There seemed to be a lot of interest in load-testing WDK applications with something other than Mercury LoadRunner. Here is an article I wrote that gives an introduction on using Apache JMeter to perform load-tests against Documentum WDK applications.
Author: Jeff Potts
Quick summary on Documentum DevCon
Although steeply-priced at $2495, the annual EMC Documentum Developer Conference offered in-depth looks into the forthcoming 5.3 sp1 release (due out tomorrow) and access to Documentum product managers and engineers. I’d estimate about 300 developers from around the world attended the four day conference in Berkeley.
Release 5.3 sp1 promises to be pretty major, as far as service packs go. Many of the features that didn’t make it in to 5.3 due to time constraints are included in the service pack. That’s contrary to the normal EMC Documentum practice of limiting service packs to bug fixes with only minor changes or additions to functionality.
From my perspective, one of the most anticipated features is the next generation of the Business Objects Framework, BOF 2.0. The ability to hot-deploy and sandbox BOF Type Based Objects (TBO’s) and Service Based Objects (SBO’s) is high on my list. There’s also a new package of Search interfaces that look interesting.
This release will be the first in which Linux is supported across the stack. Release 5.3 installed without issue on my Red Hat Linux Enterprise 3 VMWare image. Customers already familiar with content server installations on other flavors of Unix should not have a problem.
Amazon’s brilliant team-up with Coinstar
Amazon.com Wants Your Spare Change: All Of It. With an estimated $10.5 billion of idle spare change lying around American households, Amazon sees that found money as found money. And it will now accept it for purchases. [eWEEK Technology News]
FatWire still around
Die hard for FatWire Spark. After FatWire acquired the Content Server product line from divine in 2003, most commentators expected the original FatWire “Spark” product to fade away. Although sold almost exclusively in the USA and not easily upgradable to the more robust Content Server package, FatWire has kept Spark alive and today announced that Sun Microsystems will offer an unlimited – use license free to Sun Portal Server customers. This is an interesting move for two vendors struggling to find their niche. FatWire may see Spark as a lead generator, but some Sun licensees might come to find Spark limiting — although, to be fair, other portal vendors’ CMS tools are similarly light. Other customers might be frustrated that Sun, and not FatWire, will handle product support. Internationally, the FatWire sales force could be left in an awkward position, with Sun giving away Spark for free while the FatWire reps try to push the more complicated (and expensive) Content Server product. By Janus Boye. [CMS Watch Trends and Features]
Arrived in CA
I’m in Berkeley for the Documentum Developer Conference. Spent a wonderful evening over at my aunt and uncle’s house in El Cerrito. Great dinner and lots of fun catching up. The Claremont Hotel & Resort, the venue for the conference, is pretty sweet.
Plone books
Plone Live Review. I have been reading Plone Live by Michel Pelletier and Munwar Shariff of CIGNEX Technologies and I highly recommend it. Plone Live is one of several professionally published books on Plone. Other books include Andy McKay’s The Definitive Guide to Plone, Julie Meloni’s Plone Content Management Essentials, and Cameron Cooper’s Building Websites With Plone. Plone Live fits into this existing By noemail@noemail.org (Seth). [Enter Content Here]
Foo camp
Barring None, Geek Camp Rocks. An impromptu gathering draws a big crowd — and some big names — as disenfranchised geeks convene an alternative to O’Reilly’s exclusive Foo weekend. Ryan Singel reports from Palo Alto, California. [Wired News]
BEA acquires Plumtree
BEA to acquire Plumtree for $200 million in cash.[bea]
My excuse for lack of posts: week of sailing
I’m falling down on the blog job here. No updates recently. I’m on a killer project. Plus, I spent a week sailing. Check out the story here.
Son Volt news
Son Volt‘s new album, Okemah and the Melody of Riot, comes out July 12. There’s also a retrospective out if you need to get caught up on Son Volt’s greatness.