Pro (IBM) WebSphere Application Server 7 Internals (Books for Professionals by Professionals)

Pro (IBM) WebSphere Application Server 7 Internals covers the internal architecture and implementation of the WebSphere Application Server (WAS) version 7 product set and how other IBM products extend it. It presents information to enable administrators, developers, and architects to learn about the aspects of WAS that apply to them:

• Administrators will come to understand how the WAS7 environment functions to best optimize it for their environment, and what to do when things go wrong.
• Developers will learn to extend the functionality in the base WAS product.
• Architects will see how the WAS product underpins the IBM offerings to fit in an enterprise.

Colin Renouf is an enterprise architect responsible for middleware technology for a large U.K.-based bank. Formerly an aeronautical engineer at an aircraft engines company, Colin has 25 years of experience in the IT industry. Colin originally specialized in Windows development and infrastructure, but being familiar with AIX from the early days and with a keen interest in Java/J2EE, Colin has added WAS and AIX to his specialties. As an active member of user communities, Colin runs some of the largest user groups in the world, notably that for AIX and jointly that for all things WebSphere. Colin has a bachelor's degree in aeronautical engineering and another in information technology and social sciences from reputable U.K. universities, and has studied a number of other subjects at degree level. Colin is the author of the "WAS Under The Hood" section of the WebSphere on AIX Best Practices and Optimization Redbook and ""Enterprise Infrastructure"" Redpaper, the WAS Internals series in IBM Systems Magazine, and various presentations on the subject of how WAS works as part of the user group conference scene.