WebSphere Journal articles from March 2005

WebSphere Journal archives from March 2005

The SOA of reality.(FROM THE EDITOR)
March 1, 2005... The Western conception of time relentlessly flying forward is a key underpinning of many societies' continuous focus on improving things, becoming more efficient, getting ever better, and not wasting a minute in the process. ...

Energy and utility companies heat up their network operations: with a newer, smarter approach (from IBM middleware solutions).(UTILITIES)
March 1, 2005... With their ubiquitous overhead wires, poles, underground cables and transfer stations, it's easy for energy and utility companies to blend into the landscape and appear to be part of a slow-moving, slow-changing industry. But during the last...

How to identify, specify, and realize services for your SOA: SOA requires a strategy. It is not a product.(SOA)
March 1, 2005... There has been a lot of buzz and hype, some factual, some not so well-founded, surrounding the opportunities presented by Service-oriented Architectures (SOA) and their implementation as Web services. Analysts have predicted, pundits have...

Simplifying Java and J2EE development: use IBM Rational Application Developer to make life easier.(ILLUMINATING WEBSPHERE)
March 1, 2005... Most IT shops recognize the need for applying Java technology. So what keeps Java from becoming even more prevalent than it is today? Some shops are hampered by a lack of in-house Java development skills or the perception that Java is...

XML Access 101: a look at WebSphere Portal Server 5.1.(TECHNIQUES)
March 1, 2005... The world of WebSphere Portal Administration and configuration can be full of tedium and frustration. If you've ever manually constructed trees of portal places and pages, complete with containers and rows and portlets, you may have initially...

"Server, heal thyself"; Autonomic features in WebSphere v6: peer recovery of transactions.(PRO-SPECTIVE)
March 1, 2005... At the forefront of IBM's autonomic computing strategy is WebSphere Application Server v6. This version of the application server is designed to automatically detect problems ranging from small network glitches to large-scale power failures...

The big picture: how Portal Server and Porlet API fit into WAS.(WEBSPHERE PORTAL SERVER)
March 1, 2005... IBM WebSphere Portal Server is based on J2EE architecture and requires IBM WebSphere Application Server to run. IBM WebSphere Portal Server helps to personalize and aggregate content, and eliminates information overload for the users. Web...

Support of composite applications in WebSphere Portal: Part 2 -- the meat and potatoes.(PORTAL)
March 1, 2005... In the first of our three-part series, published in November 2004, we introduced the composite application model and how WebSphere Portal supports it. Composite applications are a class of application whose fundamental construction model is...

Simplifying development with Eclipse: take the drudgery out of it!(APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT)
March 1, 2005... Every IDE will allow you to manage files and build projects. Eclipse goes beyond that by dealing with the code you are writing on a more intimate level than the typical file-centric view embraced by most IDEs. As a developer, you can use that...

Interview with Dick Williams: Wily Technology's CEO talks to WJ.(Interview)
March 1, 2005... Wily Technology (www.wilytech.com) provides Enterprise Application Management solutions. The company's products are designed to enable companies to successfully manage their critical Web applications and infrastructure by providing real-time,...

An interview with John Long, Barclays Bank.(Interview)
March 1, 2005... Barclays Bank is one of Wily Technology's enterprise customers. Former WebSphere Journal Editor-in-Chief Jack Martin interviewed Barclays' John Long recently. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] WebSphere Journal: John, you are head of...

The Year of SOA.(FINAL THOUGHTS)
March 1, 2005... Let's take a quick generational placement test. Who among you remembers The Year of the LAN? Sorry, I'll speak up. WHO AMONG YOU REMEMBERS THE YEAR OF THE LAN? Raise your arthritically-challenged arms, please. The Year of the LAN was...