External systems and resources

You can configure IBM® Integration Bus resources to interact with a wide range of external systems and resources, such as WebSphere® Process Server, and databases.

The products and standards listed here are for guidance only; for details of supported versions, you must check the IBM Integration Bus system requirements Web page.

External systems

Note: From Version 7.5 onwards, WebSphere Process Server has been renamed IBM Business Process Manager Advanced. Information in this topic that refers to WebSphere Process Server Version 7.0 is also applicable to IBM Business Process Manager Advanced Version 7.5. Similarly, from Version 7.5 onwards, WebSphere Integration Developer has been renamed IBM Integration Designer. Information in this topic that refers to WebSphere Integration Developer Version 7 is also applicable to IBM Integration Designer Version 7.5.

IBM Integration Bus interfaces with other IBM products, and with products from other software vendors, to provide services that enhance message processing in the integration node:

  • IBM WebSphere Service Registry and Repository
  • IBM WebSphere Process Server
  • IBM WebSphere Integration Developer
  • IBM WebSphere MQ
  • IBM WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition
  • IBM WebSphere Business Monitor
  • IBM WebSphere Transformation Extender
  • Enterprise Information Systems
    • SAP
    • Siebel
    • Peoplesoft
  • Security
    • Tivoli® Federated Identity Manager (TFIM)
    • Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
    • RACF® and other External Security Managers, on z/OS® only
  • Management
    • Tivoli License Manager
  • Citrix Presentation Server

External resources

IBM Integration Bus interfaces with other IBM resources, and with resources from other software vendors, to provide extensions to message processing:

  • Databases and ODBC support
    • IBM IBM DB2®
    • Oracle
    • Sybase
    • Microsoft SQL Server
    • IBM Informix®
  • Databases and JDBC support
    • IBM IBM Db2 Driver for JDBC and SQLJ
    • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 JDBC driver
    • Oracle JDBC Driver
    • Sybase jConnect for JDBC
    • IBM Informix JDBC
  • File systems
    • FTP
    • SFTP
  • Email systems
  • Development repositories
    • Rational® ClearCase®
    • CVS
    • Other repositories supported by Eclipse
  • Compilers (C and Java™)
  • Browsers
    • Microsoft Internet Explorer
    • Mozilla
  • Adobe Acrobat for reading PDF files

External standards

Products and applications that adhere to certain specifications can also interact with IBM Integration Bus:

  • Java and JMS providers
  • XSD
  • WSDL
  • SOAP
  • XSLT
  • WS-Addressing
  • WS_Security

For further information about standards, see General industry standards supported by IBM Integration Bus.