Sam R. Alapati - Oracle WebLogic Server 11g Administration Handbook

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Oracle
WebLogic Server 11g
Administration Handbook

About the Author

Sam R. Alapati is the Senior Technical Director for Miro Consulting, Inc., headquartered in Woodbridge, New Jersey. Sam provides Oracle database, Oracle E-Business, and Oracle Fusion Middleware technology-related consulting services to Miros clients, which include several Fortune 500 companies. Sam has worked on several WebLogic Server projects, including the installation, configuration, and tuning of production systems. He has also helped clients with architecting and capacity planning for major Oracle WebLogic Server environments. Sam is the author of several Oracle database administration books, as well as the Oracle Application Server 10g Administrator Study Guide (for OCA certification), also published by Oracle Press.

About the Technical Editors

Charles Paclat currently works as the Performance Lead for the WebLogic Server development team at Oracle. He came to Oracle via BEA and has worked with WebLogic Server and Enterprise Java since 1999 with a focus on operations, administration, and management. Charles has nearly 25 years of diverse software industry experience, including time spent working on real-time control systems, financial services, and office automation software.

Ahmed Aboulnaga is a Technical Director at IPN Web, Inc., a full life cycle systems integrator based in Maryland. Ahmeds focus is in technical management, architecture, and consulting within the Oracle Fusion Middleware stack, having implemented enterprise solutions for commercial, government, military, and global customers throughout the years. Ahmed regularly speaks at major Oracle conferences and actively contributes to the online community in the areas of WebLogic Server, SOA Suite, Application Integration Architecture, Grid Control, Beehive, and other Oracle middleware technologies.

To Shannon Roy Alapati,
with affection and gratitude

Oracle WebLogic Server from Fusion Middleware 11g will replace OC4J 10g in Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2; therefore, the timing of this book could not have been better. The author, Sam Alapati, has more than 20 years of experience with Oracle technology, so he is exactly the kind of experienced teacher you want to have.

Isaac Newtonone of the worlds greatest mathematicianssaid in a letter to a contemporary, If I have seen further it is by standing on ye sholders of Giants. In other words, pick the best teacher you can possibly find so that you may see as far as possible. As a teacher of Oracle technology, Sam is a giant. If I wanted to learn an Oracle technology, I would automatically shortlist a book written by Sam Alapati.

Dont just take my word for it; consider the evidence. This book is one of many that Sam has authored for major textbook publishers such as Oracle Press, and readers all over the world have voted for Sam again and again with their wallets. The major publishers would not have invited Sam to write books so many times if the Oracle community had not sent consistently strong signals about the high quality of his work.

But why bother acquiring Sams book when Oracle Corporation provides software manuals for free digital download? An Internet search will quickly lead you to the comprehensive Oracle WebLogic Server Documentation Library, but you will probably be overwhelmed and confused by the great mass of available documentation and will not know where to begin. Thats why you need an expert guide, and thats why you need Sam.

To absolutely convince yourself that you need an expert guide like Sam, download some of the official WebLogic Server documentation and skim through it. Then read the opening chapter of this book before deciding whether to acquire it. I wager that I know what your decision will be.

It is not the fault of the official documentation that it can be overwhelming to most of us. By its very nature and purpose, it is