It Doesn’t Have to Be Complicated
The Sun BluePrints paper “Taking Advantage of Wire-Speed Cryptography” provides an overview of how to off-load application security functions that include cryptographic operations in conjunction with Oracle WebLogic Server and Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE platform) application environments in order to accelerate performance while minimizing compromises.
Focuses on New Technologies, Usability Improvements
Sun Developer Network (SDN) staff writer Ed Ort has written a three-part article series introducing the Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) 6 platform. Released this December, Java EE 6 adds significant new technologies and extends the usability improvements made in previous Java EE releases. Ort’s review of the platform highlights some of these enhancements.
Making the Most of the Portofolio in Amazon EC2 
A Sun white paper sets out to explain how to maximize the Sun GlassFish Portfolio in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) public cloud environment, with a focus on running applications using the Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server in the EC2. The Sun GlassFish Portfolio is an open platform based on the Project GlassFish software, an open-source application server that implements Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE platform) technology.
With Java-Based Reporting Solution from MCM Software Solutions
Retailer Ivan Smith Furniture found working with Sun to deploy a business-analytics solution generating real-time reports not only reduced the amount of time reports needed to run from minutes to seconds, but it also cut the business’ yearly licensing costs by more than $127,000 per year and provided a complete return on investment in less than two months.
