J2EE in Practice

Today, numerous enterprises face the challenge of developing distributed applications. IT professionals deal with a variety of issues: connecting dispersed users with centralized applications, building applications quickly and efficiently, and connecting heterogeneous clients and servers.

J2EE in Practice provides ten examples of ways that J2EE technology has helped leading corporations, educational institutions, and government organizations face these challenges and reap significant rewards. Chapters in this book explore how:

• JCrew enhanced its traditional catalog sales operation using J2EE technology from Art Technology Group (ATG).
• One of the country's largest mortgage companies, HomeSide Lending, produced innovative online lending services using the BEA WebLogic server.
• The Borland Application Server enabled AT&T Unisource to respond quickly to demand in long-distance voice traffic routing.
• Codexa Corporation used Brokat's GemStone/J platform to deliver information for widely dispersed financial services professionals.
• eTapestry.com delivers applications to assist nonprofits in their fundraising using GemStone/J and Sun Microsystem's Forte for Java development environment.
• Altura International used the HP BlueStone J2EE platform to implement the Web's first online catalog shopping portal, catalogcity.com.
• IBM customers Honeywell and Bekins use Java technology to improve processes on the manufacturing floor and in the warehousing and delivery of large consumer products.
• International Data Post (IDP), a service owned by seven European postal operators, brought snail mail to the Internet age using iPlanet's J2EE technology.
• Physics research institute CERN worked with Oracle to provide electronic document handling services to over 5000 users worldwide.
• J2EE technology helps the US Military Traffic Management Command, Freight Systems Office (FSO) manage and control costs of small package shipping.

1: A Multi-Vendor Standard for Distributed Enterprise Applications

2: Overview of the J2EE Technology and Architecture

3: JCrew Builds Out to the Web with the ATG Dynamo Suite

4: Homeside Deploys Electronic Lending on BEA's Weblogic J2EE Server

5: AT&T Unisource: Cost Optimized Routine Environment on the Borland Application Server

6: Codexa™: Building a Big Bang Architecture with J2EE on Brokat's GemStone Server

7: Java Engine Powers New eTapestry.com ASP for Charities with Forte Tools

8: HP Bluestone's Total-e-Server at Altura International: Deploying J2EE for Performance and Scalability

9: Honeywell and Bekins Succeed Using J2EE with IBM

10: CERN Simplifies Document Handling Using the Oracle Application Server

11: Using J2EE in the U.S. Military Traffic Management Command, Freight Systems Office

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