Weblogic - A revolution in J2EE App servers

WebLogic Server Application ArchitectureWebLogic Server is an application server: a platform for developing and deploying multitier distributed enterprise applications. WebLogic Server centralizes application services such as Web server functionality, business components, and access to backend enterprise systems. It uses technologies such as caching and connection pooling to improve resource use and application performance. WebLogic Server also provides enterprise-level security and powerful administration facilities.WebLogic Server operates in the middle tier of a multitier (or n-tier) architecture. A multitier architecture determines where the software components that make up a computing system are executed in relation to each other and to the hardware, network, and users. Choosing the best location for each software component lets you develop applications faster; eases deployment and administration; and provides greater control over performance, utilization, security, scalability, and reliability.WebLogic Server implements J2EE, the Java Enterprise standard. Java is a network-savvy, object-oriented programming language, and J2EE includes component technologies for developing distributed objects. This functionality adds a second dimension to the WebLogic Server application architecture—a layering of application logic, with each layer selectively deployed among WebLogic Server J2EE technologies.The next two sections describe these two views of WebLogic Server architecture: software tiers and application logic layers.