IceFaces has become available in the GlassFish v2 Update center.
IceFaces is the new woodstock JSF component library using Ajax (with Push capabilities).
Have a look at the following sites for more information:
ICEsoft picks up Project Woodstock
Ted Goddard on Ajax development with ICEfaces
In the latest milestone (milestone 3) web-based Service Composition was added to project Fuji.
After I seen the screencast I can’t wait for openESB v3 to come out. And actually use this in production environments.
Check out the screencast here.
The new version fixed over 500 issues and is the enabler of project SailFin.
It also includes a newer version of Shoal Group Management Service (GMS) and more robust Session Replication.
MQ version 4.3 is also integrated in GlassFish v2.1.
Go here and check it out yourself!
Project Fuji also known as openESB.next is exploring the technology that will be implemented in openESB v3.
Fuji, just like openESB, is based on JBI but also on OSGi.
Because Fuji is shipped as an OSGi bundle it can be installed on any OSGi container.
For instance GlassFish v3 or Apache Felix.
All current BCs and SEs [...]
Clustering is one of the strongest points in GlassFish and is very easy to configure.
Clusters in a application server improves reliability and scalability.
A cluster has a Domain Admin Server (DAS) and one or more nodeagents, on the nodeagents can be unlimited instances.
The DAS is a central point of the administration and manages the configuration of [...]