I just posted an entry on running HawtIO on JBoss Wildfly 8.1 recently. From that post you know how awesome HawtIO is, and all of the cool plugins it has to make managing your JVM based technologie...

HawtIO gives awesome eye candy to your JVM based middleware. It's a unifying console for applications that would otherwise have to build out their own crappy web console; and let's be honest, they'...

Apache Camel -- the best open source integration library Apache Camel is an awesome, open-source, integration library that can be used as the backbone of an ESB, or in stand alone applications to d...

I recently did a step-by-step demo on using Fabric8 or JBoss Fuse with an emphasis on DevOps. For those of you who aren't familiar with Fabric8, check out the overview I put together a few weeks ag...

I recently put together a quick Github project to show the Fabric8 HTTP gateway in action. It shows a sample project that you can use to test out the HTTP Gateway. The example/camel/cxf profile tha...

DevOps is all about automating your build and release environment, reducing human error/tasks, and building up a pipeline to support continuous delivery so you can get quick feedback about your IT ...

Fabric8 Fabric8 is a Apache 2.0 Licensed upstream community for the JBoss Fuse product from Red Hat. It's is an integration platform based on Apache ActiveMQ, Camel, CXF,Karaf, HawtIO and others. I...

I've been meaning to blog about this for a while, but never got the time. Well I have a few seconds to point out that I've posted eight (8) step-by-step videos walking you through the details of an...

I just finished my talk at DevNation on Simplifying your integrations with Apache Camel. You can find the slides here: Simplify integrations-final-pdf from ceposta It went great, and if you'r...

Well, you probably know my thoughts on cloud, PaaS, iPaaS and the like. In short, there's a lot of hype around it, unscrupulous vendors, and some awesome magic involved. But there is some truth to ...

Ahh yes, this mythical utopian "cloud" where unicorns frolic, butterflies abound, and magical elves fetch me a beer three quarters of a way into my current one. I love that place. I just saw this w...

Interested in the JBoss Fuse technolgoies, or the new Fabric8 open-source community? Wanna meet James Strachan (Creator, HawtIO, Camel, [Groovy][groovy][/groovy]), Hiram Chirino (Creator ActiveMQ, ...

Apache Camel is the most popular open-source integration library. You can implement complex routing, orchestration, transformation, and mediation with this library. With hundreds of connectors/adap...

Every once in a while, I run into an interesting problem related to connections and pooling with ActiveMQ, and today I'd like to discuss something that is not always very clear and could potentiall...

Word on the street is that Camel tastes good. Well, I can't vouch for that (as I haven't tried it...), but what I can vouch for is that working with Apache Camel for integration projects is awesome...

I'm excited to be giving a webinar on Wednesday (December 18th, 2013) at 9am MST (so that translates to 8am PST, 11 EST, and 16:00 UTC). I've already heard that the signups for this event are off t...

It's Open Source! JBoss Fuse is an open-source ESB and is the evolution of Fuse ESB after the Red Hat acquisition of FuseSource. It's open-source, Apache v2 Licensed, and fully supported by Red Hat...

This blog demonstrates how easy it is to use Apache Camel and its new json-path component along with the camel-sqs component to produce and consume messages on Amazon SQS. Amazon Web Services SQS i...

This week you can get 50% off PackT Publishing books! There are a couple new Apache Camel Books released that you may wish to take a look at: Instant Apache Camel Message Routing Instant Apache Cam...

First of all, for full disclosure, for the last 1.5 years, I've been working as a consultant for FuseSource (now Red Hat) supporting SOA and Integration projects for large and small companies in di...