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AlbeesOnline: The Road to Hell is Paved with Good Intentions

dan — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:01:27 +0000

AlbeesOnline has posted a great article showing how difficult integration projects can be when you need to work with teams spread across an organization. A relatively straightforward project turns into a Frankenstein of text files and workarounds. It also shows the reason why projects have meetings that involve 20-30 people five times a week, you [...]

Fifteen common Websphere Partner Gateway problems and how to solve them

syndication — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:00:00 +0000

Websphere Partner Gateway enables companies to connect large groups of trading partners to their businesses and extend internal integration outside the enterprise. This article discusses 15 common problems that can occur during Partner Gateway operations and their solutions.

WebSphere Process Server operational architecture: Part 1: Base architecture and infrastructure components

syndication — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:00:00 +0000

Part 1 of this two-part article series dives deeply into the operational architecture of IBM WebSphere Process Server. This article introduces you to concepts, such as Service Component Architecture (SCA), Business Process Choreographer (BPC) and Service Integration Bus (SIB) in the context of WebSphere Process Server, and shows you how they work together to build a secure transactional runtime environment for your SOA. In this respect, you will be able to better articulate the technical architecture of WebSphere Process Server, which will improve your ability to operate WebSphere Process Server in your organization..

The top 10 questions you always wanted to ask about WebSphere Business Modeler

syndication — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0000

WebSphere Business Modeler expert Marc Fasbinder answers the ten most commonly asked questions about Modeler. (IBM Business Process Management Journal)

Is SOA Dead? – Webinar hosted by the WebSphere User Group

dan — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:04:26 +0000

Well I sure hope not but the Global WebSphere Community is holding a one hour chat on the subject: begin a Session dates: Wednesday, December 3, 2008 Starting time: 3:00 pm, GMT -05:00, Eastern Standard Time (New York) Many organizations have started down the path of SOA, only to find that reality is more challenging [...]

WebSphere Process Server invocation styles

dan — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:58:07 +0000

From DeveloperWorks, WebSphere Process Server invocation styles As you author applications in WebSphere Integration Developer, you may find it necessary to set or verify the invocation style that one component will use to call another. Users are often surprised to find that this is not as easy a task as it may seem. This article [...]

Error Handling in WebSphere Process Server: Developing an Error Handling Strategy

dan — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:58:05 +0000

From DeveloperWorks, Error handling in WebSphere Process Server, Part 1: Developing an error handling strategy With the emergence of service oriented solutions, we’ve seen a sharp rise in developer productivity. Developers are empowered with a new found freedom of service construction and reuse. However, with this freedom comes an increased exposure to inconsistent service definitions. [...]

Establish a policy-driven SOA using WebSphere Service Registry and Repository and WebSphere ESB

syndication — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:00:00 +0000

The WS-Policy specification provides a simple language for expressing policies supported by Web services. IBM WebSphere Service Registry and Repository supports loading, changing, and retrieving policy documents, and also supports using policy attachments to link a given policy with a service. This can then be used by a run time component, like an Enterprise Service Bus, to retrieve defined policies for a particular service or operation and act accordingly. This article shows how you can utilize standard WS-Policy documents stored in a registry to impact run time behavior in an ESB -- and then change that behavior on the fly with no code changes or redeployment. (IBM WebSphere Developer Technical Journal)

Feature Request: Product Exceptions should include a Hyperlink to a Wiki

dan — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:10:41 +0000

One of the biggest pain points in any IBM product are the non-sensical error messages that are generated by the products when something goes wrong. The exception itself usually doesn’t provide much of a clue as to the root cause of the issue. To proceed you either need to be an expert in reading stack [...]

Asynchronous replication of WebSphere Process Server and WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus for disaster recovery environments

syndication — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:00:00 +0000

This article describes an environment that is based on using a disk replication system in asynchronous mode. You can include this environment in a disaster recovery plan that includes a secondary data center using IBM WebSphere Process Server or WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus.

Managing tasks and business processes using WebSphere Business Space

syndication — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:00:00 +0000

Learn how to create WebSphere BPM V6.1.2 Business Space dashboards using the run-time artifacts from the WebSphere BPM V6.1.1 Clips and Tacks tutorial. You'll create a business space to manage the tasks and business forms input, run some processes that use forms, and finally create a business space you can use to monitor the process and tasks.

What’s new in WebSphere Application Server V7

syndication — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 08:00:00 +0000

IBM WebSphere Application Server V7 has powerful new features and dramatic enhancements to help you achieve heightened productivity, stronger security, tighter integration, and simplified administration. Find out about some of the new key features that enable this new release to provide a flexible and reliable foundation for your service-oriented architecture.

ICTY Toronto 2008: Lower Operational Costs and Improving Quality of Service Using Application Virtualization

dan — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:40:39 +0000

This presentation was subtitled: Accelerate Business agility and cost savings with websphere virtual enterprise. THis address the question, “How can you minimize the amount of ‘whitespace’ (deadspace) on machines when typical infastructure relys on being able to process peak performance”. Can we instead somehow provision for average performance and leverage more machines when the peak [...]

Developerworks SOA Best Practices and Top 10 SOA and Web services tutorials and articles

dan — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:04:18 +0000

IBM Developerworks has a nice clean looking site for SOA best practices, pulling in various content from all over the place. It’s worth checking out. It led me to an interesting link, Top 10 SOA and Web services tutorials and articles. Its interesting to see what the most popular tutorials and articles are on developerworks. [...]

ICTY Toronto 2008: A Smart SOA Approach in Any Economic Climate

dan — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:58:18 +0000

This session was delivered by Martin Wildberger, IBM VP and Director of the Toronto Software Lab. This session was attended by around 70 people, a pretty large turnout for one of these all-day events. Martin asked the crowd if they were from the line of business side or the IT side. I didn’t see a [...]

IBM Impact comes to you: Toronto

dan — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:19:02 +0000

As I wait for my next contract to start, I was given the opportunity to attend the Toronto version of the Impact Comes to You held at the IBM Toronto Lab (where I used to commute daily when employed by IBM). My goal today is to blog any interesting points or developments that occur throughout [...]

IBM TechNote: Content and maintenance of the wstemp directory for WebSphere Process Server V6

dan — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:12:33 +0000

IBM released a technote: Content and maintenance of the wstemp directory for WebSphere Process Server V6 which helps to explain what the server does with the ‘wstemp’ directory. There’s also four other articles on the topic: Problem with workspace directories How does wstemp directory work Clearing wstemp will delete console preferences Logs and temporary files [...]

WebSphere Education YouTube Channel

dan — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:52:04 +0000

If you like browsing YouTube and actually want to find something educational between all the pet videos, you can check out IBM’s WebSphere Education YouTube Channel. Who knows, maybe you’ll discover the next great internet meme there that will sweep the world. Or not. Similar Posts:Impact 2008: YouTube Participation Impact 2008: Web 2.0 Social Networking [...]

IBM Podcast: Michael O’Connell interviews Steve Mills

dan — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:48:30 +0000

I was listening to the podcast of Steve Mills being interviewed by DeveloperWorks. The nice thing about these podcasts is that they are transcribed, so you can read along. There were a few bits of information that were interesting to me. I was listening to the podcast passively, so I may have missed some even [...]

WebSphere MQ Workflow Transition to WebSphere Process Server

syndication — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:00:00 +0000

Draft Redbook, last updated: Thu, 14 Aug 2008

- Transition concepts and planning
- Transition support and guidance
- Transition examples

This IBM® Redbook publication provides a guide on how to transition from your WebSphere® MQ Workflow 3.6 environment to WebSphere Process Server V6.1.

Versioning business processes and human tasks in WebSphere Process Server

syndication — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:00:00 +0000

This article shows you how to build versions of business processes and human tasks that are based on best practices in IBM WebSphere Integration Developer V6.1 and WebSphere Process Server V6.1.

IBM Client Application For JMS – Put JMS messages in queues

dan — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:28:50 +0000

I had the need to be able to place a JMS Message onto a Service Integration Bus Queue. I tried to use the SIBus Explorer, but it really didn’t like my WebSphere v6.1 configuration and would always throw an exception. I then checked out the IBM Client Application Tool for JMS pointed out to me [...]

WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliance: The XML Management Interface

syndication — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:00:00 +0000

Draft Redpaper, last updated: Thu, 7 Aug 2008

- Appliance Management Protocol (AMP)
- SOAP Configuration Management (SOMA)
- Debugging

The XML Management Interface is the third way to configure and administer the WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliance, besides the WebGUI and the CLI.

Advanced techniques and patterns for business process client development

syndication — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:01:00 +0000

This article introduces you to techniques and patterns that you can use to develop personalized user interfaces for business processes. Although this article focuses on IBM WebSphere Process Server as the process engine, you can use most approaches and tools to create client applications for other process engines, for example, IBM Lotus Workflow and SAP Business Workflow.

Create classification taxonomies programmatically in IBM WebSphere Service Registry and Repository

syndication — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:00:00 +0000

By creating classification taxonomies in IBM WebSphere Service Registry and Repository, you can flexibly catalog and organize services and your metadata, enabling effective governance. This article illustrates a mechanism for uploading classification taxonomies into the WebSphere Service Registry and Repository using an XML-based interface, which can also be extended as an integration mechanism for synchronizing classification taxonomies to WebSphere Service Registry and Repository from other external systems. Find out how to load the classification taxonomies into WebSphere Service Registry and Repository using the Java Management Extensions (JMX) management APIs provided by WebSphere Service Registry and Repository.

The WebSphere Contrarian: Are you sure you want to reorg that messaging engine database?

syndication — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:00:00 +0000

The standard practice for database administration is to periodically check on the database and table organization to insure optimal performance -- but do these standard practices apply to a database used for JMS persistent message storage with IBM WebSphere Application Server? (IBM WebSphere Developer Technical Journal)

IBM Buys ILOG, a Business Rules Engine

dan — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:33:01 +0000

Geez, I don’t know how I missed this one. ILOG is a business rules engine that can already integrate with WebSphere Process Server so this acquisition makes sense. It’s better than the one bundled with the product and used by more companies. Anyway, I’ll defer to the bloggers of the world who have more industry [...]

What’s new in WebSphere Integration Developer V6.1.2

syndication — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:00:00 +0000

IBM WebSphere Integration Developer is a powerful tool used by integration developers in the assemble phase of the SOA lifecycle. You can create, test, and debug artifacts for WebSphere Process Server, including WS-BPEL processes and state machines, human tasks, business rules, SCA assembly diagrams, and more. This article examines the features new to WebSphere Integration Developer V6.1.2. Basic knowledge of WebSphere Integration Developer is required for this article.

What’s new in WebSphere Process Server V6.1.2

syndication — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:00:00 +0000

IBM WebSphere Process Server is a powerful runtime engine that can be used as the heart of a Service Oriented Architecture. It is built on WebSphere Application Server, and includes WebSphere ESB, enabling you to run integration modules created with WebSphere Application Developer, mediation modules, and J2EE applications. This article examines the features new to WebSphere Process Server V6.1.2. Basic knowledge of WebSphere Process Server is required for this article.

The top 15 WebSphere MQ best practices

syndication — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:00:00 +0000

Many articles and books offer recommendations for designing message queuing and integrating it into applications. This article simplifies this maze by listing 15 or so widely recognized best practices for using WebSphere MQ to implement message queuing. This article describes the most common best practices in designing, building, running, and maintaining WebSphere MQ solutions in order to achieve the full benefits of WebSphere MQ.

Configuring IBM WebSphere Process Server V6.1 with an Oracle Database

syndication — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:00:00 +0000

Redpaper, published: Thu, 17 Jul 2008

This IBM® Redpaper publication explains how to configure IBM WebSphere® Process Server V6.1 to work with an Oracle® database.

WebSphere InterChange Server migration to WebSphere Process Server

syndication — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:00:00 +0000

Draft Redbook, last updated: Fri, 11 Jul 2008

- Migration of WebSphere InterChange Server and WBI Adapters
- Architectural usage patterns and migration planning
- Migration tools, technical examples and scenarios

IBM® WebSphere® Process Server is the next generation business process integration server that has evolved from proven business integration concepts, application server technologies, and the latest open standards.

Business Value of WebSphere Message Broker V6.1

syndication — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:00:00 +0000

This article explains how WebSphere Message Broker V6.1 can help businesses reduce costs and create new revenue opportunities by implementing a simple and universal application connectivity infrastructure.

My Contributions To The IBM External Community – The 24/7 Answer Man

dan — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:38 +0000

I think some of my readers need a refresher course on exactly what I’m doing here and everything that I’ve contributed to the external IBM community (aka, the community that IBM does next to nothing to help thrive). I constantly post and answer questions of all levels in the two external newsgroups for WebSphere Integration [...]

Online Real Estate Search in Canada: Example of Integration Bottlenecking And Innvocation Stifling

dan — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:45:30 +0000

From the Canadian Real Estate Blog, MoveSmartly, They have a post titled “The Future of the Online Real Estate Search in Canada“. In the USA, people interested in real estate have a ton of different websites they can use to search for houses. Pop the term into google sometime. In Canada, things are completely different. [...]

Gartner Says Worldwide Application Infrastructure and Middleware Market Revenue Increased 13 Percent in 2007

dan — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:07:14 +0000

The following is Gartners view of the Application Infrastructure and Middleware market broken down by the big boys: Company 2007 Revenue 2007 Market Share (%) 2006 Revenue 2006 Share (%) 2006-2007 Growth (%) IBM 4,090.3 28.9 3,554.5 28.3 15.1 BEA Systems 1,323.9 9.3 1,224.7 9.8 8.1 Oracle 1,202.7 8.5 1,004.9 8.0 19.7 Sterling Commerce [...]

WebSphere Business Services Fabric, Part 2: Extending the ontology models

syndication — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:00:00 +0000

Learn how you can leverage the features of WebSphere Business Services Fabric to build composite business applications that support dynamic binding and orchestration. In Part 2, you'll learn how to model the variability points in the business process as ontology extensions using the Fabric Modeling Tool.

SOA integration: Decouple service consumers from service providers over an ESB

syndication — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:00:00 +0000

Develop an integration solution composed of business and mediation modules. In this tutorial, you deploy the scenario to IBM WebSphere Process Server V6.1. The scenario involves the IBM WebSphere Adapter for Flat Files V6.1 for inbound delivery and IBM WebSphere Service Registry and Repository V6.1 to implement a dynamic Web service lookup.

The Support Authority: A systematic approach to problem solving

syndication — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:00:00 +0000

Problem determination is not an exact science, but it's also not rocket science. A methodical approach will help your problem solving techniques become more organized, systematic, and, ultimately, more effective. (IBM WebSphere Developer Technical Journal)

Taking component testing to the next level in WebSphere Integration Developer

syndication — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:00:00 +0000

Test case support, a new feature of WebSphere Integration Developer V6.1, lets you create a test suite, a collection of test cases. The test client allows you to test each component in isolation or as part of the whole module, or system of modules. You can run the suites of test cases at any time to show you whether your latest changes cause tests to fail.

DataPower Problem Determination Techniques

syndication — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:00:00 +0000

Draft Redpaper, last updated: Fri, 13 Jun 2008

This IBM redpaper provides a guide to many aspects of problem determination on a DataPower appliance, with an emphasis on powerful troubleshooting utilities.

Adding custom roles in WebSphere Business Services Fabric

syndication — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:00:00 +0000

Learn how you can add custom roles to the base WebSphere Business Services Fabric V6.1 Business Service Model using Rational Software Architect and the Fabric modeling tool. Once you add these roles, you can build policies and assertions around them.

DataPower Course WB552 Overall Impressions

dan — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:02:33 +0000

I have to admit that I was very impressed with DataPower Course WB552. The content of the course covered everything that on would need to know about how to use the box along with security. It also provided a lot of opportunity to go off the beaten path and try modifications on your own. I [...]

WebSphere Business Integration V6.1 Performance Tuning

syndication — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:00:00 +0000

Draft Redpaper, last updated: Mon, 9 Jun 2008

- Learn valuable tips for tuning
- Get the latest best practices
- Try the example settings

This IBM® Redpaper was produced by the IBM WebSphere® Process Server, WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus, WebSphere Adapters, and WebSphere Business Monitor performance teams in Austin Texas, Böblingen Germany, and Hursley England.

Use ARM to monitor SCA invocations in IBM WebSphere Process Server

syndication — Thu, 29 May 2008 16:00:00 +0000

This two-part series shows you how to monitor Service Component Architecture (SCA) invocations using the Application Response Measurement (ARM) standard in IBM WebSphere Process Server V6.1. You can use an ARM implementation, such as IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for Response Time Tracking, to generate a graphic view of SCA invocations. This article, Part 1 of the series, starts by describing ARM and showing you how to debug synchronous scenarios using Tivoli Composite Application Manager for Response Time Tracking. In Part 2, you'll get an introduction to SCA invocation patterns and learn how to debug asynchronous scenarios.

WebSphere User Group: Ask the Experts Session RIGHT NOW

dan — Wed, 28 May 2008 15:48:16 +0000

In a case of the worst marketing for an event ever, I just received an email informing me that the Global WebSphere Community is holding an “Ask The Experts” event online from 10am Eastern to 10pm Eastern. You can join the conversation right now. The event is free, you just need to sign up with [...]

Make SOA real with IBM WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus and IBM WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliances

syndication — Tue, 27 May 2008 14:00:00 +0000

Looking for a way to manage the interoperability among applications using different protocols that need to exchange confidential data? Consider combining the functionality of IBM WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus and IBM WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliances. Find out how you can get a secure, agile, and extendible solution with a little effort in terms of code.

Web services with SOAP/JMS in IBM WebSphere Process Server

syndication — Mon, 26 May 2008 16:00:00 +0000

This two-part article series shows you how to use SOAP over Java Message Service (JMS) in IBM WebSphere Process Server and IBM WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus. Learn how to set up and use SOAP over JMS as configured by default by the IBM WebSphere Integration Developer tool and how to enable the use of the IBM WebSphere MQ JMS provider via configuration. In this article, Part 1 of the series, you create and invoke a Web service using SOAP over JMS and an end-to-end application example, covering the full process of creating, building, deploying, and testing the applications. Scenarios covering both point-to-point and publish/subscribe messaging walk you through the process. In the second article in this series, you'll reconfigure a Web service that uses the SOAP over JMS protocol to enable the use of WebSphere MQ as the JMS provider and allow the transport of SOAP messages via WebSphere MQ queues.

Getting Started with WebSphere Process Server and WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus Part 3: Runtime

syndication — Thu, 22 May 2008 13:00:00 +0000

Draft Redbook, last updated: Wed, 14 May 2008

- Install WebSphere Process Server
- Build topologies based on patterns
- Prepare for deployment

This book provides new users with information on installing and configuring a WebSphere® Process Server and WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus runtime environment.

Tip: Improve the display of logged messages in WebSphere ESB V6.1

syndication — Tue, 20 May 2008 14:00:00 +0000

Learn about the changes to the Message Logger mediation primitive in WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus V6.1, and how you can improve the display of logged messages in V6.1.