Application Servers for E-Business

1 Introduction -- The Evolution of Computing Architectures -- Legacy Systems -- Client /Server -- Distributed Object Model -- Web Model -- Electronic Commerce and Electronic Business -- Three Stages of Web Presence -- Electronic Commerce -- Electronic Business -- What Is an Application Server? -- System Design Considerations -- Security -- Scalability -- Load Balancing -- Fault Tolerance -- Management -- Final Thoughts -- 2 A Survey of Web Technologies -- Overview of Web Browser and Server Operation -- Document Formatting -- HTML -- XML -- WML -- Client-side Programs -- Plug-ins -- Java Applets -- ActiveX Controls -- Server-side Programs -- Scripts, Forms, and APIs -- Java Servlets and Java Server Pages -- Active Server Pages -- Server-side Programs versus Application Servers -- Web-to-Host Solutions -- Traditional Host Access -- Applet-based Approaches -- HTML Conversion Approaches -- Host Integration Servers -- Final Thoughts -- 3 Java -- History and Overview of Java -- The Java Languages -- Java -- JavaScript -- The Execution Environment -- Java Virtual Machine -- Java Runtime Environment -- Java Development Kit -- Java Components and APIs -- JavaBeans -- Enterprise JavaBeans -- Enterprise Java APIs -- Java 2 Platform -- Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition -- Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition -- Java 2, Micro Edition -- Final Thoughts -- 4 CORBA -- History and Overview of CORBA -- CORBA Architecture -- Interface Definition Language (IDL) -- Object Request Broker (ORB) -- Client Implementation and Interfaces -- Server Object Implementation and Interfaces -- CORBA Interoperability -- Interoperability Architecture -- Inter-ORB Bridges -- General Inter-ORB Protocol (GIOP) -- Internet Inter-ORB Protocol (HOP) -- CORBA Interworking -- Language Mappings -- Final Thoughts -- 5 Application Servers -- Market Overview -- Market Size and Growth -- Market Drivers and Customer Requirements -- Application Outsourcing -- Diversity of Vendors and Solutions -- Battle of the Component Models -- Differentiation -- Pricing Models -- The Future of the Market -- A General Architecture -- Client Tier -- Client Access -- Client Architecture -- Middle Tier -- Elements in the Middle Tier -- Web Server /Application Server Design -- Application Server Architecture -- Application Server Platforms -- Back-end Tier -- Character-Based Systems -- Databases -- Transaction Processing Systems -- Message Queuing Systems -- Other Back-end Systems -- Development Tools -- Packaging -- Related Products -- Network-based Services -- Directory Services -- Queuing and Prioritization -- Web Filtering and Caching -- Load Balancers -- Final Thoughts -- 6 Design Issues for Enterprise Deployment of Application Servers -- Security -- Elements of Security -- Java Security -- CORBA Security -- An Overall Security Architecture -- Scalability -- Scalability Defined -- Network Scalability -- Server Scalability -- Application Server Scalability -- Overall Scalability in Multi-tier Environments -- Load Balancing -- Geographic and Local Load Balancing -- Load-balancing Approaches -- Application Server Load Balancing -- Fault Tolerance -- Network Fault Tolerance -- Server Fault Tolerance -- Application Server Fault Tolerance -- Management -- Application Server Administration -- End-to-End Management -- Final Thoughts -- 7 Trying It All Together -- Implementation Examples -- Case Study: Build Point Corporation -- Case Study: FoliQuest International N.V -- A Survey of Application Servers -- Allaire Corporation -- Art Technology Group (ATG) -- BEA Systems -- Bluestone Software -- Gemstone Systems -- HAHT Commerce, Inc -- IBM -- iE -- Inprise Corporation -- IONA Technologies -- iPlanet -- Microsoft -- Oracle Corporation -- Orbware Ltd -- Persistence Software -- SilverStream Software -- Sybase, Inc -- Summary of Offerings -- A Look Ahead -- About the Author -- References -- For More Information -- Index.