Abstract: A method for updating communications service parameters includes receiving, at a platform configured for speech recognition functionality and corresponding to a communications address associated with verbally updating communications service parameters, a voice instruction from a requester to update a communications service parameter. The voice instruction is translated into digital command data and the digital command data and the update to the communications service parameter are stored in a database. A change in a communications service corresponding to the update to the communications service parameter is implemented in near real-time.

Abstract: An event notification system includes a J2EE compliant Java resource adapter. The Java resource adapter monitors to receive events received by a web application server from a manager server. As events are received at the web application server, the Java resource adapter determines whether to deliver each event. Moreover, if an event is deliverable, the Java resource adapter notifies the targeted application component and transmits the event to an application server. The application server, in turn, transmits the event to the targeted application component and a code fragment corresponding to the event may be executed at the application component.

Abstract: Connections between a Java 2 enterprise edition (J2EE) application server and a common object request broker architecture (CORBA) enterprise information system are managed. A resource adapter is integrated with the application server. The resource adapter includes an encapsulated CORBA interface to the enterprise information system. Additionally, a persistent CORBA connection is established between the application server and the enterprise information system.