8.7. Benefits of the J2EE Platform and HP Bluestone to Altura

The J2EE platform and HP Bluestone have both delivered significant and tangible benefits to Altura. There are increases in efficiency at every level. Developers are more productive; 16 application servers and 8 Web servers now accomplish what previously required 120+ Web servers to do (on essentially the same hardware, running the same operating system); administrators can now use a single management console to oversee the entire Web application infrastructure. And for visitors to the site? They enjoy the experience of high performance and high reliability—which can help foster a high return rate for Altura and its merchants.

“Going from our original environment to Java technology ...

Get J2EE™ Technology in Practice: Building Business Applications With the Java™ 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.