Because it may not be clear how to start desired tasks when Ubuntu 10.10 boots up this article gives clear direction on how to start desired tasks at Ubuntu boot up.
In /etc/rc.local, the following line should start up Tomcat on reboot:
/usr/share/tomcat/bin/startup.sh
Any other applications or sub systems can be started in a similar fashion by placing the start up command(s) after existing start up command(s).
Mr. Arch Brooks, Software Engineer, Brooks Computing Systems authored this article.