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NEW CANDLE PathWAI PACKAGES ACCELERATE 'EARLY LIFE-CYCLE'

Candle Corp, a leading enterprise infrastructure management provider, announced six new PathWAI packages that accelerate IBM WebSphere Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) and enterprise application integration (EAI) initiatives.

Designed for builders, tuners and testers of application infrastructure, the new packages empower application infrastructure development teams to rapidly identify and eliminate "early life-cycle" problems that cause operational performance issues, and lead to deployment delays and cost overruns. These packages extend Candle's award-winning PathWAI portfolio of WebSphere application infrastructure management solutions.

The packages announced include PathWAI Performance Workshop for J2EE, PathWAI Tuning Workbench for J2EE, PathWAI Deployment for J2EE, PathWAI Performance Workshop for WebSphere Business Integration, PathWAI Tuning Workbench for WebSphere Business Integration and PathWAI Deployment for WebSphere Business Integration.

The new packages can significantly reduce the high failure rates common in application development projects. For example, as much as 75 percent of application development projects fail, according to industry analyst Giga Information Group Inc. Candle PathWAI packages deliver best-in-class application infrastructure development and pre-deployment performance tuning and testing capabilities to ensure reliability, scalability and performance in production. Organizations use the PathWAI packages individually to resolve specific performance problems and can easily scale up to take advantage of the entire portfolio to optimize total WebSphere performance across the "build, deploy, manage" life cycle.

"WebSphere application server and MQ power our online shop front, providing our global customer base of students and lifelong learners with real-time access and services," said Emil Perez, director of Hosting Administration at John Wiley & Sons Inc. "The truth is that e-business is not simple. For example, our browser and shopping cart functions on the application server draw on a host of transactional procurement, inventory and database applications running on the Solaris and AS/400 platforms.

"MQ establishes the supporting inter-platform connections for our online business. To achieve the performance our customers demand it is critical that we test and tune J2EE and EAI application infrastructure before full-scale deployment. Once installed, management is an essential on-going priority. Candle PathWAI management solutions support our e-business initiatives across the WebSphere life cycle. They provide architectural support, as well as critical visibility into application server and MQ performance to deliver a seamless shopping experience."

PathWAI Package Overview

Background for new PathWAI packages for Web application infrastructure J2EE and EAI follows:

• PathWAI Packages For Web Application Infrastructure

  • PathWAI Performance Workshop for J2EE -- Provides J2EE training and mentoring to architects and developers, along with in-depth analysis and pragmatic recommendations for using J2EE to support key operations.

  • PathWAI Tuning Workbench for J2EE -- Enables customers to accelerate deployment times and gain an end-user view of application performance during testing. The solution provides organizations with tools for testing and tuning J2EE applications prior to deployment to ensure that new Java applications will scale in production to support real-world performance.

  • PathWAI Deployment for J2EE -- Helps organizations sidestep unforeseen performance problems associated with new deployments in sophisticated enterprise environments. The package offers consulting services and tools to help organizations plan and validate new J2EE applications during the development and pilot phases.

• PathWAI Packages For EAI

  • PathWAI Performance Workshop for WebSphere Business Integration -- Creates the architectural blueprint to help ensure the successful integration and business-critical performance of organizations' EAI projects. The three-day consulting and services engagement includes an EAI infrastructure review, as well as recommendations for optimizing an EAI initiative.

  • PathWAI Tuning Workbench for WebSphere Business Integration -- Delivers powerful tuning and testing tools, including PathWAI Message Editor and monitors for WebSphere MQ and WebSphere Business Integration, that enable organizations to accelerate problem resolution and gain assurance that their infrastructures will support business-critical applications once in production.

  • PathWAI Deployment for WebSphere Business Integration -- Combines senior consulting and performance testing tools for a comprehensive assessment of application infrastructure in the deployment phase. Tailored for each organization's requirements, the 10-day deployment assessment enables organizations to identify and eliminate performance issues that can become costly to address once the infrastructure is in production.

The new solutions complement the original PathWAI packages that include architecture and development services, as well as application performance testing, tuning and management packages for WebSphere Application Server and WebSphere MQ. Further, Candle dashboard solutions for WebSphere Application Server and WebSphere Business Integration empower organizations to map IT performance and investment to business impact.

"Organizations continually balance the requirements to reduce IT costs and extend their e-business capabilities to enhance competitive advantage," said David Caddis, vice president of Application Infrastructure Management at Candle Corp. "Candle is building on our market-leading position for WebSphere by delivering these new PathWAI packages that enable organizations to optimize all facets of their WebSphere environment, from a single Java application to a global application infrastructure."