WebSphere Journal articles from November 2004

WebSphere Journal archives from November 2004

Security, firewalls, and keeping the door locked.(From The Editor)
November 1, 2004... As the world becomes progressively more comfortable with e-business as a business model for the 21st century, criminals are also gaining a level of comfort in stealing information at a progressively alarming rate. Information theft is a...

The support of composite applications in WebSphere portal: the basis for advanced suites of business functions.(Portal)
November 1, 2004... What are composite applications and how do they help me? In this three-part series we will introduce the concepts behind a new class of applications called composite applications and explain their need and structure. In this article, we will...

How to simplify IT infrastructure management: using SOAs is key.(Illuminating WebSphere)
November 1, 2004... The velocity of business is ever increasing, and business agility is at a premium. Companies are faced with a myriad of challenges such as managing service levels in a complex, heterogeneous environment, increasing resource utilization while...

Exchanging trade information among Mercosul member countries: a case study.(Web Services)
November 1, 2004... Mercosul (or Mercosur) is a trading zone among Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay founded in 1991. Its purpose is to promote free trade and the movement of goods and people, and skills and money between these countries. The four member...

IT PowerPAC WS from Eden: more than a help desk.(Product News)
November 1, 2004... If you've read my column before, you've mostly seen reviews of software development tools for WebSphere. This column is a bit of a departure from the usual. All of us have experienced calling a support desk for help, and afterward feeling...

Deploying WAS applications using Maven: a simple and powerful build tool.(Maven)
November 1, 2004... When people talk about scalability, they are usually referring to how well an application performs with an ever-increasing load. Another type of scalability that needs attention during an application's life cycle is build scalability, or how...

Can IT systems meet the challenges facing life sciences organizations? IBM's middleware solutions do it all.(Life Sciences)
November 1, 2004... Time is money in any industry, but for life sciences companies a single day of having a new drug on the market can be worth hundreds of thousands, sometimes millions, of dollars. And that money, in addition to its obvious effect on the...

Implementing Sarbanes-Oxley: using IBM Lotus Workplace for Business Controls and Reporting.(Pro-spective)
November 1, 2004... The passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) marks a new era of accountability for corporate officers. Signed into law by President Bush in response to corporate accounting scandals, it is a major concern and top priority for the CEOs,...

From Chapter 6: building a combined WebSphere and Domino System.(Book Excerpt)
November 1, 2004... This chapter, "Building a Combined WebSphere and Domino System" is excerpted from the new book, IBM WebSphere and Lotus: Implementing Collaborative Solutions, authored by John Lamb, Michael Laskey and Gopal Indurkhya. Copyright International...

Fire your QA department and increase the quality of your software.(Final Thoughts)
November 1, 2004... For years you've heard some variation of the message communicated by the title of this article. The answer always involved getting developers to change their processes, think harder, use better methodologies, create better architectures, and...