Java / database expert panel (taped Oct 20, 1999)

Expert panel taped October 20, 1999 at SIGS Java Developer Conference (audio, 55 minutes).

http://technetcast.ddj.com/tnc_play_stream.html?stream_id=174

(You can download RealPlayer from this page if you do not have it installed.)

Panelists included:

     Bob Bickel, Vice-President, Development, Bluestone Software
     Hamish Reid, Java Products Architect, Informix
     Geoff Brown, Senior Principal Consultant and Product Architect, Oracle
     Joseph Weinstein, Staff Engineer, BEA Web Logic
     Seth White, System Architect, BEA Web Logic
     Mark Hapner, J2EE Architect, Sun Java Software Division

"Integrating Java, Databases, XML, and Middleware"

The architecture of large-scale enterprise Java applications often includes application servers, middleware, and databases. In addition, many developers find XML and Java are a powerful solution for data interchange and e-commerce. Panelists discussed:

• Java in the database and XML in the database
• SQL servers that embed the Java VM and XML parsers
• deciding whether to write classes for the database server or application server
• how databases and XML integrate with Java enterprise technologies
• JDBC performance issues.