quite extensively (including the WoodStock set of components) along with JPA and Web Services. Hobi Haque clearly states the Web console (admin GUI) as what got them hooked on GlassFish. It's also interesting to note how this adoption of GlassFish came through the use of NetBeans 6 which provides together with GlassFish v2 a very integrated and productive environment to develop Java EE applications. As Hobi puts it - "Setting up JDBC resources, Web Services, and HTTP Services are smooth as a glassfish".

Make sure you read the full questionnaire for this adoption story by the FAA's NASE department.

Posted at 02:40PM Apr 16, 2008 by Alexis Moussine-Pouchkine in Government  |  Comments[0]

Reino develops a Web Based Application for Parking Management with GlassFish

Reino International, a division of Saltbush Parking Services, is the largest paid parking equipment and service provider in Australasia and the USA. Established in 1993, Reino International is an Australian owned and operated company with offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, California, Milwaukee, Arkansas as well as being represented throughout Asia and Europe by a distributor network. Reino designs and manufactures parking meters, enforcement technologies and the management systems used to manage and enforce on-street and off-street parking for cities.

Reino decided to use GlassFish as their web based reporting application was based on Java EE 5 based technologies - JSF, JAX-WS and JPA - and the only complete application server which was capable of supporting these technologies at the time was GlassFish. Reino's application has now been in production over 18+ months.

To read through all of Reino's reasons why they chose GlassFish v2, see their full questionnaire here. Here's how Reino summarizes their reasons for using GlassFish; Noel O'Connor writes, "The admin console is very powerful and it is constantly improving. The web service test feature is exceptionally useful." and "We are very impressed with the amount of time and effort Sun has put into GlassFish and the progress that has been made."

Make sure you visit and read :
- the Full Questionnaire for GlassFish adoption by Reino International
- the Reino International website

Posted at 11:49PM Apr 08, 2008 by Chris Fleischmann in Law Enforcement  |  Comments[0]

Fraunhofer Gesellschaft: Ten Hospitals Groups initiates a project, Electronic Case Record

Ten hospital groups across Germany initiated a project to create a reference implementation for recording users of their Health System - an e-Health initiative for Electronic Case Management. The project aims to enhance the communication of electronic case records by specifying a standard for each hospital to follow and GlassFish is a key part of this project.

The reference implementation heavily relies on Web Services for interoperability between the chosen hospitals. The reason for choosing GlassFish over other open source frameworks (for example JBOSS and AXIS2) was for its WSIT support and its promoted Microsoft Interoperability with Microsoft's .Net version 3 WCF technology. If you would like to know more information about WSIT, see the Project Tango Overview.

To read through all of Fraunhofer Gesellschaft's reasons why they chose GlassFish v2, see their full questionnaire here. Here's how Fraunhofer Gesellschaft summarizes their reasons for using GlassFish; Oliver Boehm writes, "The wide development community and the platform independence are the likable benefits".

Make sure you visit and read :
- the Full Questionnaire for GlassFish adoption by Fraunhofer Gesellschaft
- the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft website

Posted at 03:57PM Mar 17, 2008 by Chris Fleischmann in Health  |  Comments[0]

Tune in and listen to the GlassFish @ RTL story

RTL is the #1 radio in France and millions of people wake up listening to the morning show every day. RTL now uses GlassFish for internal and external applications. The public website is at www.rtl.fr and it is conceived as an online continuation of the radio shows providing audio, news, and interaction between listeners and the radio show hosts.

The full questionnaire for this real-world deployment story has further details on the software architecture which includes a nice set of open source frameworks. Here's how RTL summarizes the values of GlassFish : "Simplicity, clustering built-in supervised with the console, really multiplatform, open source, supported by Sun.".

Make sure you visit and read
- the Full Questionnaire for GlassFish adoption by RTL
- the RTL website

Posted at 12:30PM Feb 22, 2008 by Alexis Moussine-Pouchkine in Media  |  Comments[0]

Carrefour, GlassFish, Web Services and Microsoft Identity

Carrefour Belgium is now relying on GlassFish to serve as a bridge between an SAP backend system and the company's account synchronization solution. The architecture uses GlassFish's Metro to expose a BAPI (SAP's most used API) as a Web Service. As of this writing, the architecture in production relies on the latest and greatest 9.1 ur1 release which integrates Metro 1.1. NetBeans was used as the IDE to develop the entire code in a record time.

Carrefour Belgium is on track to make more use of the Sun software platform, specifically with the Java CAPS Sun SOA offering which is built on the GlassFish platform.

Make sure you read the full GlassFish questionnaire answered by Julien-Pierre Rousseau of Carrefour Belgium and understand why he calls GlassFish "Easy to use. Offers a short time-to-market, which is good for the business."

Added - Also see the formal Customer Reference Story for Carrefour Belgium, describing their use of Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server and Sun Java Composite Application Platform Suite.

Posted at 09:45AM Feb 19, 2008 by Alexis Moussine-Pouchkine in Retail  |  Comments[0]

Another customer banking on GlassFish - Banque Degroof Luxembourg

GlassFish is used by a small but fast-paced team of developers from Banque Degroof Luxembourg. Their portfolio management application has been in production for a few months now and they've already experienced the value of being a supported customer to work around a critical bug (fixed in GlassFish v2ur1/SJS Application Server 9.1ur1).

The administration tools seems like the key argument that helped this customer make the GlassFish choice. They are using a Sybase database and also Java CAPS, Sun's SOA offering largely based on Java EE and GlassFish.

As developer Olivier Gerouville puts it: "It is good to work with products that have strong on-line communities, it does make our work easier". You can read the full GlassFish Adoption Questionnaire for more details.

Posted at 12:16AM Dec 19, 2007 by Alexis Moussine-Pouchkine in Banking  |  Comments[0]