Rapid WebSphere Application Server Provisioning with WebSphere CloudBurst Appliance

This IBM® Redguide™ publication provides a high level overview of the new IBM WebSphere® CloudBurst™ Appliance, including current issues being faced in the information technology (IT) industry and how WebSphere CloudBurst can address many of these issues.

Publish Date
26 October 2009

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Author(s)

Krishna Avatar Allada is an IBM Accredited Advisory IT Architect - IBM India. He has more than 10 years of experience in software architecture, design and development. His areas of expertise include Java EE, Web 2.0, SOA, Eclipse-based solutions, WebSphere Application Server and software development methodologies. He holds a Master's Degree in Computer Applications (M.C.A) from University of Madras, India and a Master of Technology (M.Tech.) from Punjabi University, India.

• Krishna Avatar Allada

Marc Haberkorn is the Product Manager for WebSphere CloudBurst Appliance and WebSphere Application Server Hypervisor Edition. Prior to his work on these WebSphere cloud projects, Marc spent five years as a software engineer in the WebSphere Technology Institute. In this role, Marc contributed to WebSphere Virtual Enterprise and WebSphere sMash. Marc has a Masters of Business Administration from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University and a Bachelors in Computer Engineering from Penn State.

• Marc Haberkorn

Carla Sadtler is a Consulting IT Specialist at the ITSO, Raleigh Center. She writes extensively about WebSphere products and solutions. Before joining the ITSO in 1985, Carla worked in the Raleigh branch office as a Program Support Representative, supporting MVS clients. She holds a degree in mathematics from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

• Carla Sadtler

Ruth Willenborg is a Senior Technical Staff Member in the IBM WebSphere Technology Institute. Ruth is currently working on WebSphere Cloud computing and virtual appliance initiatives, and is the technical evangelist for the new IBM WebSphere CloudBurst Appliance. Prior to her work on virtualization and appliance initiatives, Ruth was the manager of the WebSphere Performance team responsible for WebSphere Application Server performance analysis, performance benchmarking, and performance tool development. Ruth has over 20 years of experience in software development at IBM. She is co-author of Performance Analysis for Java Web Sites (Addison-Wesley, 2002).

• Ruth Willenborg

IBM Form Number
REDP-4565-00

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22