Rini Gahir

Even experienced Java Web developers are often surprised by how big a leap it is to develop a portal. The simple, slick interface that end users see belies the deep power and complexity provided by commercial products like BEA WebLogic Portal. This makes it extremely challenging to diagnose performance issues when portal applications go into production. This article discusses the performance management challenges of WebLogic Portal and provides a starting point for tuning performance bottlenecks in portal applications. It assumes some familiarity with the terminology and functionality of WebLogic Portal. A corporate portal allows a company to capitalize more effectively on its digital and human assets while presenting a first-class Web experience to its employees, partn... (more)

Diagnosing Application-Database Performance Bottlenecks

The Rise of J2EE J2EE has arrived as the standard enterprise-computing platform for Web application development, and is gaining strength and popularity every day. J2EE supports legacy applications and interfaces, multiple operating systems, distributed and clustered environments, and high-volume mission-critical applications with support for security and managed operations. By providing a... (more)

WebSphere Performance Diagnostics - Going Beyond the Metrics

J2EE has arrived, and is gaining strength and popularity every day. J2EE does an excellent job of solving enterprise computing problems. It supports legacy applications and interfaces, multiple operating systems, distributed and clustered environments and high-volume mission-critical applications with support for security and managed operations. Regardless of the type of Web application m... (more)