Charles Lee’s 3rd article on our migration from EJB2 to Hibernate is now available for your reading pleasure. In this tale of creating a database-independent application, Charles gives details on creating the database schema, populating the data, upgrading to your newly-created database schema, and coding nuances that result from a Hibernate transition, particularly with respect [...]

There were a couple of interviews of Hyperic executives. SYS-CON TV interviewed Doug MacEachern, the video of which is not yet available. Also, James Governor and Michael Cote of Redmonk stopped by to interview Hyperic CEO Javier Soltero. They covered a lot of ground, including what’s coming up in future releases of Hyperic HQ, the [...]

It was quite a week at JavaOne here in San Francisco, what with recent announcements on OpenJDK, and Java FX. Hyperic had a booth on the floor, a pod in the .orgZone, and a pod and talk at CommunityOne.

Charles Lee, Hyperic VP of Engineering, gave a talk on Monday at CommunityOne about how we managed [...]

I had meant to write up my thoughts on this a month ago, but they got buried…Thankfully, the Olliance Group published their summary on the event to remind me to put my thoughts out on it as well. To see theirs – check out their site thinktank.olliancegroup.com.
First, let me say I’m inherently skeptical of anything [...]

Jack Loftus of SearchEnterpriseLinux has written an article about mynewplace.com’s experience monitoring Resin-based apps with Nagios and the search for systems management software with better Resin support. They didn’t want to pay the license fees for Openview, and it’s important to note that Openview would not have supported their Resin deployment without significant customization. In [...]

Charles Lee posted an article on theserverside.com on the flexibility afforded us by our migration to Hibernate. In our case, it was the first step towards MySQL compatibility, and we wonder how many other enterprise developers have used it for similar purposes. Or course, the overall benefits of Hibernate go far beyond MySQL compatibility, but [...]

I just got off the phone with Jack Loftus, of TechTarget, and he was asking me some very pointed and insightful questions on open source business models. I’m sure he felt my enthusiasm on the subject as I highlighted some of the antiquated theories of what makes a good Open Source company and good Open [...]

Two things happened today that got me thinking. One, I read Alex Fletcher’s blog post on Open Source and the Numbers Game and two, I went grocery shopping (you’ll see how they’re related in a minute). As I was wondering the aisles trying to remember what I was there to buy, [...]

Hyperic is giving away $5,000 in scholarship money to the winner of an essay contest on the subject of “Managing the Next Generation Data Center”. Open to all university students and employees (including faculty). If you’re an employee, the money goes to your departmental budget. Details at hyperic.com/essaycontest/
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There’s a lot of buzz around these days about what makes or breaks open source. Nat Torkington recently blogged about Is “Open Source” Completely Meaningless?. He asks a good question when asking for feedback on the future direction of OSCON. The recent Open Solutions Alliance (OSA) announcement has had a number of folks wallowing in [...]