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Microsoft Silverlight vs. Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Microsoft Silverlight

    Score3.4 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft's Silverlight is a development tool.N/A

    Red Hat JBoss EAP

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AN/AN/A
    Pricing
    Microsoft SilverlightRed Hat JBoss EAP
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Microsoft SilverlightRed Hat JBoss EAP
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    Microsoft SilverlightRed Hat JBoss EAP
    Application Servers
    Comparison of Application Servers features of Microsoft Silverlight and Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
    Feature
    Microsoft Silverlight
    -
    Ratings
    Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
    6.8
    9 Ratings
    15% below category average
    IDE support00 Ratings6.09 Ratings
    Security management00 Ratings7.09 Ratings
    Administration and management00 Ratings8.09 Ratings
    Application server performance00 Ratings8.09 Ratings
    Installation00 Ratings5.09 Ratings
    Open-source standards compliance00 Ratings7.09 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Microsoft SilverlightRed Hat JBoss EAP
    Likelihood to Recommend
    1.0
    (4 ratings)
    8.1
    (8 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.5
    (3 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.7
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.2
    (2 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.5
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Microsoft SilverlightRed Hat JBoss EAP
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    The Silverlight plug-in means developers can target a single, consistent runtime for browser-based apps, rather than working with the complexity of multiple browsers in different versions. You also get video and multimedia effects that are hard or impossible with pure HTML and JavaScript, though Adobe Systems' Flash has the same advantages.
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    Red Hat
    JBoss EAP is subscription based/open source platform. It's very reliable and great for deploying high transaction Java based enterprise applications. It integrates well with third party components like mod_cluster and supports popular Java EE web-based frameworks such as Spring, Angular JS, jQuery Mobile, and Google Web Toolkit.
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    Pros
    Microsoft
    • Easy to implement
    • No need for additional frameworks on client side
    • Out of browser capabilities
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    Red Hat
    • MOD_CLUSTER integration. JBoss EAP integrates pretty well with mod_cluster. This is an intelligent load balancer especially useful in highly clustered environments.
    • Supports enterprise-grade features such as high availability clustering, distributed caching, messaging etc.
    • Supports deployment in on-premise, virtual and hybrid cloud environments.
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    Cons
    Microsoft
    • No longer being supported
    • No upkeep with ria services
    • Be nice to work in a modern browser
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    Red Hat
    • Difficult to replicate configuration outside of a container environment
    • Still requires quite a bit of knowledge of the CLI
    • Integration with deployment tools requires CLI knowledge
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Red Hat
    We are planning to migrate away from Jboss to Tomcat as Jboss has shown not interest in supporting OSGi which is heavily used at our shop
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    Usability
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Red Hat
    JBoss overall is easy to use. The installation and deployment of applications are quick. Documentations and support are also readily available.
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    Performance
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Red Hat
    JBoss EAP is lightweight and doesn't really consumes much physical resources. It's high performing and suites well for high transaction Java enterprise applications. The out of box performance settings are not really great and you will have to configure the settings to suite your environment to leverage it's full benefits.
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    Support Rating
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Red Hat
    Fast response.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Microsoft
    Microsoft Silverlight allows more adaptability and it integrates well with our products across the company. Adobe Flash crashes or doesn't work with our shipping campus.
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    Red Hat
    We selected JBoss because of compatibility with EJB's. We currently are trying to reduce our footprint and will highly consider using Tomcat.
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    Return on Investment
    Microsoft
    • Increased lecture delivery
    • Improved academic experience
    • Less A/V tech support and delay
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    Red Hat
    • Jboss EAP is easy to deploy and configure. This lead to lower cost and faster delivery.
    • Even though we have large number of machines running JBoss, we have only two Jboss Administrators. It doesn't requires too much administration and maintenance on daily basis and reduces number of administrators required for large implementations.
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