App Servers No Longer Needed
This is a good blog post from Peter Yared on the evolution of the application server.
I'm in the .NET world where our app server is a bit more of a logical concept than in J2EE, where you might use JBOSS or WebLogic or Websphere. Still, an interesting read.
His take on things is correct I think. We don't need an application server in the middle when all we're doing is throwing XML around from one service endpoint to another. I do, however, think we probably need some sort of manager or broker in the middle to handle things like security, management, etc. This might be an ESB, it might be a SOAP control broker or the like, or something home grown which simply centralizes the services management.
I'm in the .NET world where our app server is a bit more of a logical concept than in J2EE, where you might use JBOSS or WebLogic or Websphere. Still, an interesting read.
His take on things is correct I think. We don't need an application server in the middle when all we're doing is throwing XML around from one service endpoint to another. I do, however, think we probably need some sort of manager or broker in the middle to handle things like security, management, etc. This might be an ESB, it might be a SOAP control broker or the like, or something home grown which simply centralizes the services management.
posted by Matt Culbreth at 4:24 PM
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