Poem: "Wrong Address" - a tribute to victims of Newtown massacre

When I dropped you off at the school last Friday

Your eyes were so bright

Face so charming;

You told me with your sweet voice

The weekend plans of your choice

The ballet class on Saturday

Bowling on friend’s birthday;

Helping your mom in Christmas shopping

Putting more decorations and lightings

Every itty-bitty thing that ran through your mind;

Without which I am deaf, dumb and blind.

You were so excited

To paint your walls blue and roof with red

And a new white bed

To match with the fury cat.

All your dreams and wishes

Shattered like glass

When the devil sprayed bullets in your class  

Death arrived at the wrong address

Making you an angel and driving us hapless.

I found a piece of your shattered dream

In your Barbie bag

 The incomplete Christmas drawing

Vivid and enigmatic;

Holding that your mom

Inconsolable and desolate

Sitting by the Christmas tree

Decorated by thee

 With colorful ornaments

Candy canes and reindeers

The shiny golden stars

How proud they are

That you have become a tiny star in the sky

To give light to the stranger who lost his way.

The mailman returned your letter to Santa Claus

Marking “Undeliverable address”;

You wrote in big letters

With your tiny hands 

Asked for a cute little brother

And a new dollhouse for you

A purse for your mommy

A new job for me

Happiness for your grandma

And world peace for your grandpa

Probably your letter arrived at wrong address

Saint of Death delivered your sacrifice as our present.

We are hapless

Powerless living cadavers

We forgive the devil for the sin

We cannot stop his toy named “Gun”!

I still miss

Your goodnight kiss

I want to cuddle you again

But I don’t know the address for heaven.

(Note: The recent massacre at Sandy Brook Elementary has probably broken everybody’s heart. I wrote this poem to express my feelings as a father as a tribute to the victims of that mindless killing. I do not know any victims personally)

What Customers expect in a new generation APM (2.0) solution

As an application owner, architect or application support personnel, you want to exceed service levels and avoid costly, reputation-damaging application failures through improved visibility into the end-user experience. The blog discusses some of the top features the new generation APM solutions provide that help you achieve your business objectives.

Here is the direct link to the blog.

Challenges with APM 1.0 product

Customers have been managing application performance since early days of mainframe evolution. However, Application Performance Management as a discipline has gained popularity in the past decade.

See my blog in BMC communities for challenges with old generation of APM products.

Here is the direct link : https://communities.bmc.com/communities/community/bsm_initiatives/app_mgmt/blog/2012/12/04/challenges-with-apm-10-products

JavaOne Next week

I will be at JavaOne next week. I have two sessions at JavaOne this year. Here are the details for these two sessions.

Session : BOF6019 - Diagnosing Performance Issues in Cloud-Based Java Applications
Venue / Room: Parc 55 - Market Street
Date and Time: 10/2/12, 17:30 - 18:15

Session : CON6173 - Making Sense out of the Java PaaS Platforms
Venue / Room: Parc 55 - Market Street
Date and Time: 10/2/12, 11:30 - 12:30

I hope to see some of you next week.

Are Java PaaS platforms ready for enterprise?

Cloud computing bubbles are still rising and there is a great hype for Java PaaS. Java PaaS vendors are still growing like mushrooms. Remember the good old early J2EE / EJB 1.0 days! They hold a lot of promise. Are they really ready for deploying enterprise grade applications? I spent few weeks looking at few Java PaaS vendors and I will present my thoughts at my JavaOne presentation.

Have you deployed your enterprise application in a Java PaaS? I would be interested to know your thoughts.

Here is a survey on Java PaaS http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/BDZRWQF