Draft Redbook, last updated: Fri, 18 Apr 2008
– Build business integration applications
– Build mediations
– Use adapters
This book provides developers with information on building and testing applications for WebSphere Process Server and WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus.
I’ve now been part of the Twitter community for about two weeks so I think it’s about time that I give my impressions of the medium. Tweet Styles So far, I’ve seen a few different styles of twittering: One one extreme end are people that treat it like a blog entry. They make good use […]
Previously, I talked about what steps I think IBM could take in order to foster an external WebSphere Community with the goal that one day it would become self-sufficient. In that first post, I outlined what I thought were the benefits for IBM to make it happen. In these next series of posts, I’m going […]
I’m going to use this post to record the discussion that generated during the Impact 2008 SOA Jam for my idea about “How IBM can foster an external community”. Now that Impact is over, I’d like to keep a copy of it’s point in time, and also allow any future readers to add comments. Foster […]
I’m going to use this post to record the discussion that generated during the Impact 2008 SOA Jam for my idea about “Too ManyESBs, Skill Spread too thin”. Now that Impact is over, I’d like to keep a copy of it’s point in time, and also allow any future readers to add comments. ESB: Too […]
I guess theres generally two days where a lot of activity on a conference will occur: the start and the end. The following is a list of bloggers who have commented on Impact 2008: Jason Hiner: Talking about some of the new tools released. Scott Laningham: An awesome blog with podcasts from all five days […]
So today is apparently the final day of the SOA Jam at Impact 2008. Overall I saw a few overall themes in the ideas: Ideas on how to engage the business with SOA Tons of Ideas on How to create a “Smart SOA” community Ideas for needed case studies mostly from a generic non-provider viewpoint. […]
Over a twitter yesterday, James Governor lamented about the lack of official web 2.0 happenings a conference where we’re all talking about mash-ups, integrating communities and mass enablement. IBM’s youTube Channel has a single 1 minute video from day one, theres a twitter account created of the name “Impact2008“* which has no activity. Heck, even […]
Looks like I kind of missed one of the big boys of the internet for coverage of Impact 2008. YouTube actually has a few videos posted: If you like your summaries in ’80s montage’ format, “IBM Impact 2008 Conference – Day 1 Highlights SOA” is the video for you. It’s complete with generic background music […]
Well I must say I was taken aback when I saw that that my SOA Jam ESB question was responded to by Steve Mills: Steve Mills is a senior vice president and group executive, IBM Software Group. In this capacity he is responsible for directing the development, marketing, sales and support of IBM’s software portfolio. […]
Day two is in the bag, the B52’s are B-50-done. Perficient and MTS Allstream gave a session about SOA Patterns that I thought was today but was actually yesterday. Oops. Here’s the abstract if you have a time machine: TSP-2518 – Effectively selecting integration patterns Brent Legris, Perficient, Inc., Senior Technical Architect, Olivera Zatezalo, MTS […]
If you are attending Impact 2008, don’t forget that you are allowed to write three IBM certification tests for free this week! I’m a big fan of free, so I always max out my conference allotment. If you need some suggestions for tests, check out my previous entries about my impressions having written SOA Solution […]
It’s now day two of SOA Jam and it’s has been running for about 48 hours now. While the overall rate remains the same as yesterday, it feels like there’s more going on in the Jam. As of today, we have 44 ideas and 146 comments. It look like the Jam will produce about 20 […]
I like Twitter for it’s honesty and humor, and I have enjoyed reading all the blogs that mention IBM Impact 2008. One thing that is a little surprising to me is that the universe of blogs on the topic is pretty low. My list of links includes about 6-8 people that I’ve been able to […]
From the newswire (eWeek), IBM Partners Blocked from Rational Conference. At least one vendor, Genuitec, maker of the MyEclipse IDE (integrated development environment) has said an IBM official called its representative and told them Genuitec was not welcome at the Rational Software Development Conference this year. Another company, AccuRev, which markets software configuration management and […]
Seeing how I’m not at Impact 2008, my impressions are going to be more geared towards what I see being said in the blogs, the twitter stream and the participation in the SOA Jam. My first impression comes from the SOA Jam, where I think I’ve posted two pretty good ideas. The first being that […]
Shout out to James Taylor who has identified how to follow the tweets that are going on during the conference. I also suggest that people follow Michael Cote on Twitter, I added him to my mobile device updates yesterday afternoon and got about 40 updates so expect to feel like you are there on the […]
Just quickie that Smart Enough Systems are also blogging Impact 2008 in depth. Very In depth. Like three articles already posted depth. Good job!
I’m not at Impact, so I’m a little diminished in my capacity to know who’s there, who’s blogging, what’s being talked about or exactly how many boat races Steve Mills can win in a row. Thanks to Michael Coté who is also blogging the conference and has his recap of the first few hours of […]
The marketing says that it’s WebSphere’s 10th birthday on Tuesday. To celebrate, IBM is asking for revised lyrics to the well-known Birthday song. Never being one to pass up on a free chance at bizarre creativity, I’ve shilled-out and submitted: WebSphere *IS* big blue What Can it not Do? We praise you, Dear WebSphere Ten […]
I’m on a roll right now with the Impact 2008 SOA Jam (a few hours before it opens officially of course) Anyway, the link is here and the content of the jam follows: What would implementing this idea accomplish? Some kind of consolidation needs to occur at either a runtime level, or tooling. Unify […]
I’ve posted my idea for an External Practitioners Community to the Impact 2008 SOA Jam. It can be viewed here (if you sign up) For those of you not inclined to participate, I’ve included the text below: What would implementing this idea accomplish? Currently, if I am a non-IBM practitioner on the WebSphere stack, I […]
For Impact 2008: The SOA Jam is a 72-hour online discussion hosted at IMPACT 2008. Join your colleagues at IMPACT and worldwide in sharing your insights between 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. PDT on April 7-10, 2008. Don’t miss this opportunity to provide IBM with your input and help influence SOA success. Sign in to […]
In the blog Albees Online, Albin Joseph expresses his frustration that he’s stuck using the buggiest IDE in the World (WebSphere Integration Developer). I’m going to include my thoughts below: Most of the times the server wouldn’t change the status to started even if the server is actually started Agreed. There’s something wrong with the […]
From the IBM Innov8 game. Premonition of the future? (Both sides??) Damn, she stole my gimmick should I ever be back on the job market. I’m not sure if a panhandler should be dressed better than the people she’s begging from though. The collared shirt probably has to go.
Redpaper, published: Tue, 1 Apr 2008
– Secure and improve your XML and Web Services setup and deployment
– Integrate DataPower appliances with WebSphere Message Broker
– Provide XML threat protection in DataPower
IBM® WebSphere® DataPower® SOA Appliances represent an important element in the holistic approach of IBM to service-oriented architecture (SOA).
Redpaper, published: Tue, 1 Apr 2008
– Integrate IBM Tivoli Access Manager with your DataPower appliance
– Implement enterprise security and identity management
– Configure authentication and authorization using LDAP
IBM® WebSphere® DataPower® SOA Appliances represent an important element in the holistic approach of IBM to service-oriented architecture (SOA).
The Relationship Service in IBM WebSphere Process Server is an infrastructure service that is well integrated with other transformation components. It includes a comprehensive administrative interface that you can use to easily implement complex integration scenarios without custom development of cross-referencing logic mixed in with your business logic. This article introduces the capabilities of the WebSphere Process Server Relationship Service, including those new in V6.1, and explains when and how to use these capabilities. (IBM WebSphere Developer Technical Journal)
Go figure, I was googling for “WebSphere Process Server” and came across an AlphaWorks project: SCA Component for Ruby with IBM WebSphere Process Server. Unlike the article that ‘integrated’ the two via Web Services, this project will give you the ability to run Ruby from inside a component.
The developerWorks article titled “Create a Web service with Ruby on Rails for integration with WebSphere Process Server makes it sound like it’s some cool new functionality that would allow a Ruby Component inside of process server. Alas, the “Integration” between Ruby and Process Server is done via a yawn-inducing boring old web service. I’d […]