A great little post on the step-by-step instructions to get BlazeDS up and running on Amazon's EC2 service for Flex RIA apps:

http://weblog.cahlan.com/2020/04/easy-setup-guide-for-blazeds-zero-to.html

Damon

Below is a list of Adobe LiveCycle Data Services and BlazeDS product info, demos, doc and customer reference links that you may find helpful.

PRODUCT INFO

LiveCycle Data Services Community Edition
LiveCycle Data Services ES
LiveCycle Data Services ES In-Depth
LiveCycle Data Services ES Features & Benefits
BlazeDS
BlazeDS Features
LiveCycle Data Services ES 2.6 Public Beta

DOCUMENTATION

Dev Center:
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/livecycle_dataservices2_6

Capacity Planning Guide:
http://livedocs.adobe.com/livecycle/es/sdkHelp/programmer/lcds/flex2wp_fdscapacityplanning.pdf

DEMOS

Universal Minds GeoLayer Demo:
http://www.universalmind.com/demo/launchpad/GeoLayer.html

Adobe SalesBuilder Demo:
http://coenraets.org/blog/2020/04/yahoo-maps-collaboration-using-flex-and-blazeds and
http://coenraets.org/blog/2020/02/salesbuilder-beta-3-air-file-flex-source-code

A simple mortgage application collaboration demo:
http://coenraets.org/blog/2020/04/collaborative-data-entry-with-flex-and-blazeds

A simple Yahoo! MAPS collaboration demo:
http://coenraets.org/blog/2020/04/yahoo-maps-collaboration-using-flex-and-blazeds

Also note that default LCDS turnkey install includes some nice samples with code to unveil the magic:
http://localhost:8700/samples/

CUSTOMER EXAMPLES

MFG.com
Cegedim
SkyGrid
Optimal Payments
Pikeo
Acesis
eTrade Germany

Damon

Just posted to Adobe Labs, we've made available a public Beta of Adobe® LiveCycle® Data Services ES 2.6, the Adobe server-based technology that streamlines the integration of rich Internet applications (RIAs) with LiveCycle Services, J2EE applications, and business logic.

Check it out here: http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/livecycle_dataservices2_6

This release aligns with the releases of Adobe Flex® 3 and Adobe Flex Builder™ 3. It provides new and enhanced capabilities for enterprise developers building application utilizing Flex and LiveCycle. A complete list of new features is contained in the documentation. Below are some highlights.

New and enhanced features include:

- Alignment with Flex 3
- Improved LiveCycle Foundation Integration Features
- Improved RTMP Performance and Scalability
- Scalable HTTP Based Channel
- Data Management Paging Improvements
- Data Management Offline Improvements
- Data Management Improved Subtype Support
- Data Management and Hibernate Improvements

Nota that the complete list of new features and enhancements and fixes is located in the documentation. We sincerely appreciate your participation in the public Beta release, and as always, look forward to your feedback!

Damon