Application Grid http://blogs.oracle.com/applicationgrid/ This blog covers the concepts, architecture, practices, technologies, and products related to application grid. en Copyright 2009 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:13:34 -0800 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Oracle WebLogic Server 11g R1 (v 10.3.2) now available The new version 10.3.2 release of WebLogic Server 11g Release 1 includes a Technical Preview of WebLogic SCA. In WebLogic SCA, you can write Java applications using Plain Old Java Objects (POJOs) and expose components as SCA references and services, using SCA semantics configured in a Spring application context.

WebLogic SCA applications run seamlessly in WebLogic Server (via the WebLogic SCA Runtime) and can be used as components in Oracle SOA composites.

Download today.

]]> http://blogs.oracle.com/applicationgrid/2009/11/oracle_weblogic_server_11g_r1.html http://blogs.oracle.com/applicationgrid/2009/11/oracle_weblogic_server_11g_r1.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:13:34 -0800 Up to 2.5x faster enterprise Web queries with Sun Systems for Oracle Coherence Scale enterprise Web applications for peak performance, reduced risk, and long-term savings with Sun Systems for Oracle Coherence - the ideal platform for Enterprise Web applications. This solution converges compute, next generation storage, and networking technologies to enable continuous data availability, transactional integrity and throughput with Oracle Coherence.
With Sun Systems for Oracle Coherence, mission-critical web applications:

  1. Achieve up to 2.5x faster enterprise Web queries and transactions per second by adding Sun Systems for Oracle Coherence

  2. Use up to 50% less real estate and electricity costs

  3. Speed deployment time by up to 200 hours using Sun's proven and tested BluePrint to deploy Oracle Coherence

Want to learn more? Come to this webinar: Scaling Enterprise Web Beyond Boundaries: Sun Systems for Oracle Coherence on November 12th.

For more information go to http://www.sun.com/oraclecoherence.

]]> http://blogs.oracle.com/applicationgrid/2009/11/up_to_25x_faster_enterprise_we.html http://blogs.oracle.com/applicationgrid/2009/11/up_to_25x_faster_enterprise_we.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:21:12 -0800 Oracle Fusion Middleware SVP Hasan Rizvi Focuses on Oracle Tuxedo as the number one Application Server for C/C++ Applications Oracle Fusion Middleware SVP Hasan Rizvi discusses Oracle Tuxedo as a modern application server for C/C++/Cobol applications. With its industrial strength and extreme high performance, it is typically used for mission-critical applications and is able to support sub-second response times, hundreds of thousands of distributed transactions per second, and provides five nines availability and reliability. Hasan emphasizes the fact that Tuxedo is a strategic offering within Oracle's application grid portfolio. It's the market-leading platform for re-hosting mainframe applications. With an extremely loyal customer base and very high focus and investment within Oracle, Hasan suggests that Tuxedo is poised to improve further -- in its capabilities and market leadership.

Watch the video and listen to the webcast.

]]> http://blogs.oracle.com/applicationgrid/2009/11/oracle_fusion_middleware_svp_h.html http://blogs.oracle.com/applicationgrid/2009/11/oracle_fusion_middleware_svp_h.html C/C++ application grid application server mainframe rehosting modernization transaction processing tuxedo Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:18:58 -0800 Dont want to go to the bank everytime you go to the store? Check out Coherence*Web Oracle Fusion Middleware VP Cameron Purdy discusses how Coherence*Web, Oracle Coherence's HTTP session management module, works to provide greater scalability, availability, and performance for web applications. Watch the videocast.
Cameron also highlights a key oracle program that customers can use to get a free half day assessment of their web sites with Oracle experts.

]]> http://blogs.oracle.com/applicationgrid/2009/11/dont_want_to_go_to_the_bank_ev.html http://blogs.oracle.com/applicationgrid/2009/11/dont_want_to_go_to_the_bank_ev.html Application Grid Basics Coherence application grid distributed caching in memory data grid Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:30:42 -0800 Oracle SVP Richard Sarwal on Cloud Computing In a recent interview with Cloud Computing Journal, senior vice president of development for Oracle Enterprise Manager Richard Sarwal highlights Oracle’s fundamental objectives of making cloud computing enterprise grade and supporting both public and private cloud. Richard describes the role of middleware in cloud computing, detailing how application grid’s automation and dynamic capacity adjustment are primary enablers of cloud architectures. See Richard’s keynote at the Cloud Computing Expo tomorrow!

]]> http://blogs.oracle.com/applicationgrid/2009/11/oracle_svp_richard_sarwal_on_c.html http://blogs.oracle.com/applicationgrid/2009/11/oracle_svp_richard_sarwal_on_c.html Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:52:13 -0800 Mike Lehmann on WebLogic Server and Java EE Great OpenWorld discussion with Mike Lehmann, head of product management for WebLogic Server at Oracle.

]]> http://blogs.oracle.com/applicationgrid/2009/10/mike_lehmann_on_weblogic_serve.html http://blogs.oracle.com/applicationgrid/2009/10/mike_lehmann_on_weblogic_serve.html Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:45:21 -0800 New WebLogic Server Book! Check out

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]]> http://blogs.oracle.com/applicationgrid/2009/10/new_weblogic_server_book.html http://blogs.oracle.com/applicationgrid/2009/10/new_weblogic_server_book.html Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:40:48 -0800 Oracle Coherence -- How much memory do you really need? Useful blog regarding sizing up physical memory when you design applications using in memory data grids, such as Oracle Coherence. The discussion also focuses on findings about how Oracle Coherence uses memory.

Also read a related discussion on Oracle Coherence using POF, without a single line of code.

]]> http://blogs.oracle.com/applicationgrid/2009/10/oracle_coherence_--_how_much_m.html http://blogs.oracle.com/applicationgrid/2009/10/oracle_coherence_--_how_much_m.html application grid coherence data management distributed caching in-memory data grid Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:13:42 -0800 Application Grid and Cloud Computing - Cloud Computing Journal Interview Richard Sarwal, SVP Product Development for Oracle Enterprise Manager is interviewed by Jeremy Geelan of Sys-Con Media's Cloud Computing Journal and talks Application Grid right at the get go.

"Richard Sarwal: Oracle pioneered Grid Computing more than five years ago with RAC, ASM and Enterprise Manager Grid Control. We continue to enhance and refine those products, and they are still differentiated in the market today. Over the last few years, we've greatly expanded our grid offerings with Application Grid in the middleware layer (WebLogic, Coherence, Tuxedo and JRockit), Oracle VM for server virtualization, and Exadata smart storage server. So today, we've got the full stack of grid products from storage and infrastructure up through databases and middleware, all managed in an integrated fashion by Oracle Enterprise Manager.

Grid Computing combines server virtualization and clustering across the stack to provide the dynamic, shared infrastructure that forms the basis of Cloud Computing. Cloud Computing shares many of the characteristics and technology requirements Grid Computing. Oracle's emphasis on Grid Computing capabilities such as dynamic resource provisioning, dynamic resource scheduling and highly automated management of clusters and virtual machines map directly to the requirements of Cloud Computing. Oracle's highly automated management of server clustering (RAC and WebLogic) and server virtualization provides the elastic scalability and fault tolerance required for enterprise class clouds. Policy-based automation enables management of virtualized resources, and metering resource consumption enables pay-per-use billing and chargeback. So our Grid Computing products provide the key building blocks for Cloud Computing."

Read entire interview.

]]> http://blogs.oracle.com/applicationgrid/2009/10/application_grid_and_cloud_com.html http://blogs.oracle.com/applicationgrid/2009/10/application_grid_and_cloud_com.html Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:27:46 -0800 Just Enough App Server Back at BEAWorld in 2006, BEA introduced the concept of “microServices Architecture”, which involved modularizing the internals of WebLogic Server and taking advantage of the OSGi standard. The WebLogic Server team has continued to make great progress in modularization ever since then, bringing significant benefit to installation, startup, and component updates. In short, by installing only what you need, you minimize resource footprint and startup time while enabling incremental updates that are fast and reliable. This is important for any use of an application server, but it is particularly beneficial in an application grid environment because it means that the grid’s dynamic adjustment of an application’s capacity can happen in even more finely-grained increments (if your app doesn’t use JMS, your grid is not wasting the cycles and footprint of installing and starting it when adding a node to a cluster, for example). Gavin Clarke over at The Register has some comments in a write-up on this based on a recent OpenWorld session.

]]> http://blogs.oracle.com/applicationgrid/2009/10/just_enough_app_server.html http://blogs.oracle.com/applicationgrid/2009/10/just_enough_app_server.html Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:10:37 -0800 Updated Gartner MQ: Enterprise Application Servers (EAS) Gartner takes a look at the current application server landscape and places Oracle in the "Leaders" quadrant. Read how Oracle WebLogic Suite compares to the rest of the field.

]]> http://blogs.oracle.com/applicationgrid/2009/10/updated_gartner_mq_enterprise.html http://blogs.oracle.com/applicationgrid/2009/10/updated_gartner_mq_enterprise.html Application Grid Gartner MQ WebLogic WebLogic Server WebLogic Suite Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:51:38 -0800 OFM application grid experts provide FREE half day assessment of web applications Oracle application grid experts are offering a FREE half day assessment program for customers web applications, challenged by proliferating hardware or in need of performance improvements. The assessment offers a proposal backed by ROI analysis. The full report will include a hardware footprint reduction plan, an SLA metrics improvement plan, and specific insights into improving business agility. Visit us for more information.

]]> http://blogs.oracle.com/applicationgrid/2009/10/ofm_application_grid_experts_p.html http://blogs.oracle.com/applicationgrid/2009/10/ofm_application_grid_experts_p.html SLA improvement application grid application server appserver coherence efficiency improvment hardware reduction web applications weblogic Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:11:00 -0800 HP Modernization at Oracle OpenWorld HP is offering a rich program at Oracle OpenWorld this year that includes 'Modernization Transformation Experience' workshops, a case study on 'Modernizing Applications for Italy's Ministry of Education', modernization "chalk talk" at the Intel booth, HP booth focusing on the 'World of Modernization' and a client appreciation event.
Attendance is limited and registrations are accepted on a first come, first served basis. Please confirm attendance.

]]> http://blogs.oracle.com/applicationgrid/2009/09/hp_modernization_at_oracle_ope.html http://blogs.oracle.com/applicationgrid/2009/09/hp_modernization_at_oracle_ope.html HP application grid mainframe rehosting modernization transaction processing tuxedo Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:51:59 -0800 WebLogic Server SmartUpgrade
]]> http://blogs.oracle.com/applicationgrid/2009/09/weblogic_server_smartupgrade.html http://blogs.oracle.com/applicationgrid/2009/09/weblogic_server_smartupgrade.html Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:39:00 -0800 Article: Using WebLogic Diagnostics Framework to Enable Performance Prediction for Java EE Applications "Throughout the system life cycle, the ability to predict a software system's performance under different configurations and workloads is highly valuable to ensure that the system meets its performance requirements."

Read more on how the WebLogic Diagnostic Framework (WLDF), included with Oracle WebLogic Server, can help.

]]> http://blogs.oracle.com/applicationgrid/2009/09/article_using_weblogic_diagnos.html http://blogs.oracle.com/applicationgrid/2009/09/article_using_weblogic_diagnos.html Diagnostics Diagnostics Framework WLDF WebLogic WebLogic Server Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:50:11 -0800