This IBM® Redbooks® publication provides an introduction to IBM WebSphere® Transformation Extender V8.2. WebSphere Transformation Extender is a powerful, transaction-oriented universal data transformation and validation solution. It offers multiple execution options to support right-time, right-style transformation, whether it is batch, real-time, or embedded. In this Redbooks publication, we present an overview of the WebSphere Transformation Extender products and components and discuss key features for businesses. We describe both the development and runtime or management aspects of the product and review troubleshooting capabilities. This book is written for developers, architects, and IT decision makers who desire a thorough understanding of the various editions and features of WebSphere Transformation Extender. In this book, we discuss the WebSphere Transformation Extender role in a service-oriented architecture (SOA) working with other components of the IBM Software portfolio, both on distributed platforms and on the IBM System z® platform. We include hands-on scenarios that show the end-to-end process to create, deploy, and execute WebSphere Transformation Extender. They show how WebSphere Transformation Extender works with IBM WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) and WebSphere Message Broker, as well as on the IBM z/OS® environment. This information can help you to understand the product framework as you get started.

This IBM® Redbooks® publication helps you design and create demonstrations or solutions that meet ACORD insurance standards with minimal application coding. If you are not interested in creating such demonstrations yourself, we show you two and provide you with contacts to show those demonstrations. ACORD has published and maintains insurance industry standards. The two most complete and often used standards are ACORD eForms and ACORD messaging. ACORD eForms includes hundreds of electronic forms, which can be used as-is with the IBM Lotus® Forms Viewer or modified slightly for use with the Lotus Forms Server to support straight-through processing scenarios. ACORD messaging formats can be tailored to the needs of individual insurance companies by using industry supplied tools. This book shows you how to use IBM tools and tool content such as Lotus ACORD Forms, WebSphere® Transformation Extender ACORD Pack, and DB2® PureXML® to minimize efforts to build and maintain ACORD solutions. The solutions used in this book are available from the authors as demonstrations. This can help IBM clients understand both the value of using ACORD standards and the value of using IBM products that already incorporate these standards. We review both developer and run-time environments. We do this to maximize the discussion potential for both open and industry standards. The run-time environment provides a demonstration utilizing ACORD eForms (Lotus Forms) and the IBM SOA software stack to produce a seamless showcase of eForm

Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) promises a great leap forward in the re-use of applications by simplifying application composition. The technology that simplifies application composition is Service Component Architecture (SCA). SCA is an open component architecture for wiring services together to build composite applications. WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus provides the on-ramp and off-ramp to incorporate many different applications and services into an SOA solution. In this IBM Redbooks publication we introduce SCA and how it has evolved from earlier application integration architectures. We explain how WebSphere ESB connects applications and components to the service bus by using adapters and other types of SCA imports and exports. Our main focus is helping you sort through the many choices that need to be made when deciding how to connect applications together to meet the requirements of a business scenario. We propose six different solution patterns, each with alternative implementations to choose from, to take on most integration scenarios. We also provide seven worked examples of some of the alternatives, which are fully described in the text, and are also available as working samples from the ITSO Redbooks Web site.