Jan 2006
Updated Oct 2008
This complimentary e-kit for IT architects provides a collection of best practices,
how-to guides, and materials to help you deliver a stable, reusable architecture, as well
as guidance on related IBM tools that promote communication to unify all aspects of design and development.
Explore the benefits of:
Reducing software delivery complexity with visual languages
Patterns-based development
Structural review and control
Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) In this e-kit
Grady Booch podcast series:
Current trends in software architecture
The role of the architect
Architectural styles and patterns
The future of software architecture
Webcasts:
Grady Booch on architecture (recorded Nov 29, 2007): Join Grady in an interactive
discussion about architecture and reuse.
Bridge the gap between business and IT with IBM Information Server FastTrack.
The future of application servers in the enterprise and IBM WebSphere
White papers:
The value of modeling
IBM InfoSphere
IBM Information Server, Version 8.0: Understanding and analyzing your data
IBM Information Server FastTrack: The need for speed—accelerating data integration projects
Using advanced technology development
solutions to improve financial services
effectiveness
Building service-oriented banking
solutions with IBM banking
industry models and Rational SDP
Trials:
IBM Rational Software Architect for WebSphere Software V7.5 trial download
Rational Software Architect Standard Edition V7.5 (previously IBM Rational Systems
Developer) trial download
IBM SOA Sandbox for Reuse online trial (includes Rational Software Architect)
WebSphere Application Server V7.0 trial download
Demos and podcasts:
Podcast: Managing solution architectures
Podcast: Understanding source systems: How to use IBM InfoSphere technology to understand existing source system structures and data quality
Demo: Browse and topic diagram creation
Demo: Static sequence diagram creation
Demo: Architectural discovery diagrams
Demo: Structural analysis
Demo: Code review
Demo: J2EE development using UML transformations
Demo: A day in the life of an automated business process
Demo: IBM WebSphere Process Server
developerWorks articles and other resources:
Good modeling, good governance
An introduction to architecture management
Evolution of developer skills is essential for job survival
UML in support of model-driven development (MDD)
An introduction to Model-Driven Architecture (MDA)
Gain an edge in patterns-based development using Rational Software Architect
Meet the experts
The Value of Pattern Implementations
Pattern Implementations for More Efficiency, Consistency, Quality, and Fast Results
Model-driven and pattern-based development using Rational Software Architect
Using model-driven development and pattern-based engineering to design SOA, Parts 1
and 2
Model service-oriented architecture with Rational Software Architect, Part 4
IBM Rational Software Architect Web page
Applying domain-specific modeling to Model-Driven Architecture
IBM Industry Models and ILOG business rules management systems, Part 1: Define business rules using IBM Industry Models
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