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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.

IBM Information Management System (IMS) is the IBM premier transaction and hierarchical database management system. Connectivity has always been a priority with IMS. IMS exploits the latest technologies to address customers' requirements for accessing IMS transactions and data. This IBM Redbook is about IMS connectivity. This book provides a general overview of the IMS Open Transaction Manager Access (OTMA) function and extensive information about IMS Connect and its usage, including a chapter that describes the IMS Connect Extensions product and how you can enhance the IMS Connect operating environment with it. This book provides a broad understanding of IMS Connector for Java. We cover some special considerations, such as using the conversational transactions, rerouting, and timeout support, as well as programming roll-your-own clients without using IMS Connector for Java. We also introduce Open Database Access and provide examples of using it with stored procedures and with IMS Remote Database Services. As for future directions, we also include a chapter about the IMS SOAP Gateway. This book updates and adds to the information in the previous IBM Redbook "IMS e-business Connectors: A Guide to IMS Connectivity," SG24-6514.

IT architects are responsible for working with lines of business staff and capturing business needs. This person must translate those requirements into an IT solution that satisfies the current business goals and exhibits several characteristics. To improve this process, the IT architect needs to identify and leverage existing assets. In this IBM Redbook, you learn how to leverage a key set of assets, the IBM Patterns for e-business. You learn how to use these patterns with key architectural elements to deliver on demand and autonomic architectures for the best qualities of service. This book is designed as a resource for IT architects who specialize in enterprise or mainframe systems. It presents business scenarios that you might come across and best practice design guidelines to help you implement solutions. Part 1 provides an overview of the IBM Patterns for e-business, with a focus on Self-Service business patterns. Part 2 explains concepts, design considerations, technologies, and architectural elements that are key when designing an architecture based on the IBM Eserver zSeries platform. In Part 3 we explain how to prepare and set up the WebSphere Business Integration Server Foundation (WBISF) run-time environment on z/OS in order to deploy and test the sample business process application scenarios. Part 4 describes the implementation of these Self-Service business pattern sample scenarios on the zSeries platform.

This IBM Redbook (re)examines most connectivity scenarios between WebSphere Application Server for z/OS Version 6.01 and other application resources on z/OS and is an extension of and update on the WebSphere for z/OS V5 Connectivity Handbook, SG24-7064 . This book covers various connectivity scenarios from architecture, application development, and infrastructure points of view. New scenarios are introduced using WebSphere Default messaging, Web services, and SQLJ. We also updated all scenarios with the usage of Rational Application Developer Version 6. A brief summary of connectivity technology explained in this book is: -Database access using JDBC and SQLJ -JMS 1.1 and WebSphere Default messaging -Calling DB2 Stored Procedures using SOAP -Bi-directional Web services between WebSphere and CICS -J2C connectors to CICS and IMS -RMI-IIOP The technology is explained using sample code, available as additional material for this book.

This IBM Redbook will help you plan and execute the migration of J2EE 1.3 applications developed for BEA WebLogic Server 8.1, JBoss 3.2.7 and Apache Tomcat 5.5.9, so that they will run on WebSphere Application Server V6. This redbook provides detailed information to help you plan migrations, best practices for developing portable applications as well as migration working examples for each of the platforms from which we migrated. It is not our intention to provide a feature-by-feature comparison of BEA WebLogic Server 8.1, JBoss 3.2.7 and Apache Tomcat 5.5.9 versus WebSphere Application Server V6, nor to argue the relative merits of the products, but to produce practical technical advice for developers who have to migrate applications from these vendors to WebSphere Application Server V6.

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.

IBM and Microsoft are strong supporters of the Web Services Interoperability Organization's (WS-I) efforts to make building solutions using software from different suppliers a reality. In this IBM Redbook, we take a practical look at building a solution with IBM WebSphere and Microsoft .Net components using Web services that are compliant with the WS-I organization's Basic Profile. This redbook is aimed at customers who want to know how far the reality of Web services has caught up with the hype; it is for customers who want a redbook to help them decide whether Web services are right for them now. The book provides an introduction to SOAP, WSDL and the rest of the Web services concepts. It provides a review of the many Web service specifications. Which ones are most important to building a practical solution? We use a scenario based on work IBM has been doing with the insurance industry to demonstrate how to design a service-based solution and then implement it using the latest programming tools from IBM and Microsoft. Based on our experience, we identify areas where extra effort up front will be rewarded with an easier implementation.

This IBM Redbook discusses the planning and design of industrial strength WebSphere Application Server V6 environments. The content of this redbook is oriented to IT architects and consultants who require assistance when planning and designing from small to large and complex implementations. This redbook addresses the new packaging and features incorporated in WebSphere Application Server V6, including technology options, product architecture, and integration with other products. It also covers the most common implementation topologies and addresses in detail the planning for specific tasks and components that conform to the WebSphere Application Server environment.

This IBM Redbook provides guidance for IT specialists and architects who are implementing enterprise application integration (EAI) projects for small and medium businesses. It provides best practices and advice for all levels of an EAI solution, including design, implementation and deployment using the WebSphere Business Integration Server Express. This redbook discusses types of application integration, such as data level (information) integration, application logic (API) integration and process integration, and considers different EAI architectures such as brokers or point-to-point integration. It provides guidance for analyzing and understanding requirements such as real time, nearly real time and delayed integration and describes how to architect a manageable solution. A sample application will be implemented which focuses on the development of a practical EAI example for developers using WebSphere Business Integration Server Express.