I've never fully embraced the name of this column, 'Final Thoughts.' I get it, this is the last page of the magazine, so is the final word in the literal sense. But the column name sounds like a last will and testament, or less ominously, as if this is all the columnist will ever have ...
This article shows you how to connect non-SOAP HTTP service requesters and providers to the IBM WebSphere Application Server V6 Service Integration Bus. This lets requesters and providers leverage the integration capabilities of an enterprise service bus.
Novell and Red Hat have been elevated to IBM's Strategic Alliance program -- IBM's highest tier partner status, according to a recent IBM announcement. The move will make it simpler for clients to acquire open standards-based Linux hardware, software, and services through integrated an...
In each column, The EJB Advocate presents the gist of a typical back-and-forth dialogue exchange with actual customers and developers in the course of recommending a solution to an interesting design issue. Any identifying details have been obscured, and no 'innovative' or proprietary ...
In the previous article (part 1 in WebSphere Journal vol: 3. iss: 4) we began to build an SCA project in WebSphere Process Server. Here in part 2 we pick up the discussion. To see the associated images, please view the article online at www.ibm.com/developerWorks/websphere.
In the first part of this series, I examined two factors that are essential for project success: compensating for lack of face-to-face communication and writing better use cases. In the final part of this series, I will outline two additional elements that are vital in software develop...
It will be interesting over the coming year to witness the progress of open source software in general and open source in application development in particular. IBM, chided by many members of the open source community for taking the proprietary approach to app development (through WebS...