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This IBM® Redpaper™ publication gives a broad understanding of the WebSphere DataPower XM70 Low Latency Messaging appliance. After a brief introduction to low latency messaging, various messaging patterns are discussed along with configuration details for implementing each pattern. The book wraps up with a section on troubleshooting and performance monitoring specific to the XM70. This Redpaper publication is intended for individuals who require a better understanding of low latency messaging and how it is implemented on the DataPower XM70. It is assumed that the reader is familiar with concepts and configuration of DataPower appliances.

The IBM® WebSphere® DataPower® B2B Appliance XB60 is a purpose-built, easy-to-use appliance that incorporates business-to-business (B2B) and integration functions into a consolidated B2B-i solution, providing a high-performance and security-enhanced B2B solution for trading partner connections. Part 1 of this IBM Redbooks® publication provides a brief introduction to B2B and how the technology has evolved over the years along with a description of the most common B2B technologies and an overview of the IBM Software Services for WebSphere B2B Deployment methodology. Part 2 of this book provides step-by-step information related to the installation and configuration of the appliance and troubleshooting tips to use to resolve common configuration issues. Part 3 of this book provides common B2B scenarios that demonstrate how to integrate with other IBM products and how to trade EDI, XML, and binary data utilizing AS2 and AS3 B2B messaging protocols. This book was developed as a guide for anyone who is interested in deploying B2B integration solutions utilizing purpose-built appliances.

As organizations move to on demand businesses by implementing a service-oriented architecture (SOA), the largest barriers continue to be implementation complexity, cost-prohibitive scalability, and data security. To recognize improved time to value companies are looking for opportunities to consolidate functions into single-purpose built solutions that provide exceptional performance, easy deployment, ease of use, and a low total cost of ownership. In this IBM® Redguide™ publication we discuss how the IBM WebSphere® DataPower® B2B Appliance redefines the boundaries of middleware by extending the IBM SOA Foundation with a specialized, consumable, dedicated SOA appliance that combines business-to-business (B2B) standards, simplified integration, superior performance, and hardened security for SOA implementations. Meticulously designed to augment all phases of the SOA life cycle and implementation, these highly specialized devices combine a host of essential SOA functions in a specialized appliance for easy consumption, deployment, and service delivery.

IBM® WebSphere® DataPower® SOA Appliances are purpose-built network devices that offer a wide variety of functionality such as the securing and management of SOA Applications, enterprise service bus integration, and high speed XSL execution. A hardened appliance, DataPower provides robust security features including tamper protection of the device itself. This IBM Redbooks publication was written for application architects and other consultants who want to include DataPower appliances in their solutions for reasons of speed, security, or ESB integration. The topics include DataPower services, Web services, security, and integration strategies.

When approaching a topic such as policy in the context of a service-oriented architecture (SOA) discussion, there is a tendency to start at the top and work down. While having a good sense of the top-level perspective on policy is essential, it is often not practical to wait until the entire realm of policies has been defined before introducing selected aspects of policy management in an SOA solution. Often, the best approach in a new discipline is to set a general direction and then begin to build something concrete in order to test the theory and the mechanics of the execution. This provides an opportunity to refine the objectives from a practical vantage point. In this IBM® Redpaper publication, we follow this approach, exploring some aspects of overall policy management that companies can use today. We also illustrate a few pragmatic scenarios that demonstrate techniques for enhancing an SOA solution with policy management.

The XML Management Interface is the third way to configure and administer the WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliance. The other two are the WebGUI and the CLI. The DataPower device can be completely configured and managed through the XML Management Interface. If enabled, this interface allows administrators to send status and configuration requests to the DataPower appliance through a standard SOAP interface, using SOAP messages. The Appliance Management Protocol (AMP) is a series of commands developed after SOAP. AMP is simple to use and is independent of any firmware version, thereby providing a generalized way of managing the appliance. This interface requires the HTTPS protocol for all communication. By default, the interface acts as a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) server, using the default system keys that come with the device. These keys are the same keys that are used for the WebGUI and Secure Shell (SSH) interface (such as a Command Line Interface (CLI)). If desired, administrators can employ their own keys.

This IBM Redpaper provides a guide to many aspects of problem determination on a DataPower appliance, with an emphasis on powerful troubleshooting utilities. By stepping through various interrelated scenarios, the reader is exposed to useful ways of detecting problems, applying fixes, and verifying that the changes solve the problem at hand.

Enterprise IT environments continue to grow in complexity, through natural expansion or mergers and acquisitions. As the pace of business demand accelerates, IT environments look more for opportunities to flexibly reuse existing applications, services, and data. With the IBM® connectivity portfolio of products, these IT environments can discover and reuse services, expose and use application services, and route and transform messages. The set of capabilities (in the IBM connectivity portfolio) supports client requests for a broad service-oriented architecture (SOA) infrastructure that addresses the need to bridge and streamline communication in heterogeneous IT environments. In this IBM Redpaper publication, we provide an overview of the IBM connectivity portfolio to market watchers who have a keen interest in understanding the most current connectivity technology releases, and how IBM is taking them to the next level. Specifically, we review the key benefits and features of the following products: IBM WebSphere® MQ IBM WebSphere Message Broker IBM WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus IBM WebSphere DataPower® IBM WebSphere Adapters IBM WebSphere Transformation Extender IBM WebSphere Service Registry and Repository

IBM® WebSphere® DataPower® SOA Appliances represent an important element in the holistic approach of IBM to service-oriented architecture (SOA). IBM SOA appliances are purpose-built, easy-to-deploy network devices that simplify, secure, and accelerate your XML and Web services deployments while extending your SOA infrastructure. These appliances offer an innovative, pragmatic approach to harness the power of SOA. By using them, you can simultaneously use the value of your existing application, security, and networking infrastructure investments. This series of IBM Redbooks publications is written for architects and administrators who need to understand the implemented architecture in WebSphere DataPower appliances to successfully deploy it as a secure and efficient enterprise service bus (ESB) product. These papers give a broad understanding of the new architecture and traditional deployment scenarios. They cover details about the implementation to help you identify the circumstances under which you should deploy DataPower appliances. They also provide a sample implementation and architectural best practices for an SOA message-oriented architecture in an existing production ESB environment. Part 4 of the series, this part, provides ways to integrate the DataPower appliance with other products such as WebSphere Registry and Repository (WSRR), IBM Tivoli® Composite Application Manager for SOA (ITCAM SOA) and Tivoli Composite Application Manager System Edition (ITCAM SE). The entire IBM WebSphere DataPow

IBM® WebSphere® DataPower® SOA Appliances represent an important element in the holistic approach of IBM to service-oriented architecture (SOA). IBM SOA appliances are purpose-built, easy-to-deploy network devices that simplify, help secure, and accelerate your XML and Web services deployments while extending your SOA infrastructure. These appliances offer an innovative, pragmatic approach to harness the power of SOA. By using them, you can simultaneously use the value of your existing application, security, and networking infrastructure investments. This series of IBM Redbooks publications is written for architects and administrators who need to understand the implemented architecture in WebSphere DataPower appliances to successfully deploy it as a secure and efficient enterprise service bus (ESB) product. These papers give a broad understanding of the new architecture and traditional deployment scenarios. They cover details about the implementation to help you identify the circumstances under which you should deploy DataPower appliances. They also provide a sample implementation and architectural best practices for an SOA message-oriented architecture in an existing production ESB environment. Part 3 of the series, this part, describes how to use the DataPower appliance to secure incoming Web Services within an SOA environment, how to integrate your DataPower appliance with WebSphere Message Broker, and how to provide protection against security attacks by implementing the XML Denial of Service (XDoS)