enterprise

java enterprise project

Hi All, All the time we are hearing that java is enterprise. We have read many books about jpa, entity beans and other stuff. All this books explain this technology with some dummy examples. I have not seen a book that explains real problems with enterprise beans, java clients and security! I mean real book not some imaginated stupid...

Presentation layer architecture in an enterprise application

Hi everyone, At our company we are developing an application that will consists of several modules. The architecture is pretty much defined but I have seconds thoughts about the presentationlayer and I would really like to hear your opinions. The architecture is as follows: Foreach module we create several namespaces and those will be ...

Usage of open source libraries in high governance and risk-averse large organizations (banks, financials etc)

Does anyone have any good stories of these kinds of organizations being open to using open source dependencies (and also tools). Many staff I've encountered have little or no exposure to open source/systems and open source is treated with great suspicion. Some reasons given for this are lack of support and robustness, which is ironic gi...

New App provisioning in iPhone SDK 4 Beta

The enterprise distribution in iPhone 4 beta is supposed to be easier. Companies can host their own servers with the apps instead of distributing through iTunes. I am looking for technical information on how to do this. Can someone refer to the documentation/online details regarding this? Thank much. ...

How do I deploy a Mono Winforms Application to Suse Linux 11.0 Server Enterprise?

Is there a way to make a simple installer that includes the necessary runtimes and dependency packages, and creates an icon in the OpenSuse menu, so the application will "just work?" The actual application is just an executable (.EXE) and a handful of support files (mostly XML and CSV). I already have the application successfully bui...

Enterprise integration of disparate systems

We're about to embark on a fairly large integration effort to kill off a bunch of Access and Sql Server databases and get everything into one coherent enterprise system. There are also a number of other systems (accounting, CRM, payroll, MS Exchange) that hold critical data that we need to integrate (use for data validation in other syst...

Best Practices / Patterns for Enterprise Protection/Remediation of SSNs (Social Security Numbers)

I am interested in hearing about enterprise solutions for SSN handling. (I looked pretty hard for any pre-existing post on SO, including reviewing the terriffic SO automated "Related Questions" list, and did not find anything, so hopefully this is not a repeat.) First, I think it is important to enumerate the reasons systems/databases ...

OpenArchitectureWare in the .NET world?

Is there some kind equivalent of OpenArchitectureWare in the .NET world? ...

Available message types in JMS?

This is based on a past exam question. The question is asking to describe the four types of message available using JMS. The problem is it says the four, not just four. So it assumes their is only four, no more no less. However according to this site their seems to be five; streams maps text objects bytes *Another book states th...

how to develop complete software suite/platform ?

here's an example of a company selling complete software suite/platform www.ql2.com/technology/platform.php i wonder how are such suite/platforms developped ? do you have to use J2EE ? i am more interested in how this company is able to produce their own proprietary WebQL language. www.automationanywhere.com/products/AAServer.htm is...

how to design and produce enterprise software in Java Technology EE ? more importantly does it have to be java ?

I want to be able to design and produce enterprise software/applications. Java EE comes to mind. but are there alternatives ? Does it have to be J2EE, to make enterprisey software ? More importantly, how common is it for developers to use Java Technology in order to build enterprise software ? I mean how much "meat" do you need to pack...

Grails: enterprise level Grails

Hello; I am trying to persuade my boss about using Grails. I tell him it is the most productive way to implement our shopping web site. But he has doubts about its scalability when traffic gets higher and higher. So can you give examples of enterprise level web sites with notable traffic implemented in grails. Also is there anything ...

Is there any Application Server Frameworks for other languages/platforms than JavaEE and .NET?

I'm a CS student and has rare experience from the enterprise software industry. When I'm reading about enterprise software platforms, I mostly read about these two: Java Enterprise Edition, JavaEE .NET and Windows Communication Foundation By "enterprise software platforms" I mean frameworks and application servers with support for th...

Integration of Magento with third party CRM, POS and ERP solutions

Hi there, First of all I would like to Thank the Varien Company for providing the best ecommerce solution and free community edition. I am very excited since i started knowing about magento. I am a web developer and very much interested. I have some concerns about the Integration of Magento with other CRM,ERP systems. How is it pos...

Log4r : logger inheritance, yaml configuration, alternatives ?

Hello, I'm pretty new to ruby environments and I was looking for a nice logging framework to use it my ruby and rails applications. In my previous experiences I have successfully used log4j and log4p (the perl port) and was expecting the same level of usability (and maturity) with log4r. However I must say that there are a number of ...

Activation error occured while trying to get instance of type LogWriter

I am trying to using the Logging Application block of Enterprise Library 5.0 to log simple message to the Windows event log on Win XP SP3 system using: Logger.Write(msg); I get the "Activation error occured while trying to get instance of type LogWriter" error message when trying to log. Any help to debug this issue is appreciated. S...

Ownership of Google API keys in the enterprise

When developing a Google Maps or Recaptcha implementation, you can sign up for a free API key using However, in a large company, you don't want to tie these keys to a developer's gmail account. Does anyone have suggestions or best practices how Google API Keys should be managed on an organizational level? Who owns them? ...

How to configure Server Topology for exposing an internal application for external access?

Hi All, I guess this question is bordering to a Server Fault question. I'd like to know the best configuration for exposing an internal application (in this case a load balanced Asp.Net MVC application) for external access. More details about the situation: The Asp.Net MVC Application is currently running on 2 servers The 2 servers a...

Enterprise Architect Vs IBM InfoSphere Data Architect

We are primarily going to model databases (mostly sql,db2) for our SOA intiative applications organisation wide. Let me know the highlights between choosing either of this tool and the recommendations out of your expereinces Aspects we see like 1. Repository 2. Integration with VS, TFS. 3. Collaboration 4. UML, code generation capabili...

How to evaluate "enterprise" platforms?

Hi all, I'm tasked with evaluating an "enterprise" platform for the next-gen version of a product. We're currently considering two "types" of platforms - RAD (workflow engine, integrated UI, small cores of "technology plugins" to the workflows, automatic persisting of state...) like SalesForce.com / Service-Now.com and "cloud based" (E...