Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) expresses a perspective of software architecture that defines the use of loosely coupled software services to support the requirements of the business processes and software users. In an SOA environment, resources on a network are made available as independent services that can be accessed without knowledge of their underlying platform implementation.
WebSphere Portal remains IBM's strategic front end for SOA. It enables our clients to closely align their business objectives on standards-based platforms with role-based delivery of composite applications across and beyond their enterprise. At the end of June we delivered a new version of WebSphere Portal Version 6.1. This release significantly improves performance by tapping into the 64-bit capabilities of the IBM System z platform. Click here to learn more! Download Now
Improving access to core applications and data is just one of many mandates facing IT, along with improving collaboration, reducing administration costs and improving performance. Fortunately, shops running System z have an advantage. You can integrate and enhance your System z assets faster when you use the version 6.1 update to IBM WebSphere Portal on z/OS. Use it to quickly deploy business applications across the enterprise, reduce costs and increase flexibility with workloads centralized on System z. Download Now
Need your business to be flexible and agile? If you depend on the assets of partners & suppliers like us, you'll enjoy this video. It shows how the IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) Feature Pack for Web 2.0 uses the combined power of Web 2.0 and SOA to bring all our most important services to the forefront. Giving you immediate insight and interaction with customers partners, supplier, and retailers. Download Now
Enjoy this complimentary trial version of WebSphere Application Server Express V7. You'll see how it can provide single-step installation and configuration, wizards and default configurations, and easy to navigate documentation that includes extensive use of sample code to ensure fast and smooth start-up. Download Now
This white paper outlines the advantages of WebSphere Portal for System z software and provides essential information to those considering adding Web-facing workloads on their mainframe hardware. Also, with these WebSphere Portal for System z options, IBM illustrates its ongoing commitment to mainframe computing and underscores the business value that remains inherent in the System z platform. Learn more today!
"Time is money. You can't do business if you can't access your applications. I won't settle for anything less than 99.99% application availability." Steven Sommer, veteran CIO/CTO There is no aspect more critical to a business than the ability of its end users, customers, business partners and suppliers to have high availability access the corporate applications. If applications are unavailable, business ceases. And corporations know it. Download Now
Batch Application Integration allows you to process critical transactions, such as payment authorizations, in real-time, and cue fulfillment (such as packaging and shipping) or other lower priority actions for batch processing. Learn more about Batch Application Integration, and how BMC CONTROL-M makes it possible. Download Now
How SAP uses Shunra VE to keep production problems at bay with pre-production testing on the virtual WAN. These testing approaches and methodologies reached far beyond conventional application testing and have become the preferred approach to ensure success. SAP does it, so should you! Download Now
In this era of unprecedented change, organizations need agility to adapt rapidly. Part of what separates winners from losers is the ability to respond quickly and intelligently to market opportunities, competitive threats and regulatory constraints - in short, to innovate and create value. The best companies understand how to use technology for strategic advantage to help accomplish these goals. Service oriented architecture (SOA) can help.
The business value that the Smart SOA approach brings is well-established, expanding and mainstream. IBM has a track record of helping to deliver agility through the Smart SOA approach and has made it clear how to get the most out of your SOA pursuits. If you haven't already done so, consider implementing a focused Smart SOA starter project to help you achieve rapid business value. Extend your implementation end to end with BPM enabled by SOA. Get a head start by using industry frameworks and solutions. Scale up and scale out with the confidence of robust process integrity. Download Now
Service oriented architecture (SOA) could revolutionize the way we think about IT. Why is that possible? Because SOA finally has the potential to make the concept of reuse real. Companies have been talking about reuse for years, but have never been able to transform that talk into full-scale reality. Now, you might be asking, "How can SOA succeed where previous approaches have failed?" Because the standards, best practices and governance models have finally matured to the point where reuse can actually work. Download Now
This paper explains the constraints in using the legacy systems and the essential of modernizing the legacy systems and strategic alignment of IT with business. We have discussed different approaches towards modernizing the legacy systems and the ways to make your legacy modernization a success. Along the way, we have explained the benefits and possibilities of maximizing ROI and lowering TCOs by effectively modernizing your legacy applications and aligning IT and business practices. Download Now
This paper explains the constraints in using the legacy systems and the essential of modernizing the legacy systems and strategic alignment of IT with business. We have discussed different approaches towards modernizing the legacy systems and the ways to make your legacy modernization a success. Download Now
Consider how Wyeth implemented an enterprise portal and services-oriented architecture based on the SAP NetWeaver platform to help build powerful applications quickly. The award-winning portal for ordering vaccines online is simplifying the ordering process for the medical profession – and saving Wyeth time and money. Download Now
IBM and PTC, leaders in product development and innovation, are offering joint solutions that combine our expertise and technology to fully support cross-enterprise product development optimization. Together, we enable companies to meet time-to-market, cost-reduction and quality requirements, in an ever-increasing, complex global marketplace. Download Now
Since the rise of archiving systems in business more than a decade ago, the technology has made great strides forward. Recently, stringent regulations and highly demanding litigation procedures have amplified the need for a strong archive system. Messaging systems such as Microsoft® Exchange Server 2007—Microsoft’s latest version of Exchange Server—have also seen their share of changes and improvements in archiving and compliance. This document is intended as a guide and a blueprint for organizations looking at deploying Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 and Mimosa™ NearPoint™ in their environment. Download Now
The USP V is a best-in-class enterprise storage system and storage virtualization platform. The USP V provides a series of capabilities that individually provide great value. When these capabilities are conjoined, it raises the stakes, offering value as a single storage system, as a storage virtualization platform and as a Services Oriented Storage Solution—provided by a leading, world-class storage vendor Download Now
As MRM becomes a mainstream tool of marketers, it is helpful to understand the technology underpinnings and the various types of business processes that are related to marketing. Download Now
Good governance of a service-oriented architecture is becoming a core competency. This Magic Quadrant report by Gartner examines the market for SOA governance through a set of integrated technologies. It evaluates leaders, challengers and innovators in the SOA governance technology market, providing feature information and strengths and cautions for each. Download Now
More than likely you’ve heard quite a bit about service-oriented architecture (SOA) and how it holds the promises of quicker response to market trends, improved customer services and lower application development costs. From an infrastructure perspective, an SOA implementation contains all the same pieces and parts as your traditional environment. Download Now
The evolution of Blade Computing has moved from mere server consolidation to a way of managing IT assets which brings significant business benefits. This paper aims to explain those benefits to the business and IT manager, and show how blade computing can be implemented to save money and improve the way IT serves the business needs. Download Now
In this era of unprecedented change, organizations need agility to adapt rapidly. Part of what separates winners from losers is the ability to respond quickly and intelligently to market opportunities, competitive threats and regulatory constraints — in short, to innovate and create value. The best companies understand how to use technology for strategic advantage to help accomplish these goals. Download Now
Read how Enterprise SOA goes beyond the fundamentals of a service-oriented architecture (SOA). SOA is a distributed software model that uses independent Web services to support business processes as defined by SAP and its partners and customers. Download Now
The e-book provides a concise and consistent overview of the IBM to approach to SOA: our methods, architectures, and products for being successful with SOA. It compiles together various SOA materials in one place and gives it a consistent narrative that ties all of the pieces together. Download it now to get an informative overview of the IBM approach to SOA. Download Now
