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This IBM Redbook provides a step-by-step migration guide from previous releases of WebSphere InterChange Server to Version 4.3 for AIX and Windows. A comprehensive outline of the new features of WebSphere InterChange Server after Release 4.1.1 is provided. Planning requirements and pre-migration tasks are discussed in addition to the detailed technical steps required for a successful migration. WebSphere InterChange Server, a key component of WebSphere Business Integration Server, provides the capability to enable heterogeneous business applications to exchange data. It addresses the need for efficiency and flexibility in automating and synchronizing business activities. WebSphere InterChange Server 4.3 provides an important base level for delivering support to new operating systems, as well as reliability, availability, scalability, performance, and security enhancements, including use of open standards. This book is intended for an audience that is familiar with the WebSphere InterChange Server product and wishes to migrate an existing solution on a previous version of WebSphere InterChange Server to Version 4.3. Information is also included for those less familiar with the product or who are interested in an overview of the key new features of WebSphere InterChange Server 4.3.

In this IBM Redbooks publication, we discuss the concepts, planning, and migration paths that you must understand before attempting to migrate source artifacts, which are created by using IBM WebSphere Studio Application Developer Integration Edition 5.1, to IBM WebSphere Integration Developer 6.2. We also discuss how to migrate models that are developed in WebSphere Business Integration Modeler 5.1 to WebSphere Business Modeler 6.2. In this book, we discuss the new features and differences between WebSphere Business Integration Server Foundation and WebSphere Process Server 6.2. We cover discussions around the considerations for target topologies to be migrated to, and we also cover the deprecated features of WebSphere Process Server 6.1. We also give you information that is critical to any upgrade path and help you realize the benefits of the IBM new breed of integration products.

This IBM® Redbooks® publication provides guidance on how to transition from a WebSphere® MQ Workflow 3.6 environment to WebSphere Process Server V 6.1. It provides a conceptual overview of WebSphere MQ Workflow and WebSphere Process Server, describes new features provided by the WebSphere Process Server, and discusses benefits of a transition to the new environment. The book discusses the transition concepts available for converting a business process from WebSphere MQ Workflow to WebSphere Process Server. It compares human interaction in business processes in WebSphere MQ Workflow to people assignment in WebSphere Process Server and how to map from one to the other. Integration of back-end applications is described for both environments, together with information about how to transition from one to the other. This book compares how clients were implemented in WebSphere MQ Workflow and how the corresponding implementation is performed in WebSphere Process Server. It helps assess the topology in place in WebSphere MQ Workflow and define a corresponding one in WebSphere Process Server, as well as best practices for target topology high availability, scalability, deployment of applications, and administration. This book has two sections: Part 1 provides planning information required to assess the current environment, define the target environment, and plan for a transition from WebSphere MQ Workflow 3.6 to WebSphere Process Server V6.1. Part 2 provides detailed information about transition techniques, ar

In this IBM® Redbooks publication, we discuss the concepts, differences, and migration paths that you must understand before you attempt to migrate the artifacts that you created using the IBM WebSphere® Studio Application Developer Integration Edition 5.1 product to the IBM WebSphere Integration Developer 6.0.2. We also include a discussion on how to migrate models that are developed in WebSphere Business Integration Modeler 5.1 to WebSphere Business Modeler 6.0.2. In this book, we provide guidance on how to migrate the processes that are installed and running in WebSphere Business Integration Server Foundation to the new integration platform. We also tell you how to bring your components and artifacts to this new generation of integration paradigm. Part 1, "Products overview and migration planning" on page 1 of this book provides a product overview and helps you to assess your environment and plan WebSphere Business Integration Server Foundation migration to WebSphere Process Server 6.0.2 Part 2, "Migration procedure" on page 51 provides detailed steps that are required for migration and includes the tools that are available, the artifacts that are involved, and best practices. In this section, we also demonstrate the migration process using practical migration scenarios that cover most of WebSphere Business Integration Server Foundation capabilities, which includes process choreography, human activities and staff assignment, and exception and error handling.

The purpose of this IBM Redbook is to help the reader understand what is involved in migrating a BizTalk application into the WebSphere Business Integration (WBIS) environment. It deals specifically with migrating a BizTalk 2002 application into the WebSphere Business Integration Server Express (WBI SE) environment. It begins with a general discussion of business integration platforms, and migration drivers and issues relevant in the small to medium business environment. Several migration options are described and some basic migration techniques are presented. A comprehensive description of the BizTalk and WBIS platforms is provided, highlighting the similarities and differences between the two environments. A migration path and a set of best practices are proposed to migrate a BizTalk application into the WebSphere Business Integration environment. Finally, the detailed steps for migrating the functional and architectural components of BizTalk to the WBIS environment are presented. Readers are assumed to be familiar with the concepts of business integration and distributed applications, including multi-tiered architecture, synchronous and asynchronous messaging, transformations, content-based routing, and workflows. This redbook also assumes knowledge of cross-platform open standards, such as eXtensible Markup Language (XML) syntax and methods, Web Services Description Language (WSDL), and Business Process Execution Language (BPEL). This redbook is intended for both internal IBM employees and external IT perso

This IBM Redbook is based on the experiences of a team in the IBM Hursley laboratory. They built an auto-claim insurance solution to put the WebSphere software platform through its paces. The team worked with WebSphere developers to use the experience of building the solution to improve the design of WebSphere version 6 platform products. They thought it would be valuable to share their experiences with a wider audience. The result is a tour de force, showing how the team went about using IBM's software development platform to understand business requirements and then architect, design and build the solution. Their experiences will help you plan, design and build a business driven development solution using products from IBM's WebSphere Business Integration portfolio. This redbook is written from the perspective of three types of developer: the business analyst, the software architect, and the IT specialist. Individual chapters in the book show how each member of the team developed their part of the solution, and how the team integrated the solution together.

In this IBM Redbook, we discuss business performance management (BPM) and its integration with business intelligence. BPM is all about taking a holistic approach for managing business performance and achieving the business goals. Businesses align strategic and operational objectives, and business activities, to fully manage performance through more informed and proactive decision making. This holistic approach enables the integration and use of business intelligence, process management, business service management, activity monitoring, and corporate performance management to achieve a single view of their enterprise. Businesses are evolving to an environment capable of supporting continuous data flow, which enables the support of business intelligence environments with more current data. This is referred to as real-time business intelligence, and represents a significant competitive advantage. In this redbook, we demonstrate how BPM can be enabled, using DB2 for data warehousing and WebSphere Business Integration for monitoring and managing the business processes. The result is proactive business performance management and problem avoidance, in addition to the more typical reactive problem impact minimization. We also discuss techniques, architectures, and approaches for implementing BPM as a proactive means of managing the attainment of business measurements and business goals.

WebSphere® Business Integration is the IBM® business integration solution for process integration, workforce management, and enterprise application connectivity. WebSphere Business Integration helps you to create and deploy new business processes, synchronize business information in multiple business applications on diverse platforms, and transform message formats en-route between applications. This IBM Redbook takes you through the full life cycle of an adapter development project, from design considerations, building, and testing through deployment and implementation on multiple broker types (using both an out-of-the-box technology adapter and the custom adapter for our development project). For this redbook, we designed a scenario that mirrors many of the issues that real-life integration projects can face. The scenario starts by integrating custom enterprise applications. It then integrates those applications into the business-to-business world by extending the infrastructure. Finally, it adds a human interaction component which determines whether to take the internal route or external route (via trading partners) to application integration. Using many of the components within the WebSphere Business Integration family of products, this book includes a range of integration options that are available to implement this scenario.

This IBM Redbook focuses on issues associated with the integration of an existing enterprise information system (EIS) into a new Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE), and other service-oriented applications. The book specifically discusses quality of service issues that are associated with the integration of geographically remote EIS. It describes how to use Web services, Java Message Service (JMS), and J2EE Connector Architecture (JCA) technologies in combination to enable access to existing transactions while addressing transport difficulties due to variable network conditions. It also addresses security context and transaction context propagation issues. The audience for this book is architects and developers who are implementing new J2EE and service oriented architecture (SOA) solutions that need to be integrated with existing EIS systems.

This IBM Redbook introduces the industry open standard for business processes: Business Process Execution Language for Web Services (BPEL4WS), focusing on the use of BPEL4WS throughout the WebSphere Business Integration product set. Part One introduces the BPEL4WS standard and presents appropriate usage scenarios. The heritage of BPEL4WS as the next generation of Web services and service-oriented architecture is discussed, along with a detailed description of BPEL4WS components. Part Two describes how WebSphere Business Integration Modeler can be used to create high level business process models suitable for business analysts, and explains how these models can be implemented as fully functional BPEL4WS processes using WebSphere Studio Application Developer Integration Edition . This creates a BPEL4WS process suitable for deployment to WebSphere Business Integration Server Foundation . A sample scenario with step-by-step instructions is provided. Part Three describes migration considerations for existing business process implementations. Migration considerations and tools for WebSphere Application Server Enterprise FDML processes are discussed. The reuse of WebSphere MQ Workflow process logic in BPEL4WS is also described. Step-by-step instructions are provided for both scenarios.