How did Mark Proctor get started on the Drools project and–more importantly–why? (To get caught up on what Drools is and find out who Mark is, see the first part of this video.) Hear about how an interest in artificial intelligence drew Proctor in and what sort of university developments and business uses keep him–and the project–going.
And if you enjoy this kind of access to smart developers speaking about the projects they’re passionate about, you’ll want to join us at the Red Hat Summit. Or catch some more of the highlights from JBoss World 2008. That’s where we filmed this piece, and so much more. Enjoy.
We hope you’ve enjoyed our videos from JBoss World–here’s one more. While we were in Orlando, we talked with Dr. Mark Little, technical development manager for the SOA (service-oriented architecture) platform at Red Hat. Little talks about these highly adaptable and agile environments, and the (government) customers that require them. He also details how MetaMatrix additions serve this project, and what kinds of tools and applications will be supported in the future.
Meet Bela Ban, a developer who began the JGroups and JBoss Cache projects. He’s now the technical lead of the JBoss clustering team, continuing the work he began as an college instructor.
Ban talks about the background of both projects, as well as upcoming developments, including increased throughput, persistence, security, remote accessibility, and other features. He also discusses the business needs that can be solved with these tools–just a small sample from his talk at JBoss World.
We got the chance to talk to a lot of developers at JBoss World, including Mark Proctor. In case you don’t know the name, he’s the leader of the Drools project, also known as JBoss Rules to the enterprise folks.
In this segment, we asked what it’s like to be a developer for a project that’s part of the Service Oriented Architecture: how it’s integrated with that philosophy, uses in the real world, and what the future of Drools/ JBoss Rules is.
Miss out on JBoss World in Orlando? Or are you still wondering how JBoss and middleware fit into the bigger picture? These and more curiousities are answered in our summary video. And if you’re wondering what the new CEO’s like, you can catch him here as well.
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I listened to a webcast from JBoss World today with a group of people. After hearing several speakers announce new middleware products and initiatives (as JBoss is the leading force in open source middleware), one of them turned to me and asked, “Just what is middleware?” When I started to describe transaction servers and database connection pool sharing, she held up a hand and said, “No. I want to know what it is in real world terms, and why it’s a big deal.” » Read more
