Musings on the world of software from the sharp end of the long tail
Posted in Enterprise, Red Hat, Technology, Web, java on Jun 10th, 2010
I’ll be speaking at JBoss World / Red Hat Summit again this year. I’m part of 3 sessions focussed on JBoss : JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Roadmap, Wednesday 2pm I’ll be sharing our 3-year roadmap and will touch on Java EE 6, HornetQ, Infinispan, support next-Gen (aka Cloud) infrastructure. I’ll also go through some of [...]
Posted in Red Hat on Apr 8th, 2010
The JBoss team is expanding again – we’re looking to fill four PM / PMM roles – strong preference for location is Greater Boston (Westford, MA) : Product Manager – Application Platforms Product Marketing Manager – Middleware Solutions Marketing Manager – Middleware Technical Marketing Manager – Middleware Submit your resume online via the above links [...]
Posted in Enterprise, Red Hat, java, open source on Feb 24th, 2010
Apparently it was Apache Web Server’s 15th birthday yesterday – congratulations to anyone who’s ever been involved in the project. I doubt any would have thought that 15 years on, Apache would have become the dominant Web Server on the Web and the foundation of one of the most successful and recognized Open Source forges. [...]
I guess there’s a chance that we’ll know more tomorrow but regarding the future of Java under Oracle’s control – I’m still neutral to optimistic and sticking to what I said 6 months ago : DZone: With Oracle’s acquisition of Sun, are you concerned at all about some of the potential changes that will come [...]
Yesterday we started a series of Web Casts covering JBoss Application Platforms (Recording, Slides). We didn’t manage to cover all the questions in the Q&A so as promised here they are : Q: When using your Apache & Tomcat bundled software, do you provide any additional security patches above and beyond what the Apache & [...]
There are only 9 days left to submit your talks for JBoss World 2010, in case you need them, here are some good reasons : It’s in Boston, In June. It’s a great city and the snow and ice will probably be mostly gone by June. You get a free conference pass, good for all [...]
On the eve of the last day of the penultimate year of the first decade of the third millennium and continuing a tradition I started in 2005, here’s a quick summary of 2009 – ignoring everything between the peaks and troughs. Best Moment Aside from every 3 months when Red Hat announces another knockout quarter [...]
Posted in Enterprise, Red Hat, Technology, java, open source on Dec 1st, 2009
Zallinger’s “March of Progress” from wikipedia. I’ve been part of the Java ecosystem for long enough to see and be part of every Java EE / J2EE release to date. I still have a Forte SynerJ box-set somewhere – we claimed it as the first fully integrated J2EE 1.2 App Server and IDE – that [...]
Posted in Red Hat on Nov 17th, 2009
Red Hat Summit :: JBoss World :: Boston :: June 22-25, 2010 I think I’ve just about recovered from the last JBoss World. Chicago is a fun place and I’m glad I finally got to spend some time there; next year it’s in one of my favorite cities – Boston. From the email : A [...]
Posted in Business, Enterprise, Red Hat, java on Nov 9th, 2009
Another nice score card from Gartner puts JBoss Enterprise App. Platform in the leader’s quadrant of the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Application Servers. That’s the fourth year in a row, in case you were wondering. Unscientific as it is – comparing with last year I’d say the leaders are widening the gap (cumulative advantage [...]