The Sun GlassFish Portfolio provides the foundation to develop and deploy Web and enterprise applications and is a cost-effective way to acquire, manage, and maintain critical aspects of a Web platform. Some recently published white papers on GlassFish may be of interest. All white papers are free but registration is required.

The GlassFish Advantage for Small Businesses

By combining enterprise-class capabilities with open source cost efficiency, the GlassFish application server is capable of meeting both the functional and financial needs of dynamic, fast-growing organizations. This paper summarizes the advantages of GlassFish for small businesses with an overview of the product's core features and a closer look at the experiences of three young companies: Webzzle, TravelMuse, and ClarityAccounting.

Comparing GlassFish and JBoss: Which Application Server is Right for You?

The choice of an application server depends on many variables—from price, performance, features, and ease of use to the quality of documentation and support. No single offering can claim to be the optimal choice for every project or every development team. However, the majority of developers building Java applications will find that the GlassFish application server offers distinct advantages compared with JBoss. This paper summarizes the features and capabilities of GlassFish.

A Guide to Cost Savings with the Sun GlassFish Portfolio

Today's IT managers strive to deliver dynamic applications and interactive workflows to growing numbers of users with greater efficiency and at lower cost. This white paper describes the Sun GlassFish Portfolio - an open platform for rapidly deploying Web applications throughout the enterprise - and explains how its use can help organizations to create cost-effective services solutions.

Deploying Sun GlassFish Web Space Server 10.0 For High Availability and Scalability

The Sun GlassFish Web Space Server allows users to create their own Web spaces and define the access and functionality within their enterprise and social networks. GlassFish Web Space Server offers comprehensive functionality, with built-in content and document management, human workflow development tools, enterprise identity integration, and social networking features. System administrators and application developers can now deploy a platform that allows for rapid rollout of next generation Web capabilities for their users. This document provides a brief technical overview, as well as the steps to install and configure.

Strategies for Leveraging Leading Application Server Technologies Alongside Open Source

Open source has many advantages, but integrating the software into a complete enterprise solution is a significant challenge. At the same time, unsupported software applications are not an acceptable solution for a number of organizations. This white paper describes how Sun's GlassFish Portfolio lets an organization implement a dual server strategy and also describes the best practices for implementing such a strategy.

Getting Started in the Cloud with the Sun GlassFish Portfolio

Cloud computing provides significant benefits including lower cost, quicker deployment time, and greater flexibility in building a solution. This paper describes how to take advantage of the Sun Glassfish Portfolio in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) public cloud environment. The examples in this paper focus on running applications using the Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server in the EC2.

Developing Software Collaboratively with Hudson

Hudson, an open source "continuous integration" (CI) server initially developed at Sun, brings a new level of efficiency and productivity to collaborative software development. By automating the build-and-test process, Hudson saves time, cuts errors and risks, and brings a higher level of transparency to projects. This paper describes the capabilities of Hudson, compares Hudson’s key features to those of competitive offerings, and summarizes why Hudson has quickly become the industry’s most widely adopted open source CI server. [...read more...]

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