What really got me thinking was the fact that the underlying technology behind this is kinda buried half way done the blurb - and is only mentioned due to a license mention i.e. the Wiki link is fine for generic explanations of event clouds, but I would have thought that one would be far more interested in the technical data sheets from the company that developed the software? http://www.espertech.com/

There's more - Esper promotes BIRT for it's reporting lol ...

 

 

 

 

Posted by MikeD on BOBJ: Thu Jul 24, 2008 12:29 pm  Post subject: Tomcat - Java Heap & Monitoring   Windows 2003 SP2 I installed the latest BusinessObjects XI 3.0 but used a pre-installed version of Tomcat 5.5. Encountered java heap memory issues after every 3 to 5 document refreshes. I tried both CATALINA_OPS and JAVA_OPS and a few other java options - the option below has only behaved for a while so we shall see. Java Heap Finally settled for just using the java console: Right Click on the Apache Tomcat icon (right lower corner) Select Configure.. Select Java tab Enter Initial Memory Pool: leave blank Enter Maximum Memory Pool : 1024 While here, scroll down in Java Options and Add -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote (JMX memory monitoring from http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-5.5-doc/monitoring.html) Monitoring Download Probe Binary http://www.lambdaprobe.org/d/download.htm Unzip into an XI war directory: C:\Program Files\BusinessObjectsXI3\deployment\workdir\tomcat55\application C:\Program Files\BusinessObjectsXI3\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\java\applications Open http://localhost:8080/ Click Tomcat Manager - apply admin id / password Scroll to last option - War File To Deploy Browse to probe.war in XI war directory Click Deploy Restart Tomcat and you now have a really cool application to use on Tomcat  as it has quite a few tab options and the memory graphs reload every few seconds - very clean / slick pages as well. http://localhost:8080/probe/index.htm I also have Server Performance Advisor installed with system scheduled snapshots running every 20 minutes whilst testing the system. That way you have a record of ALL activity re the OS and memory etc. Yup - if you have Tivoli or an efficient sys ops crowd you can get them to monitor these things, but I have to use what I can get my hands on. ServPerfAdv is a Windows utility and can be downloaded from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=61a41d78-e4aa-47b9-901b-cf85da075a73&displaylang=en

This is a topic that most steer clear of, but it's always at the forefront of people's minds with respect to Outsourcing - specifically in the IT and BI industries.

I've had the experience of working with some of the major cultural groups that are expanding so rapidly across the planet, and have taken part in more than one initiative in training them up as my eventual replacements.

I've been fortunate enough to know quite a bit about their cultural histories as I grew up next to a Hindu community in South Africa and have also spent a number of years training and hanging around with some Chinese / Muyanese martial arts friends.

   

On an objective level - I don't have a problem with ousourcing as it is a market indicator as to the maturity of our sector. Gone are the days when a few generic or very specialised people had to stretch their skill sets from the deep dark well of technology, up to the neon lights of the business.

Business Analysts, Data Architects, Project Managers etc have all supped from the BI cup, so we are now seeing a return to organisations having enough skill sets on board to be able to segregate out the more repetitive, or one off development work that can be easily managed on a component level.

 

To my mind there are a few very obvious reasons why the west wil not be able to emulate or challenge these emerging cultural entities on the same premise.

Apart from the very obvious exchange rate factor in being able to accept far less, that still equates to a whole more, than everyone else back home, it's the sociological factor  that provides most of the underlying structure for them to be able to operate in foreign climes - oft at more of a disadvantage than the local, and/or other cultural groups.

TRIBAL - one of the first things relative freedom and independant wealth brings, is the break down of tribal structures. I won't get into a generic debate as to whether this is good or bad as we are currently living in a time where humanity has to take some serious steps to either, rectify or expand upon the intial utopia of said freedoms.

Emerging labour markets are driven by both desire and fear that far surpasses that of most established cultures and modern business communities. There is no comfort zone and anything goes with respect to skill, software or employment aqcuisition. I don't mean this in a negative context - it is what it is - and every industry goes through the same cycle(s).

The drive to succeed, sometimes in a hostile environment, is counterbalanced by the age old migration work force method of bonding - where migrant workers typically band together to share costs, knowledge and to generate a level of cultural comfort with fellow countrymen/women.

We see Europe battling to manage the cultural silo's (ghetto?) that sprang up from the importing of cheap labour forces - in many cases these communities did not integrate or embrace their new countries at a level that their hosts hoped for.

In the industry this should never really happen as it's all relative to FINANCIAL FREEDOM - and for many, it's not a case of fleeing tyranny or absolute poverty, but rather one of acquiring a monetary stake to bypass some of the lower rungs of the capitalistic ladder.

Something most of us have done at some stage of our careers.

 

Walking around a Kuwait City suburb last Saturday - known for it's relative 'freedom' with respect to copyright laws - and being a mainly pakistan and indian neighbourhood - I encountered groups of young men - gathered in small shops - around technology of every imaginable kind - and I marvelled at the enthusiasm and drive in being the only techies around at that time of the morning ....

 

I also saw a version of Crystal Reports - bootlegged for KWD3 .......