Stephen B. Morris

Biography

Stephen Morris is the CTO of Omey Communications, in Ireland. For the last 20 years, he has worked for some of the world's biggest networking companies on a wide range of software projects, including J2EE/J2SE-based network management systems, billing applications, porting/developing SNMP entities, network device technologies, and GSM mobile networking applications. He holds a master's degree in computer science and has three patents pending in the area of network management. In 2003, Stephen wrote his first book, Network Management, MIBs and MPLS: Principles, Design and Implementation (Prentice Hall PTR, 2003, ISBN 0131011138). He has also written numerous articles on network management and other topics for InformIT and OnJava.com.

Articles

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What Is On-Demand Computing
Publish Date: Nov. 30, 2005On-demand computing is a much-repeated term, but what does it mean, and what does it deliver? As Stephen Morris explains, autonomic computing, policy-driven workflows, and grid computing are all part of the answer. Reducing Upgrade Risk with Aspect Oriented Programming
Publish Date: Mar. 16, 2005Upgrading code in the field is usually frowned upon, if not prohibited outright, because of the risk and expense of pushing code changes through a release cycle. But could you just insert the tiny bit of code you need with AOP? Stephen B. Morris looks at how careful design and separation of responsibilities can make this less risky. JDMK and Legacy IT Management
Publish Date: Feb. 16, 2005Keeping a network with legacy (and possibly unreliable) devices is nearly impossible without some automated help. Stephen Morris shows how to use the Java Dynamic Management Kit to keep tabs on your network and find potential points of failure. The Singleton as a Network Management Pattern
Publish Date: Oct. 27, 2004Patterns aren't for the local memory space any more. As Stephen B. Morris points out, patterns are also useful for network management problems. In this installment, he shows how the Singleton pattern can be used to manage access to functionality in a networked system. Java Patterns and Network Management
Publish Date: Aug. 25, 2004Patterns are often used to solve common problems in software developments, but this approach is also applicable to deploying and managing networks. Stephen B. Morris shows how this approach can help solve problems in this complex field.