Posts under ‘Architecture’

Dynamic LDAP-based authentication and authorization in Servicemix 3

Recently, we have been working quite extensively with Apache Servicemix, a JBI-compliant ESB.
One of areas we have been looking into is securing services in general and how to perform ldap-based authentication and authorization for those services in particular.
A good starting point to understand Servicemix (SMX) security features can be found here. I will give a [...]

Dynamically changing log level with Weblogic, log4j, JMX and WLST

Logging is an uninteresting but nevertheless fundamental part of application development. It is useful not just when you are coding an application but in diagnosing problems of any nature once an application passes into production.
Unfortunately, it is not that clear how to do logging well when developing JEE applications that are to be deployed [...]

The Server Labs at CeBIT 2010

Come and see us at CeBIT 2010 where we will have a booth on Amazon’s Stand in the Main Exhibition Hall: Hall 2, Stand B26. We will be there on March the 4th and March the 5th.
We will be happy to chat to you about our added value in bringing IT Architecture solutions to the [...]

Eating our own Dog Food! - The Server Labs moves its Lab to the Cloud!

After all these years dealing with servers, switches, routers and virtualisation technologies we think it´s time to move our lab into the next phase, the Cloud, specifically the Amazon EC2 Cloud.
We are actively working in the Cloud now for different projects, as you´ve seen in previous blog posts. We believe and feel this step is [...]

Developing applications with SCA and a JBI-Based supporting infrastructure

We have been working with SOA technologies and solutions in the commercial and open-source arena for some years now and I would like to start a new series with this post covering the developments of two mayor standardisation efforts in this area, SCA (Service Component Architecture) and JBI (Java Business Integration).
While for some time [...]