Cloud/Java EE
Tame the Cloud
Oracle’s Cameron Purdy on how Java EE is evolving to become the
cloud computing platform standard. BY MICHAEL MELOAN
JAVA IN ACTION
The enterprise land- scape is increas- ingly complex, with
information flowing from
more sources than ever
before. The emphasis is
shifting from standalone
applications to dynamic
shared environments
that will enhance scalability, automation, and
efficiency. Cloud computing
promises to be a transformational technology for
Java EE. Cameron Purdy, vice
president of Java EE development at Oracle, provides an
overview of the key issues in
this arena and how they will
affect enterprise developers
and customers.
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Java Magazine: How will cloud computing deliver
advantages in the enterprise space?
Purdy: At this fairly early stage in the development
of cloud technology, the major focus is on PaaS
[platform-as-a-service] capability. A number of
infrastructure cloud vendors offer dozens or even
hundreds of servers as easily as buying something
on an e-commerce site. This is a move toward
decentralization and democratization of IT infrastructure. It offers abstraction of hardware and
software elements all the way up to development
environments and middleware components, which
