WebSphere MQ Workflow

What's new in WebSphere MQ Workflow Version 3.6

IBM WebSphere® MQ Workflow Version 3.6 is the follow-on release to V3.5, now available on Microsoft® Windows®, AIX®, Solaris, HP-UX, and z/OS®

New features

• New native Java™ API implementation
  - For Web client and portal client applications
  - New Linux® client support

• Administer staff definitions dynamically
  - Direct access to query and modify all staff definitions in the workflow Runtime

• Improved replication of staff data with enterprise directories
  - Replicate a specific LDAP group for workflow staff
  - Pluggable string conversion method
  - Support for Microsoft Active Directory

• Display the total number of items in a (work) list
  - Indicates the total number of items in a list on the server database

• Improved ease of installation and configuration
  - Standalone configuration utility for java clients
  - Multiple customizable raw device names

• Open standards
  - New option to verify the compatibility of custom definitions with XML, Web services and BPEL standards for interoperability and coexistence

• Currency support for new releases of co-requisite software
  - WebSphere Application Server V6 and V5, WebSphere Portal V5.1, WebSphere MQ V6 and V5.3, IBM DB2® Universal Database™ and Oracle

• Migration assistance from previous releases - WebSphere MQ Workflow Version 3.3.2 or higher to Version 3.6, for longer term vitality and support

• Upgrades are seamless, including migration assistance from previous releases for longer term vitality and support.

Additional new features in WebSphere MQ Workflow for z/OS

• Support for shared queues on z/OS, with WebSphere MQ V6.0

• Customizable server instance names on z/OS

• Longer term support with the latest z/OS ANSI C++ compiler