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The Global WebSphere Community Newsletter -- December 2009
Content Manager
Wellesley Information Services
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Dear WebSpherian,
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Thank you for subscribing to the Global WebSphere Community Newsletter - distributed on a monthly basis and containing the latest information on Global WebSphere Community announcements and WebSphere software-related topics of interest.
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Make WebSphere Support work for you -- join the GWC's January Electronic Support Webcast Series!
IBM Electronic Support now offers a portfolio of online support tools and resources that provide comprehensive technical information to diagnose and resolve problems and maintain your IBM products.
Join our upcoming webcasts to learn how to tailor WebSphere support options to meet your needs and save time! Improve your effectiveness and develop new skills with electronic support tools and resources.
January 7 webcast: "It's Official - The IBM Support Portal is Here!"
10:00 AM ET
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Introducing the IBM Support Portal, a global, centralized view of all online technical support tools and information for all IBM software, systems and services. Learn how you can consolidate your IBM support view on one page that includes software and hardware. Now it's easier than ever to find answers to questions and all the technical information for the products you use.
Speaker: Stephen Gilson, Program Manager, IBM WebSphere Support
January 14 webcast: "Quick Guide to Electronic Support and a Close Look at the Service Request Tool"
10:00 AM ET
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Learn about the IBM Electronic Support portfolio of online support tools and resources. Know where to find and how to use the comprehensive technical information available to you to help you diagnose and resolve problems and maintain your IBM products. This webcast will also explain how to use the Service Request tool for online problem management of distributed software and networking products.
Speakers: Elaine Papanikolaou, Program Manager, WebSphere Electronic Support
William J. Carey, Program Manager and Knowledge Engineer, WebSphere Electronic Support
January 21 webcast: "Discover IBM Support Assistant - Ready to Help When You Need It"
10:00 AM ET
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Become acquainted with the variety of tools and features available to help you find answers and resolve issues with IBM software. Download the IBM Support Assistant - a complimentary problem determination software support workbench. Save time by using ISA Lite, a quick deployment option, customized to automate product-specific data collection.
Speaker: Glenn McGorty, Senior Software Development Manager, IBM Support Assistant Project
January 28 webcast: "The IBM Portfolio of Troubleshooting Tools: Helping You Solve Problems Faster and Cheaper"
10:00 AM ET
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Do you know about the impressive array of problem determination tools just waiting for you to use? This webcast describes the tools available through IBM Support Assistant to help you reach problem resolution more quickly. They include Java troubleshooting, as well as WebSphere Application Server-specific tools. Learn how using these tools can help you improve your skills!
Speaker: Russell Wright, IBM Support Assistant Tools Deployment Manager, IBM Guided Activity Assistant Development
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Attention Members and Leaders
We would like to encourage our user groups to send any updates or information to share with the rest of our Global Websphere community. We can share your information in the monthly newsletter, or you can post items yourself online.
To submit group updates to the newsletter, send information to websphere@groupintelligence.com
Global WebSphere Community Statistics:
There are over 30,000 members and 140 WebSphere User Groups worldwide. Refer a friend today!
IBM WebSphere Technical Evangelist
Dustin Amrhein won top place in Syscon's 2009 World's Most Influential Top 30 Cloud Bloggers based on popularity and traffic.
You can see the full story at http://cloudcomputing.sys-con.com/node/1192832.
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New Redguide: B2B Enabled Managed File Transfer using WebSphere DataPower B2B Appliance XB60 and WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition
Many organizations devote valuable IT resources to building and maintaining systems for moving files between applications. Most of these solutions are based on FTP because of its simplicity and free availability. While FTP offers a basic mechanism for file sharing, more sophisticated alternatives are often needed for files that are moved between applications as part of business transactions. As volumes of transfers rapidly grow, and with increased consequences for errors in business data when it is incorrectly transferred, having a reliable, flexible, cost-effective solution for managed file transfer is increasingly critical for organizations of all sizes. Additionally, these organizations need to enable transfers across boundaries with their trading partners and need to support a wide range of B2B and non-B2B protocols with the ability to ensure data security and partner identity while the files traverse the Internet. In this IBM® Redguide™ publication we discuss how the IBM WebSphere DataPower® B2B Appliance redefines the boundaries of managed file transfer by extending WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition with a consumable, dedicated SOA appliance that combines B2B standards, simplified integration, exceptional performance, and hardened security for SOA implementations.
Free Download Available: WebSphere Message Broker version 7.0 Trial Edition
Check out latest version of IBM WebSphere Message Broker that delivers significant enhancements including simplicity and productivity, universal connectivity for SOA, dynamic operational management, and support for new platforms, environments with performance improvements. These new features will provide your more capabilities to fast and flexible application integration, reduce cost and complexity and bridge to next generation interconnectivity. more details about WebSphere Message Broker V7 features and functions can be found here.
Redpaper: Managed File Transfer for SOA using IBM WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition
Organizations need to work smarter in today's dynamic business environments to remain competitive, eliminate costly redundancies and promote the secure and reliable transfer of mission critical files. The exchange of files remains an important integration methodology to connect disparate systems within an enterprise infrastructure. File Transfer Protocol (FTP), available on almost all platforms, is widely used as a low cost, and quick method to exchange files. However FTP has serious limitations for mission critical business scenarios that require a robust managed file transfer solution. WebSphere File Transfer Edition (MQ FTE) provides a reliable managed file transfer solution for mission critical file transfers that must be delivered to the right place on time and in-tact. It can be applied in any industry from retailers looking to securely transfer POS data into inventory systems, to car companies sharing CAD files reliably, to banks tracking file movement to meet SEC compliance regulations.
New Customer Testimonial Video: Singapore Land Transport Authority
Singapore has created one of the most modern, affordable and heavily used public transport networks in the world, with nearly three million people riding the bus and 1,600,000 people riding the train on any given day. LTA worked with IBM to develop a new fare processing system that allows any Smart Card compliant with Singapore's standard to be used in public transport. The solution includes ESB Messaging and Enrichment. For the solution details please read the full case study.
New White Paper: BPM and SOA Require Robust and Scalable Information Systems
This white paper describes the principles for the convergence of BPM and SOA from an information system perspective. When BPM and SOA are properly combined from an information systems perspective, then excellence in business execution brought by BPM relies heavily on the horizontal transaction processing and scaling brought by SOA. The net effect of exploiting this natural synergy is a trusted, consistent and managed network of interacting and interdependent people, processes, services and information sources. The primary audiences are IT leaders and architects that need to understand how to effectively combine BPM and SOA in support of business integrity and operational excellence.
New Article: Pre-built Industry Assets Help Rein in IT Costs: How to Jump-start BPM and SOA Projects by Sanjay Motwani, Product Manager, WebSphere Industry Content Packs for BPM
In the quest to automate most parts of business processes, enterprises have created a huge stockpile of IT applications serving unique needs. These applications serve many constituents, such as lines of business, processes, services, roles, geographies, and modes of access. Enterprises are considering pre-built solution assets to accelerate delivery of BPM solutions, and reduce the complexity in their IT environments.
What's New on BPM BlueWorks
IBM BPM BlueWorks Forums are now available! Gain insights into how to effectively use and leverage BPM BlueWorks in your BPM project. In our forums, you can share and read tips on how to perform tasks in BPM BlueWorks or ask questions about how to use BPM BlueWorks and get answers from our experts and the community.
New Redbooks and White Papers that Highlight the Ways WebSphere can Reduce Software Labor Costs, Increase Value, and Rapidly Provision WebSphere Applications.
WVE Adds Value (CPO Study)
This paper highlights how WebSphere Virtual Enterprise is able to achieve some very real improvements in throughput (between 23% to 97% better throughput then any other scenario tested!) with a better response time and a more equitable allocation of resources in consolidating WebSphere workloads.
WebSphere Cloud Computing Demos
There are over 20 demos highlighting WebSphere Application Server on Amazon EC2, WebSphere on the IBM Development and Test Cloud, capabilities of WebSphere Application Server Hypervisor Edition and CloudBurst Appliance including new support for PowerVM and its ability to work with Rational Build Forge and DB2.
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Thank you for your support of the Global WebSphere Community in 2009. We're on track to grow our membership by more than 4,000 members this year and your active involvement is important.
Please take a minute to provide your input on how we should improve the community going forward in 2010.
Our last member satisfaction survey was this past Spring and we've made changes to the community based on member responses. Here's a sampling of changes made this year:
- Enhancements to our speakers bureau to ensure expert speakers are available for local user group meetings
- Registration process upgrades that include a list of local user groups provided to new members based on their geo.
- Creation of new Virtual User Groups to engage all members worldwide who may not have a local user group in their area.
We're planning new initiatives for 2010 and your responses will help us shape the programs. Click here to take the survey.
IBM ILOG on ibm.com
As of Dec. 3, clients can visit IBM.com for information on ILOG products. Each of ILOG's four lines of business fortify IBM's Smarter Planet initiative, and align with its BPM, SOA and Industry Framework portfolios. Find out how. Visit the below URLs for the latest news and events on IBM ILOG's business rule management systems, as well as its optimization, visualization and supply chain solutions.
Visit the website for the latest news and events on IBM ILOG's business rule management systems, as well as its optimization, visualization and supply chain solutions.
For information on each of the four product lines:
WebSphere ILOG Business Rule Management Systems
IBM ILOG Optimization
IBM ILOG Visualization
IBM ILOG Supply Chain Applications
IBM WASV7 Java Persistence API (JPA) 2.0 Open Alpha & Tutorial
With the release of the IBM WebSphere OpenJPA V2.0 open Alpha, there will be a renewed interest in OpenJPA by those that have not yet learned it. For those that have been using OpenJPA, this release will provide new functions and features. For those that have never used JPA, the Open Alpha site has an excellent getting-started tutorial. This tutorial is a great place to learn the basics. This tutorial is labeled as part 1 and does not require the WebSphere Application Server. It uses J2SE, MySQL and Eclipse.
The tutorial steps through the parts of OpenJPA, including the way it uses annotations, the persistence.xml file and JPQL. To keep it simple and to allow the user maximum flexibility the complete working code is provided.
You can download the tutorial here: IBM WebSphere OpenJPA tutorial at IBM Alpha site
*free site registration required
Have you tried the IBM Support Assistant?
If you haven't tried the IBM Support Assistant yet, use the Quick Start Guide to find out what you're missing! Save time with automated collectors and over 20 robust problem determination tools. IBM Support Assistant can be customized for over 350 IBM software products. The ISA Lite offering lets you quickly use the accurate, automated data collection capability. Download the workbench or ISA Lite to simplify support and save time.
Don't Be Caught By Surprise
On January 6 the new IBM Support Portal, a unified, centralized view of all technical support tools and information for all IBM software, replaces the existing software product support pages. Tailor the Support Portal to suit your needs, focusing on the software and hardware products you care about. The portal makes it fast and easy to find the information or tools you need to prevent and resolve problems.
NEW BLOGS
Introduction to BPM Standards
Description: This is a new blog on BPM BlueWorks that will focus on how standards play an important role in the development of BPM tools and in the success of BPM projects. This post is an introduction to standards and give insight into what to expect from the blog.
Author: Stephen White
What is "BPM enabled SOA" for Insurers?
Description: Independent analyst Deb Smallwood discusses how BPM enabled by SOA has helped insurers cut costs, and improve business.
Author: Deb Smallwood
To Archive or not to Archive
Description: Patient Archive Communication System has automated Radiology environment. As new ways of storing and transferring medical data become available the processes for handling the patient information becomes more critical.
Author: Anthony Amaddio
How can BPM Help Insurance Companies Implement Straight through Processing
Description: Straight Through Processing (STP) is a real challenge for insurance companies. Not only does it mean that they have to re-organize the affected business processes from scratch, but it also requires defining of all input and output data in every single business activity down to the point where it can be processed automatically. This can be a very tedious and time-consuming process and it can also require pretty significant changes in organization and technology.
Author: Oliver Koernig
Regulatory Challenges -- Keeping the Wolf at Bay
Description: Regulation is everywhere - more and more corporations are being forced to dissect their operations and open up their business streams to competitive 'partners' as a result of government intervention. This is clearly evident in world of Telecoms, where many originally state-owned monopolies, which once were the sole provider of land line communications, have now been forced to open their doors to competition.
Author: Scott Glen
SOA Software Extends IBM WebSphere Service Registry Repository (WSRR) Capabilities to Heterogeneous Environments
Policy Manager for IBM WSRR Product Provides Closed-Loop Policy Governance Between IBM WSRR and Other Enterprise Service Platforms
SOA Software today announced a new product to extend the capabilities of the IBM WebSphere Service Registry Repository (WSRR). This new product called Policy Manager for IBM WSRR complements the policy management capabilities of WSRR enabling customers to define policies for services and service consumers regardless of their platform and can audit the policies implemented and enforced by the platform in a closed-loop process.
For more information: http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Soa-Software-1087970.html
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Watch and Learn from the following Videos on WebSphere Technologies
Smart Work 3D Interactive: Healthcare
Real healthcare system challenges and real solutions play out as you see the value of applying a Smart Work approach.
Experience this 3D world.
Demo: Working Smarter in Healthcare
 Watch a demonstration of how an emergency department can work smarter.
This scenario for working smarter in an hospital emergency department shows the art of the possible. The capabilities outlined are all available today. It brings together a full set of elements for working smarter in healthcare, including:
- Optimized dynamic scheduling and prioritization
- Real-time expert collaboration
- Real-time visibility to empower staff action
- Processes connected inside the hospital and with stakeholders
- Connected people and technologies become "sensors" of events affecting care
- Advanced analytics improves decisions
Smart Work Healthcare Case Studies eBook
 See how organizations from around the world in the healthcare industry are connecting people and processes to:
optimize business performance, use technology to meet business needs quickly, and maximize people's effectiveness working together.
Read the 17 case studies in this Smart Work in Healthcare eBook.
Save $250 when you Complete an Eligible IBM WebSphere e-Learning Class
Grow your WebSphere skills from the convenience of your home or office with our self-paced virtual classes. These online classes deliver the same high quality, hands-on labs as our classroom courses. Plus, if you enroll by January 29, 2010, you'll save $250.
Get the details
Experience WebSphere in a Safe and Secure Sandbox Environment and Save 20%!
While most WebSphere Education courses include hands-on labs during your class, there always seems to be a need for more time to complete an exercise, tweak a setting or try out a code change. With the new IBM WebSphere University Expert Arena offering, you can experience WebSphere in a safe, sandbox environment - remotely.
Take advantage of this great tool - and save 20% on IBM WebSphere University Expert Arena offerings!
New Expert Arenas
WX142 IBM WebSphere University Expert Arena for WebSphere Business Services Fabric V6.1
WX209 IBM WebSphere University Expert Arena for WebSphere Transformation Extender V8.2
WX211 IBM WebSphere University Expert Arena for WebSphere Process Server V6.2
WX223 IBM WebSphere University Expert Arena for WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus V6.2
WX292 IBM WebSphere University Expert Arena for WebSphere Business Monitor V6.2
WX551 IBM WebSphere University Expert Arena for WebSphere Commerce V6
NEW Releases from IBM Press!
**REMINDER: 40% Discount on Books and eBooks from IBM Press. Log onto WebSphere.org and click on "Member Benefits" for your direct link to the IBM Press member page which will automatically list the discounted prices.
NEW RELEASE: Web 2.0 and Social Networking for the Enterprise: Guidelines and Examples for Implementation and Management within Your Organization, authored by Joey Bernal. ISBN-10: 0137004893; ISBN-13: 9780137004898
This book provides hands-on, start-to-finish guidance for business and IT decision-makers who want to drive value from Web 2.0 and social networking technologies. IBM expert Joey Bernal systematically identifies business functions and innovations these technologies can enhance and presents patterns for using them in both internal- and external-facing applications. Drawing on the immense experience of IBM and its customers, Bernal addresses both the business and technical issues enterprises must manage to succeed. He offers insights and case studies covering multiple technologies, including AJAX, REST, Atom/RSS, enterprise taxonomies, tagging, folksonomies, portals, mashups, blogs, wikis, and more. He also presents practical guidance for building robust, secure, collaborative applications by using applications and services from multiple sources with powerful tools such as WebSphere® Portal, Lotus® Connections, and IBM Mashup Center.
To first view a complete Table of Contents, you can visit :
www.ibmpressbooks.com/title/0137004893
**PURCHASE STEP: Click through "Member Benefits" to be directed to the IBM Press affiliate member page to receive your 40% discount.
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Register today for Impact 2010: The Premier Conference for Business and IT Leaders!
In today's fast-paced world, wouldn't it be nice to get a year's worth of education in just five short days? You can - if you attend Impact 2010. Impact 2010 brings to you the best of the best in technical education for WebSphere, BPM and SOA, and gives you access to the leading experts in business and technology for one low price.
Don't wait; now is the perfect time to register. For a limited time, the early bird registration fee gives you the best value for your money.
Register by Feb. 28, 2010 and get $4200 worth of education for only $1850 (including 2 no-charge certification tests plus a discounted hotel and travel rates)! It's a value even your manager will approve!
System z Technology Summit: Take advantage of your mainframe's potential
The global market is forcing businesses to work smarter, and that means leaning on IT to deliver results faster, more efficiently and with less cost. These requirements are driving IBM's ongoing commitment to build smarter solutions based on mainframe technology that addresses dynamic and interconnected business needs - making IBM System z® an ideal platform for supporting modern applications and businesses.
Keeping up on the latest technology is essential - from hardware to software to the tools that maximize their value. Join us at a city near you for this unique technical update.
Select a track of sessions geared to your specific needs, and learn how to get the most out of your existing IBM resources and the latest enhancements. Whether you're an IT manager trying to run a smarter enterprise, an application developer wanting to master new approaches to asset reuse, a proactive DBA trying to stem the drain on resources, or an architect seeking insight into connectivity issues, this unique IBM technology update has a track for you and your peers.
New Productivity Tools Shorten Cycles for Application Development and Problem Determination
Date: January 13, 2010, 11 a.m., Eastern Standard Time, 4:00 p.m. UTC
Any way you look at it, application maintenance and development costs can race through an IT budget - from slow manual processes, human error, the high cost of developing on the mainframe, analyzing problems or training new developers. With the new release of IBM Problem Determination Tools V10.1 and Rational® Developer for System z V7.6 you'll find many smarter ways to work.
Join us for this complimentary teleconference and learn how the new capabilities from IBM Problem Determination Tools V10.1 and Rational Developer for System z V7.6 offer a single interface to all of an application developer's needs so that you can create and maintain applications while lowering development MIPS costs and increasing productivity and quality
Register for Rational's Innovate 2010 Conference and Save!
You do so much more than just build, deliver, and manage - - You innovate!
And since software is the invisible tread that speeds innovation and helps us design and build the smarter products and services we need to build a smarter planet, then you deserve a revamped upgraded, 2.0 conference, one that sparks and celebrates innovation..
Innovate 2010
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Mothercare Moves to a Service-Oriented Architecture with IBM WebSphere Message Broker
"By introducing IBM WebSphere Message Broker and eliminating point-to-point interfaces, we should be able to reduce the amount of time we spend on integration and reduce TCO over the next five years." - James Blackburn, Enterprise Architect, Mothercare. Find out how Mothercare was able to meet the business needs by eliminating point-to-point connectivity and integration challenges and complexity while reducing total cost of integration.
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