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Gieman IT Solutions specialises in developing applications for the internet and is based in Geelong, Australia. Gieman are committed to using the latest technology and web standards to create sophisticated and functional web applications that enhance and complement your business, such as JSF and JPA technologies, you can read Gerald Gierer ' s response here .

Gerald started to learn more about GlassFish when the looked to replace their existing Application Server, Orion ( "our situation was very similar to the Wotif guys " ). One of the reasons they chose GlassFish was, as Gerald Gierer puts it, "The application server had to be well supported and well documented. It also had to have a great track record and be up to date in terms of the latest Java EE specifications.... The server also had to be high quality, free for development purposes and (preferably) be open source " and "... I also wanted an administration console that actually *worked* without the need for hacking xml and restarting the server for simple tasks ".

To read through all of Gieman IT Solutions ' reasons why they chose GlassFish, see their full questionnaire here . Here ' s how Gieman IT Solutions summarizes their reasons for using GlassFish, Gerald Gierer writes, " We are very happy with GlassFish - keep up the good work! " and "GlassFish was the only server that fitted all the criteria. " (their evaluation criteria).

Make sure you visit and read :
- the Full Questionnaire for GlassFish adoption by Gieman IT Solutions
- the Gieman IT Solutions website

Tue, 27 May 2008 23:18:37 -0700
SNCF, another customer getting on the GlassFish train

Yet another " Travel " story for GlassFish. This time, it ' s the French railways company, SNCF . Their GlassFish-powered monitoring application produces alerts, a real-time graphical representation of key system variables as well as PDF reports.

If you ' ve ever traveled to France you know about SNCF , the railways company and its high speed train the TGV . The company is now using GlassFish in production to monitor the complete (and somewhat complex) system, from the web to the IBM mainframe, including their links to partners such as Amadeus, Sabre, and Galileo or other European railways systems.

From a technical point of view, SNCF uses JMS ( OpenMQ ), JSF, JavaDB/Derby with connection pooling, security realms, and Hibernate ' s JPA implementation. JasperReports is used for PDF generation while quicktime and JavaSwf is used for Flash content. The administration console and full Java EE 5 compliance are clearly stated by Franck Lepr ê tre, Software Architect at SNCF, as key GlassFish features.

Make sure you read the full questionnaire to learn how and when they first found out about GlassFish, how this Java EE 5 product helped them improve their code, among other tidbits.

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Sat, 17 May 2008 13:50:00 -0700
GlassFish helping TravelMuse help you get a better online travel experience

There ' s still plenty of room for improvement in the online travel planning and that ' s what TravelMuse is here to provide. More than comprehensive travel guides, engaging original content, the TravelMuse Planner has some unique features such as the ability to securely share travel plans with friends and families.

TravelMuse is a supported GlassFish customer. Their production systems run on hosted Solaris 10 containers, use a large set of Java EE 5 technologies (EJB, JSF, JPA, JMS) but also Alfresco for content management and jMaki for its web Ajax widgets. This is yet another MySQL user. This Web 2.0 site relies on communities for both its users (to share their experiences) and its underlying technologies (GlassFish, Apache, MySQL).

Make sure to check out:

• The TravelMuse full questionnaire on their GlassFish adoption.
• The TravelMuse website - currently in Almost Beta and launching in early June.

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