Using JMX to Manage Web Applications

The Java Management Extensions (JMX) standard is gaining adoption within the J2EE community for the management of applications, as well as application servers and other infrastructure software. JMX makes it possible to manage and monitor applications using a choice of management systems and consoles, including SNMP consoles. It also simplifies the task of making applications manageable, i.e. management instrumentation, and enables improved management of deployed…

Go Big or Go Home!

"Make no little plans, they have no magic to stir your blood... MAKE BIG PLANS. Aim high in hope and work...." So wrote Daniel H. Burnham in the last century. The big plans are important. They capture your vision. The next step is to break them down into "do-able" chunks, chunks that can be done in even one day. That is what gives you a…

Customer Satisfaction Is Your Business

Regardless of what business you are in - you are really in the business of satisfying customers. The degree of customer satisfaction you deliver determines the level of long-term success you will achieve in business.

Floating Menu Bar

Your entire site can be navigated from a Floating Menu Bar. It is a popup window and it works like a remote control. Clicking on a menu item displays the appropriate page in the main browser window.