Brad Bouldin

The quest for increased application performance is a science in itself. IBM WebSphere Application Server includes a powerful caching technology called the dynamic cache service, which you can employ in your Web applications to dramatically improve performance. In this article, we'll use the dynamic cache service to increase the performance of a simple Web application. We will then use Apache JMeter, an open source load generator, to load-test our cached application in order to measure the application performance gains achieved by leveraging the dynamic cache service. As you will see, the potential performance gains realized by using the dynamic cache service can be achieved with minimal effort. No changes to your application code are required, which means there is no impact on application portability. The dynamic cache service is the name given to a set of services... (more)

Say That Again... (In a Different Language)

The phenomenon of globalization has unearthed a major question. With a huge market of non-English speaking customers, how can we facilitate communication to such a large subset of individuals without paying an arm and a leg for translation? In this article, we'll introduce you to IBM WebSphere Translation Server (WTS) for Multiplatforms v5.0. As you will see, WTS can address the translation needs for an enterprise organization. This product can deliver content to end users in their native languages. The delivery is performed at a fraction of the cost of professional human transla... (more)