With the release of WebLogic Server 7.0 in June 2002, BEA positioned WebLogic Server as the premier J2EE Web Services development platform. With the next release in late 2002, WLS will integrate WebLogic Workshop and other key tools to provide developers with a stable, market-leading product designed for the next generation of Java applications based on Web Services on the latest J2EE platform. BEA WebLogic Server is the leading J2EE application server, holding almost 40% of the market share in this competitive category. WebLogic Server Unleashed is designed to be the definitive reference work for the WLS developer, offering an in-depth look at the capabilities provided by WLS 7.X and illustrating the best development practices.
Mark Artiges is an independent consultant currently working as a Lead Software Engineer for Tepik Systems. He has worked as a system architect and lead developer on large application development efforts aimed at transitioning core legacy systems to WebLogic Platform at companies such as AT&T, US Search and Public Storage.
Gurpreet Singh Bhasin is an architect, designer, and developer with certifications from BEA, Sun and Microsoft. He has over five years of experience in design, development, testing and maintenance of n-tier e-commerce and enterprise information systems using J2EE and Microsoft technologies.
Bernard Ciconte is a software engineer for Blair Computing Systems, Inc. (BCSI). As an employee of BCSI since 1989, he has worked as a contractor for DuPont, Sterling Diagnostic Imaging, and Agfa Corporation. His technical expertise is in distributed computing and image processing for radiographical medical devices.
Malcolm Garland has over ten years of experience in the field of software development and has received certifications from BEA and Sun. Recently he was CM Lead and systems anlayst on an integration project in J2EE and WebLogic architectural design, testing, configuration, and component development.
Saranathan Govindarajan is a key member of DIRECTV's Enterprise Architecture Team responsible services using BEA WebLogic Server and Tuxedo. Saranathan has over 8 years ofexperience in designing and implementing mission critical systems using BEA's flagship products - WebLogic Server, Tuxedo, Jolt/WTC.
James Huang is currently an IT Developer with BEA Systems. James has handled numerous J2EE, Web application, and database development projects.
Subramanian Kovilmadam is a BEA and Sun Certified Developer, and currently serves as an Enterprise Application Integration Systems Architect with DIRECTV, responsible for strategies using XML-based services, J2EE, BEA WebLogic and BEA Tuxedo.
Kunal Mittal is a Solutions Engineer at Wakesoft, Inc. and a independent consultant who has worked with BEA technologies since early 1999. Kunal specializes in Web Services using the BEA platform and has co-authored and edited several books on J2EE, WebLogic, and Web Services.
Paul J. Perrone is the Founder, President, and CTO at Assured Technologies, Inc. Paul provides software architecture and development consulting, mentoring, and training related to J2EE, XML, Web services, and object-oriented technologies. Paul also has co-authored J2EE Developer's Handbook, Building Java Enterprise Systems with J2EE, and Java Security Handbook.
Tom Schwenk is a Senior Software Consultant with Assured Technologies, Inc. Since 1995, he has been working with Java, specializing in highly scalable, distributed application design and development. Previously Tom co-authored J2EE Developer's Handbook.
Steve Steffen is part of Gamma’s Java-SAP team with a strong combination of knowledge and experience in corporate computing. His area of specialization since the late 1990’s has been integration technologies for SAP and Java using WebLogic Server.
About Gamma Enterprise Technologies
Gamma Enterprise Technologies has been helping WebLogic developers get BEA-Certified for years. Using their expertise in WebLogic Server and Internet technologies, they created and run a WebLogic Server Certification Mock Exam that has been taken over 10,000 times by more than 1,000 people.
Each Gamma author involved in this book has extensive field experience implementing WebLogic Server solutions across a vast number of industries including the financial, industrial, and insurance markets. Gamma's other focal point is SAP where they have a special expertise in integrating WebLogic Server and other J2EE application servers and applications to SAP R/3 instances.
