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Application Server Standards for ITSS. Bruce Vincent, ITSS Technology Strategist. Application Server Standard. The best fit for Stanford University is... IBM WebSphere APRIL FOOLS!!!. Application Server Characteristics.
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Application Server Standards for ITSS Bruce Vincent, ITSS Technology Strategist Application Server Standards
Application Server Standard The best fit for Stanford University is... IBM WebSphere APRIL FOOLS!!! Application Server Standards
Application Server Characteristics • Application Servers are a class of server platforms that allow remote invocations of program execution. • Stanford University web (multi-tiered) applications will continue to be based on J2EE specification. Application Server Standards
Product Manufacturer OAS Oracle JRun Macromedia Tomcat Apache.org JBoss JBoss.org WebLogic BEA J2EE App Servers in ITSS Application Server Standards
Motivations to Standardize • Reduction in support complexity • Reduction in support costs • Increased control of design and security • Increased depth of understanding • Code portability Application Server Standards
Keep It Simple... • Stick to the Java Servlet API, JSP’s, and JDBC • Write Portable Code • Use of EJB Technology Restricted Application Server Standards
Product Selection • Tomcat for Servlet and JSP [reference implementation of these standards] • WebLogic for EJB [recommendation is for projects requiring Beans to add on-going support costs] • Other application servers only used when systems require and at cost to project for support. Application Server Standards
Support Model Implications • ITSS to Maintain Standard Build(s) • Use of OSS Contributor and User Communities • Consider Support Vendors Application Server Standards