Overview of JBoss Application Server 5

July 29th, 2009

JBoss AS 5 is Red Hat's latest release of its Java EE certified application server. Several architectural and functional changes go into the latest JBoss release. In this presentation, Javid Jamae will give an overview JBoss AS 5 and talk about some of its newest features including:

• The new Microcontainer architecture
• JBoss Messaging
• Clustering with buddy replication
• JBoss Transactions
• JBoss Web
• EJB3 support

Speaker: Javid Jamae

Javid Jamae is the author of JBoss in Action (Manning 2009). He has been developing in Java since 1999 and started using JBoss in 2003. Working as an instructor for several years, Javid got involved in the JBoss AS curriculum and because a certified JBoss instructor. This led him to the opportunity to write JBoss in Action; a three year long project which published this year. He is currently living and working in Houston.

Meeting Location: PROS Pricing

3100 Main
10th floor
Houston, TX 77002

Suggested Parking:

Park across the street in the parking garage on Elgin on the 3rd or 4th floor in the Visitor designated spots. Walk across the skybridge on the 3rd floor and take the elevators on the right side of the elevator lobby to the 10th floor.

Meeting Sponsor: Pariveda Solutions

Sponsor Website: http://www.parivedasolutions.com

Company Overview

We are an IT consulting company that grows and deploys talented people to solve the technical and strategic challenges of our clients. We deliver both strategic consulting services and technical solutions, especially those “at the edge,” where systems interface with people and with other systems. We work with our clients to select the right approach - developing a custom application, creating a business systems plan, leveraging a platform like SharePoint, or whatever the situation calls for – and to implement it quickly and effectively.

Our focus is simple. Start with the right people, deliver consistent value and partner with our customers.

Despite the down economy, Pariveda Solutions is hiring.

Ten Reasons you Should Consider Pariveda Solutions:

1. Full time, salaried position with strong base compensation and profit sharing
2. We hire for intelligence and analytical ability, rather than specific technical skill set
3. Management and IT consulting
4. Culture of TEAM first and servant leadership (the higher up you are the more people you help to grow)
5. Award winning company (Consulting Magazine’s “Small Jewels” list, 2008; Employer of Excellence, 2008; Best Places to Work, 2008; INC 500 Fastest Growing Company list, 2008)
6. Employee ownership in company (privately held company with Employee Stock Ownership Plan - at all levels)
7. Clear career path (quarterly reviews, semi-annual reviews for promotion, 12 year program to VP from college hire)
8. Excellent benefits (company paid premiums for healthcare/dental, medical concierge service, 4% 401K matching day one, 60 day mandatory sabbatical for principals and above at 5 years of service)
9. Small teams structure leads to accelerated skills growth
10. Continual internal knowledge sharing and training

Door Prizes and Giveaways!

• JetBrains has donated one IntelliJ license to be raffled off at this HJUG meeting
• ZeroTurnaround has donated a license of JavaRebel to be raffled off this month