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Recent Posts From The Aquarium

Mon, 12 May 2008 14:30:44 -0700
SocialSite Screencast

Check out this short Screencast for an overview of Project SocialSite , the new GlassFish project that we announced last week .

The project decouples the Java-based server side and the client, and, through the OpenSocial API, enables the addition of Social Gadgets to your web site or application.

Thanks to Jamey and Dave for the tip.

Sun, 11 May 2008 23:00:00 -0700
Pentaho Supports GlassFish

Catching up with news from before JavaOne: Pentaho Announced support for GlassFish v2 for Pentaho BI Platform .

Note that Pentaho is one of the more than 40 initial companies listed in the new Sun Partner Program for GlassFish.

Sun, 11 May 2008 02:00:00 -0700
New NetBeans, GlassFish and MySQL Bundle

The NetBeans team released a new NB + MySQL + GF bundle ( download ) a couple of weeks ago but I didn ' t time to write about it. The bundle includes:

• NetBeans 6.1
• GlassFish v2 UR2
• MySQL Community Server

See reviews and comments from James - a frequent NetBeans blogger - and Colin - a frequent MySQL blogger -

Recent Posts From The Stories

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:19:59 -0700
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.

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 07:00:00 -0700
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 traditionall y 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

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 23:00:00 -0700
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 " !