Middleware Mender

Your WebSphere and WebLogic servers, fixed and moved forward.

Hands-on, part-time help with administration, upgrades, and migrations for teams that don't have a middleware specialist on staff.

Tell me about your servers Reply within one business day

Repair ticket

Problem
App errors after a database change. Stale connections pile up and users get timeouts.
Fix
Purged the connection pool, tuned the statement cache, added a pre-test so it can't recur.
Status
Mended

What I fix

The problems that land on your desk when nobody left on the team really knows the app server.

  • Stuck on old versions or Java 8Out-of-support WebSphere or WebLogic releases that need a safe upgrade path.
  • Connection pool troubleExhausted pools, stale connections, and database timeouts.
  • Clusters that don't fail overNode, cluster, and session setup that breaks when one server goes down.
  • Slow or crashing JVMsHeap sizing, garbage collection, and thread pool tuning.
  • Failed deploymentsApps that won't start, class loading conflicts, and broken config after a change.
  • Moving between platformsWebSphere to Liberty, WebLogic to WebSphere, or onto newer versions.

Services and pricing

Fixed prices where the scope is clear, hourly where it isn't. You get a written quote before any work starts.

Health check and tuning

A full review of your environment with prioritized fixes.

  • Configuration, clustering, and failover
  • Connection pools, JVM heap, and garbage collection
  • Patch levels and security settings
  • Written findings and a walkthrough call
$1,800fixed price

Upgrade and migration assessment

Find out what it will take to get off old versions before you commit.

  • Inventory of servers, apps, Java levels, and dependencies
  • Risk list and recommended path
  • Effort estimate you can budget against
$3,500fixed price

Upgrade and migration projects

Hands-on execution of the plan, done in evenings, weekends, or your scheduled maintenance windows.

Quotedper project

Support retainer

Ten hours a month of admin help for deployments, tuning, and the questions that come up. Extra hours at $150.

$1,200per month

Hourly help

For a single problem that needs an expert look.

$150per hour, 2-hour minimum

How it works

Most engagements start the same way.

  1. Tell me what's wrongEmail a short description of your environment and the problem.
  2. Short callWe go over the details and what a good outcome looks like.
  3. Written quoteA fixed price or hourly estimate, with scope spelled out.
  4. Work and reportI do the work and hand over written notes on what changed.

Availability: work happens evenings, weekends, and scheduled maintenance windows. This isn't a 24/7 emergency line, so it's best for planned work and problems that can wait a day.

About

Middleware Mender is run by a hands-on middleware engineer with 8 years of enterprise WebSphere and WebLogic experience. I've installed, clustered, tuned, upgraded, and migrated the same kinds of environments you're running today.

You work directly with me, not an account manager or a junior team.

  • WebSphere installs and administration
  • Clustering
  • Connection pools
  • Version upgrades
  • WebSphere migrations
  • WebLogic migrations
  • DB2 troubleshooting

Get in touch

Tell me about your setup and what's going wrong. I'll reply within one business day.

Prefer email? Write to middlewaremender@gmail.com