Technology Mashup

I recommend this Redbook if investigating ESB patterns based on WebSphere Message Broker. WMB V6.1 was released in December 2007 and this book contains the latest information on new features and provides information on how they can be used to enhance your messaging solutions. The Redbook has recently been updated which is why I mention this specifically in this post.
 

Securing access to information is important to any business, especially for business-critical systems that manage sensitive data, as is often the case for systems based on IBM Customer Information Control System (CICS). Security becomes even more critical for implementations structured according to service-oriented architecture (SOA) principles, due to loose coupling of services and applications, and their possible operations across trust boundaries...

Redbook

I sat through a number of sessions at a tech conference on Thursday, which I found very useful in terms of understanding the technical landscape of one of our key partner’s solution portfolio. After presentation two or three maybe (and I cant rule out the effects of caffeine crash – as there weren’t nearly enough coffee breaks) I began to get rather irritated with the whole ‘business v’s IT debate’.

Free Paper - Complex Event Processing -
Free paper available for download in .pdf format taking an introductory look at Complex Event Processing.

The Complexity of Events
[Circumference of a Moose]

Free paper on COBOL Conversion - New download (in pdf format) discussing legacy modernisation options for COBOL.

The Legacy Conundrum [Circumference of a Moose]

If you are following developments in the forthcoming Oslo project from Microsoft, then you will want to check out these two videos from endpoint.tv. Oslo will be released later this year affecting products such as .NET Framework, Visual Studio, BizTalk Server and others. It will provide some neat enhancements to WF / WCF and will give Microsoft a stronger offering in the SOA space.

The first video is a high level introduction and discussion with David Chappell. The second video deals with preparation for Oslo and discussion with Jon Flanders.

Two interesting Redbooks out this week dealing with technology transition to WebSphere Process Server.

1. WebSphere MQ Workflow transition to WebSphere Process Server
2. Migrating WebSphere Business Integration Server Foundation to WebSphere Process
Server V6.1

Oracle Middleware Strategy Update: Thomas Kurian - Part I from Oracle Fusion Middleware Radio

Oracle Middleware Strategy Update: Thomas Kurian - Part II from Oracle Fusion Middleware Radio

Hear Steve Harris, Development VP for Application Server, discuss Oracle's vision and strategy for application servers, Java virtual machine technologies, and the emerging application grid architecture.

Enclosure: (30.0 MB)