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| Evaluate: IBM Business Process Manager
IBM Business Process Manager is a comprehensive business process management platform giving you visibility and insight to manage business processes.
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Trial Downloads | 28 Feb 2012 |
| Create a multichannel composite portlet application
using Rational Application Developer 8.0.4: Part 3. Displaying data from Microsoft SharePoint in a
portlet
Multichannel portlet applications present appropriate views
when run from different devices. This means that when you view it
from a desktop browser, the portlet presents the desktop version.
Similarly, when you view it from a smart phone, you see the mobile
version of the portlet. Part 2 of this five-part series shows you
how to use IBM Rational Application Developer, Version 8.0.4 or
later, to fetch and display data from Microsoft SharePoint in a
portlet.
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Articles | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Scan COBOL and Java with SQL from a Windows directory structure using IBM Rational Asset Analyzer
Learn how to use the IBM Rational Asset Analyzer inventory wizard to analyze
COBOL and Java (WAR) files, including embedded SQL, by scanning the related files from a Windows directory structure.
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Demos | 13 Feb 2012 |
| XPages Portable Command Guide: A Compact Resource to XPages Application Development and the XSP Language
XPages Portable Command Guide offers fast access to working code, tested solutions, expert tips, and example-driven best practices. Drawing on their unsurpassed experience as IBM XPages lead developers and customer consultants, the authors explore many lesser known facets of the XPages runtime, illuminating these capabilities with dozens of examples that solve specific XPages development problems. Using their easy-to-adapt code examples, you can develop XPages solutions with outstanding performance, scalability, flexibility, efficiency, reliability, and value.
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Books | 13 Feb 2012 |
| IBM Cognos Proven Practices: Dynamic Sorting of a List within IBM Cognos Report Studio
A technique which applies dynamic column sorting on a list using custom IBM Cognos Report Studio toolbox items.
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Articles | 10 Feb 2012 |
| De-identify flat files and delimited files using InfoSphere Optim Data
Privacy Solution and InfoSphere Federation Server
With the current environment of data sensitivity, there is a need to
mask data not only in the traditional relational databases, but also in flat
files that could be part of a testing scenario. Customers continue to need to
send files to vendors, off-shore testers, and even internal testers, and the
data in those files could be subject to regulations. In this article, learn
how to de-identify private data in flat files by using IBM InfoSphere(TM)
Federation Server to create a relational table (nickname) for data in flat
files and then apply data privacy algorithms using IBM Optim(TM) Data Privacy
Solution. [2012 Feb 9 update: This
article has been updated for the most recent versions of Optim. You
can now de-identify flat positional files, and you can use several new masking
functions for columns. --Ed.]
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Articles | 09 Feb 2012 |
| Restricting database connections using trusted contexts in DB2 for Linux,
UNIX, and Windows
Security administrators are responsible for, among other things, protecting a database against unauthorized
access or misuse by authorized database users (for example, inappropriate access to sensitive information within a database). A
common requirement to mitigate such risks is ensuring that users are allowed to connect to the database only from a list of
trusted hosts -- which are known to be secure. This article gives a practical example of how such a requirement can be put in
practice by making use of the trusted context feature of DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows.
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Articles | 09 Feb 2012 |
| Transforming your supply chain with IBM Supply Chain Process Modeler, Part
3: Using SCPM for supply chain process modeling and analysis
In Part 3 of this series, you'll learn how to use SCPM the
basic functions of SCPM to create a new project, configure and use various
diagrams and the scorecard, and import and export models and data to and from
SCPM.
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Articles | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Java technology zone technical podcast series: Season 4
For years, the Java zone has brought you top-quality technical content by some
of the best minds in the industry. But taking the time to read an in-depth, code-heavy
article can be difficult, even if it's about a topic that's critical to your day job.
This podcast series, led by the engaging and technically curious Andrew Glover,
provides a new way to get information from the sources you trust most. Every few weeks, we'll publish a new discussion with an expert on the topics that are important to your job.
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Articles | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Passing data objects between CICS Java environments: Part 3: Transporting Java data objects from a CICS transaction Java client program to a CICS TS Java program
Java is becoming a popular programming language for CICS applications. CICS provides multiple Java environments, each with its own strengths, so passing data objects between the different CICS Java environments is an important topic. This three-part article series gives you the details. Part 3 describes the API that enables CICS TG Java client programs to interact with a CICS TS program. It also provides
an object transporter that you can use in a CICS TG Java client along with the wizards in Rational Application Developer to generate code to communicate from a CICS TG Java client to a CICS TS program.
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Articles | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Deploying WebSphere software with Rational Automation Framework
IBM Rational Automation Framework is a server-based software product
that can automate many IBM WebSphere middleware distribution and
administration activities. To demonstrate, this article explains the simple process of
configuring the Rational Automation Framework environment to create a typical
sample IBM WebSphere Application Server cell that contains two nodes, an IBM
HTTP Server, and an application cluster.
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Articles | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Integrating a business process application in IBM Business Process Manager
V7.5.1 with an external system using the REST API
This article discusses integrating activities
with an external system using the REST API. IBM Business Process
Manager V7.5.1 now supports all the functionality provided by the
unsupported REST API available with WebSphere Lombardi Edition
V7.2.
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Articles | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Using UI components in jQuery Mobile
Many UI components are available in the jQuery Mobile framework. This article provides a high-level overview of each element and how you can use it in a mobile website. It touches on specific UI components, explains the reasons to use them, and provides code examples of their use in a mobile website.
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Articles | 08 Feb 2012 |
| IBM Cognos Framework Manager, Part 3: Publish the data in reports for end users
IBM Cognos Framework Manager is
the metadata modeling tool used for importing metadata and preparing it for
reporting needs. This demo series shows you how to get the model ready for the content
authors to use. Part 3 of this series shows how to prepare a model package and then
publish it.
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Demos | 08 Feb 2012 |
| IBM Cognos Framework Manager, Part 2: Use Framework Manager to explore imported data
IBM Cognos Framework Manager is
the metadata modeling tool used for importing metadata and preparing it for
reporting needs. This demo series shows you how to get the model ready for the content
authors to use. Part 2 of this series shows how to use Framework Manager to explore an imported model.
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Demos | 08 Feb 2012 |
| IBM Cognos Framework Manager, Part 1: Import metadata from a SAP BW
IBM Cognos Framework Manager is
the metadata modeling tool used for importing metadata and preparing it for
reporting needs. This demo series shows you how to get the model ready for the content
authors to use. Part 1 of this series shows how to import the relevant SAP Business
Warehouse (BW) metadata related to your reporting requirements.
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Demos | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Transforming your supply chain with IBM Supply Chain Process
Modeler, Part 4: Using advanced analytics
In Part 4 of this series, you'll learn about two advanced
analytics features provided by SCPM: the extended process simulation and
the Performance Analyzer. The extended process simulation enables
the use of scripts for simulation modeling, thus providing support for more complicated business logic and analysis
requirements. The Performance Analyzer enables the quantitative analysis
of the causal relations among different performance metrics using
System Dynamics, which is a theory for studying and managing complex
feedback systems
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Articles | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Integrating MediaWiki with LDAP
Learn how to add a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
authentication module to MediaWiki that will allow it to authenticate users
against an LDAP directory. Gain a better understanding of MediaWiki, Apache
Directory Services (ApacheDS), and Apache Directory Studio, and how you can
use them to create an LDAP directory for testing.
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Articles | 07 Feb 2012 |
| Device-aware mobile sites using PHP, JavaScript, and WURFL, Part 1: Get started using the WURFL PHP API
With a rapidly growing mobile Web,
if you haven't already started working on a PHP-driven mobile site or application,
you soon will be. Detecting the capability of one mobile device among the thousands
of offerings is nearly impossible with PHP alone. But with the Wireless Universal Resource FiLe (WURFL),
this once daunting task becomes as simple as a few API calls to retrieve the device data you need
and can use with your PHP site or application.
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Articles | 07 Feb 2012 |
| Your first cup of CoffeeScript, Part 2: Learn the language with hands-on examples
This series explores the popular CoffeeScript programming language, which is
built on top of JavaScript. In Part 1, you learned about the perks for developers, set
up the CoffeeScript compiler, and used it to create code that was ready to run in a
browser or server. In this article, wade deeper into the CoffeeScript language. Use
CoffeeScript to solve several programming problems, with a mathematical flavor to
them, from Project Euler. Example source code is provided.
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Articles | 07 Feb 2012 |
| Create a multichannel composite portlet application using Rational Application Developer 8.0.4: Part 1. Introduction and setup for this tutorial
Applications that mash data together regardless of the backend systems that the data is coming from, to give the end user a seamless integrated representation of information, are in increasing demand. This article is shows how to use IBM Rational Application Developer 8.0.4 to create a multichannel composite portlet application that fetches and integrates data from IBM DB2, Microsoft SharePoint, and IBM Connections into multiple wired portlets hosted on IBM WebSphere Portal 7.0.
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Articles | 07 Feb 2012 |
| Integrate Rational Focal Point with requirements, project, and test management tools
IBM Rational Focal Point integrates with Collaborative Lifecycle Management (CLM) applications through its support of the Open Services Lifecycle Collaboration (OSLC) change management and requirement management specifications. This article explains how to take advantage of the CLM capabilities by linking Focal Point with Rational Requirements Composer, which elaborates on requirements and business needs, to Rational Team Concert for collaborative project management, and to Rational Quality Manager for testing. It also describes the reporting capability introduced in the Rational Focal Point 6.5.1 release, which is very useful for project managers to generate traceability reports to find out the current status of a Rational Focal Point requirement and business needs.
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Articles | 07 Feb 2012 |
| Explore IBM Integrated Information Core model aware adapters
Integrated Information Core is an IBM Industry Solutions product
offering designed to help customers improve their operations. Learn about the data adapters
provided with the product and how you can extend them to support
customer-specific data sources. Through examples, explore
how the model-aware adapters are constructed. Create new adapters to integrate
sources of measurement data into a system so it can be referenced from the
semantic model.
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Articles | 07 Feb 2012 |
| Extend Rational Functional Tester to test Adobe Flex or Flash applications
One of the great benefits of Rational Functional Tester and its Eclipse IDE is
that it can easily be extended with literally hundreds of useful open source components.
Our team had a hard time consistently automating GUI Flex applications using the
built-in support for Flex automation due to constant browser security patches. We
resolved this problem by using open source components that are updated more frequently
to keep up with the browser security updates that seem to come daily. This article
explains how Rational Functional Tester works in combination with Selenium and
FlexMonkium. Tim Hague provides step-by-step instructions to help you implement a
similar solution.
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Articles | 07 Feb 2012 |
| IBM Cognos Proven Practices: The IBM Cognos 10 Dynamic Query Cookbook
This document is intended to provide a single point of reference for techniques and product behaviours when dealing with the Dynamic Query Mode delivered with IBM Cognos 10.
Also available in:
Chinese
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Articles | 06 Feb 2012 |
| IBM SmartCloud Enterprise tip: Build multiple VPNs and VLANs
Release 2.0 of the IBM SmartCloud Enterprise introduces several new
features. Two of these features are the ability for an IBM SmartCloud Enterprise account to have multiple virtual private network tunnels (VPNs) into a IBM SmartCloud Enterprise data center and multiple virtual local area networks (VLANs) in each data center. The authors examine the details of these new features.
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Tips | 06 Feb 2012 |
| IBM Cognos Proven Practices: IBM Cognos BI – Create a Custom Schedule Using Calculations and Parameters in Event Studio
An approach to scheduling a report which can be delivered to users on multiple, non-recurring dates using an IBM Cognos Event Studio agent.
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Articles | 06 Feb 2012 |
| Mainframe code page conversion customization in an IBM z/OS system
Encoding in mainframes is EBCDIC, and encoding in distributed system is ASCII.
Mainframe computers need to communicate with distributed systems that include Microsoft
Windows, UNIX, and other platforms. The EBCDIC and ASCII code page conversion happens
in each communication between the IBM z/OS operating system and the distributed system.
However, some characters cannot go round trip between EBCDIC and ASCII in some non-English
languages. As a result, the application doesn't work correctly. One solution is to modify
application code, but that is often complicated and time consuming. This article presents
a light-weight solution as an alternative. No application code change is needed, and you
can resolve the issue quickly.
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Articles | 02 Feb 2012 |
| Developing heterogeneous database applications
using the IBM Data Server Provider for .NET
Transactional logic that works across heterogeneous databases needs to
use global transactions. The IBM Data Server Provider for .NET supports the
distributed transaction model from the System.Transactions namespace, which has
the capability to create and manage global transactions. The code examples in this article show how
to use the IBM Data Server Provider for .NET to create
and manage global transactions on the IBM data servers.
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Articles | 02 Feb 2012 |
| Designing an integration landscape with IBM InfoSphere
Foundation Tools and Information Server, Part 1: Planning an integration landscape
This tutorial is an introduction to the use of IBM InfoSphere Blueprint
Director, in the context of a project, to depict the target vision (or
landscape) for the final solution and to provide guidance for subsequent
project tasks. It is the first of a series of tutorials focused on a specific,
common information integration scenario: the update of a Data
Warehouse-Business Intelligence (DW-BI) information process.
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Tutorial | 02 Feb 2012 |
| Using Microsoft .NET in WebSphere Message Broker V8: Part 3: Integrating with Microsoft Excel
This series of four tutorials demonstrates the new support for Microsoft .NET in WebSphere Message Broker V8. Part 3 describes integration with Microsoft Excel.
Readers should be familiar with either Microsoft .NET or WebSphere Message Broker but need not be familiar with both.
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Tutorial | 01 Feb 2012 |
| Synchronize CMVC data with Rational Team Concert data
IBM Configuration Management Version Control (CMVC) is older software still in use in some mainframe systems, but it has been superseded by newer Rational software, including Rational Team Concert. The tutorial explains the Item Connector Framework for integrating the two repositories and provides sample code. Learn how CMVC artifacts can be mapped to Rational Team Concert artifacts by using synchronization rules and how periodic synchronization will help you get the benefit of both applications.
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Articles | 31 Jan 2012 |
| Functional thinking: Functional features in Groovy, Part 3
Modern dynamic languages have incorporated many functional features to take
mundane tasks off developers' hands. This article explores the benefits of caching at
the function level with Groovy, contrasting it with an imperative approach. It
illustrates two types of caching -- intramethod and external -- and discusses the advantages and disadvantages of the imperative and functional versions.
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Articles | 31 Jan 2012 |
| Design a message and service definition integration strategy based on Common Information Model standards
Users of IBM Rational Software Architect are familiar with its UML modeling capabilities, as well as its ability to transform a model into other domains, including Java, XSD, and WSDL. However, when it comes to using an energy industry information model and evolving the model into definitive message and service definitions that can be used directly in an SOA messaging infrastructure, there is very little guidance. This article describes a process and the use of Rational Software Architect extensions that use the International Electrotechnical Commission's Common Information Model (IEC CIM) to guide message and service definitions.
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Articles | 31 Jan 2012 |
| Cloud-based education, Part 2: High-performance computing for education
Part 1 of this series focused on the tools, methods,
and strategies for using the cloud. This article explores
high-performance computing (HPC) from supercomputers to warehouse-scale
computers and how the cloud makes supercomputing for educators and students
more economical and available, with a broader range of architectures and
scaling elasticity. In the past, students were often only able to read about
supercomputers. Today, with the cloud, hands-on in HPC is much more feasible.
This article provides a starting point for cloud-based HPC educational
strategy.
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Articles | 31 Jan 2012 |
| Pure speed with mod_pagespeed
mod_pagespeed is a module from Google for Apache HTTP Servers
that can improve the page load times of your website.
It programmatically and automatically
incorporates all the best practices for a speedy website into your site, and
requires only minimal configuration. With mod_pagespeed,
Apache web hosters can improve website speed
quickly and easily.
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Articles | 31 Jan 2012 |
| The performance detective: Where does it hurt?
If you're up against a performance problem on the IBM AIX operating system, your most important task is to
diagnose it correctly. When a user tells you "the system is running slowly," it's time for some detective work. You need to know what questions to ask to help you pinpoint the real issue. The first article of this two-part series demonstrates how describing a performance problem can help you identify the bottlenecks.
Part 2 will look at some good practices that help prevent those bottlenecks in the first place.
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Articles | 31 Jan 2012 |
| Improve portfolio management with new IBM Rational Focal Point integrations
IBM Rational Focal Point version 6.5.1 offers new Collaborative Lifecycle Management (CLM) integrations with capabilities for more effective portfolio management and decision-making throughout project lifecycles, products in development, and applications that you use in your organization. This article covers what, why, and how to take advantage of these integrations.
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Articles | 31 Jan 2012 |
| Scalable Vector Graphics in HTML5
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) are part of the vector family of
graphics. They have
several benefits over their raster counterparts: JPEG, GIF, and PNG. In this article, explore the basic concepts and usage of SVG
graphics in HTML5. Learn about drawing, filters, gradients, text, and adding SVG XML
to web pages.
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Articles | 31 Jan 2012 |
| Create a custom web services project in Drupal 7
Did you know you can provide web services through your Drupal-
powered site? Learn how to use this technique to offer more
flexibility with your content.
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Articles | 31 Jan 2012 |
| Build integrated solutions for XML transformations with
WebSphere Transformation Extender, Part 1: Transform legacy data into XML
The XML format is a common
standard for document and message exchange. Learn how to use WebSphere
Transformation Extender to easily migrate legacy data to XML. WebSphere
Transformation Extender separates data transformation logic and business flow
logic, which can save on maintenance costs. Walk through a scenario that
includes examples and source code. Create a WebSphere Transformation
Extender map to retrieve legacy data from a database and transform it to an
XML file.
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Articles | 31 Jan 2012 |
| Deploy a J2EE app with TSAM extensions
IBM Tivoli Service Automation Manager (TSAM) 7.2.2 introduces the extension,
a set of TSAM software components that can implement a new IT service
automation solution (known as a service definition) or add capabilities to
existing service definitions. In this article, the authors define a scenario
in which the desired result is to securely deploy a three-tiered enterprise application (in this case J2EE) to the cloud. They demonstrate how to set up and provision extensions in TSAM as the first step to accomplishing this task.
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Articles | 26 Jan 2012 |
| IBM Cloud Computing Podcast: Rob Thomas and Dan Gisolfi on Big Data and cloud computing
Steve Curtis interviews Rob Thomas and Dan Gisolfi about Big Data and
cloud computing. Thomas is vice president, Business
Development, IBM Software Group Information Management; and
Gisolfi is chief technology evangelist, IBM Emerging Internet
Technologies.
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Podcasts | 26 Jan 2012 |
| Java technology zone technical podcast series: Season 3
Paul Duvall on migrating to the cloud
Andy Glover interviews Paul Duvall on migrating to the cloud.
Duvall is the CTO of Stelligent, which has been spending a
lot of time helping companies migrate to the cloud.
Duvall will help explain what it means to migrate
a company's IT infrastructure to the cloud.
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Podcasts | 26 Jan 2012 |
| Java technology zone technical podcast series: Season 3
Dan Allen on the Arquillian testing framework
Andy Glover interviews Dan Allen on the Arquillian testing framework.
Allen is principal JBoss software engineer at Red Hat and author of "Seam in
Action." He's been a long-time open source evangelist and is the
community liaison for Seam and Arquillian. You can listen to Andy Glover interviewing Dan Allen on the Arquillian testing framework, or
read the transcript.
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Podcasts | 26 Jan 2012 |
| Optimize InfoSphere DataStage jobs with Netezza Connector using InfoSphere
DataStage Balanced Optimization
In this article, learn how to use a DatgaStage extension called
InfoSphere DataStage Balanced Optimization to rewrite a DataStage job to enhance performance by sharing or
redistributing the processing load among Infosphere DataStage and the source and target
databases. Special emphasis has been given to features unique to Netezza Connector, including
Action Column, Unique Key Column for update support, and Temporary Work Table. The article
also discusses additional features available in the InfoSphere Information Server V8.7 release,
including the Filter stage, and multiple output links of Copy, Filter, and Transformer stages.
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Articles | 26 Jan 2012 |
| Designing a database for multi-tenancy on the cloud
Learn some considerations that new software as a service
(SaaS) vendors need to take into account when developing applications or
modifying existing ones to enable them for multi-tenancy on the cloud. The article
discusses the considerations only from a database perspective --
specifically, from an IBM DB2 perspective. Six cases or methods are described.
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Articles | 26 Jan 2012 |
| Comment lines: Choosing the right web content management delivery solution
The IBM Web Content Manager software offers different solutions for
delivering web content to your users . This article explains all the solutions available and why you would chose each.
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Articles | 25 Jan 2012 |
| WebSphere proxy server routing capabilities in a secured environment
This article discusses the various routing capabilities of the WebSphere
proxy server, which is a feature of IBM WebSphere Application Server Network
Deployment. Multiple configuration scenarios are presented, along with
background information, setup
instructions and tips to help you achieve success routing content using proxy
server features in a secured environment.
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Articles | 25 Jan 2012 |
| Transforming your supply chain with IBM Supply Chain Process
Modeler, Part 2: Using process reference models in supply chain transformation
In Part 2, you'll learn how to about the process reference
models supported by SCPM and how you can use them in your supply chain transformation projects.
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Articles | 25 Jan 2012 |
| Using Jython servlets with
WebSphere Application Server for more than system administration
It is common for developers to use Jython scripting in IBM WebSphere
Application Server to perform system management tasks, but with some simple
additions, it is easy to add Jython processing to supplement your servlet and
JSP application programming. This article describes what you need to do to
incorporate Jython servlets into your projects for even greater flexibility.
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Articles | 25 Jan 2012 |
| Using the service integration bus link in WebSphere Application Server to
route messages from a local queue to a remote queue
IBM WebSphere Application Server includes a variety of JMS providers that can be used by applications for asynchronous communication. By default, WebSphere Application Server uses a service integration bus (SI bus) for asynchronous communication. This article explains the communication between messaging engines running on different instances of WebSphere Application Server that will enable you to route a message from a local queue to a remote queue using the SI bus.
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Articles | 25 Jan 2012 |
| Capturing and analyzing interface characteristics, Part 2: Reference guide to integration characteristics
Part 1 of this two-part article discussed the definition of integration
characteristics and how they are best used to reduce risk and improve the efficiency of design for the integration aspects of a solution. Part 2 provides detailed reference information about the integration characteristics themselves to ensure a clear and common understanding of the meaning, importance, and use of each characteristic.
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Articles | 25 Jan 2012 |
| Using JDBC to extract data into XML
XML is best suited to storing data, so it's inevitable that at some point someone will ask you to pull information from a database and manipulate it as though it were XML. This tutorial will teach you to access a database using JDBC and use SQL to pull information, which you will then use to build an XML Document using a predetermined mapping.
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Tutorial | 24 Jan 2012 |
| Leveraging pureXML in a Flex microblogging application, Part 1: Enabling Web services with DB2 pureXML
The pureXML capabilities of IBM DB2 allow you to store XML natively in a database without modification, while Adobe Flex applications can read XML directly and populate Flex user interfaces. In this three-part article series, you will create a microblogging application that takes advantage of pureXML, Web services, and Adobe Flex; and even allows you to publish your microblogging updates on Twitter.
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Articles | 24 Jan 2012 |
| Successful code reuse with code-centric development and modeling
Modeling is an essential step in the process of analyzing existing code so that you can
make decisions about what gets reused. When you understand the overall architecture of the code,
building your products into a complete product line engineering (PLE) workflow becomes much easier
to do and to maintain. You need to understand how the code fits together, how you could best use
it in the future, and which parts you might want to modify. The main reasons to analyze code are
for documentation, reuse, modification, or maintenance. This article explains the keys to
successful reuse and how to reuse code by combining code-centric development with modeling.
Also available in:
Portuguese
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Articles | 24 Jan 2012 |
| IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software
introduction, Part 3: Running an application
See the Rational Application Developer sample end-to-end application in
action. The end-to-end application calls a variety of artifacts such as JavaServer Faces, XML, web services, service data objects, EJBs, and Java
Beans and show the associated diagrams that depict the activity.
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Demos | 24 Jan 2012 |
| IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software
introduction, Part 2: Application components
This demo takes a closer look at a Rational Application Developer
end-to-end application sample and it's components, component details, and
diagrams. Applications components you see are EJBs,
web services, xml, and a JavaServer Faces section.
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Demos | 24 Jan 2012 |
| IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software
introduction, Part 1: Using Project Explorer
This demo shows how to use the primary view, Project
Explorer, in Rational Application Developer to easily navigate to your application artifacts. You can see your enterprise applications,
as well as EJBs, web projects and other projects like Java projects, web services,
databases, and database servers.
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Demos | 24 Jan 2012 |
| VIOS disk mapping in a nutshell
Have you found yourself doing some kind of troubleshooting on servers
which you have never touched before? Nowadays, working in huge companies or
even as a consultant, you might not be able to avoid such situations.
To avoid mistakes in VIOS and LPAR environments, this article will simply show you how to map disk devices within VIOS server
without caring about name patterns.
In the end, you will see how name patterns are important and how to bypass them if required.
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Articles | 24 Jan 2012 |
| Java development 2.0: Securing Java application data for cloud computing
Data security is a serious concern for organizations considering cloud
adoption, but in many cases it needn't be. In this installment of Java development
2.0, learn how to use private-key encryption and the Advanced Encryption Standard to
secure sensitive application data for the cloud. You'll also get a quick tutorial on encryption strategy, which is important for maximizing the efficiency of conditional searches on distributed cloud datastores.
Also available in:
Portuguese
Portuguese
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Articles | 24 Jan 2012 |
| Casting spells with ImageMagick
ImageMagick is a suite of open source tools for creating,
editing, and converting bitmap images. The advanced developer can leverage its
many capabilities to produce quality, professional bitmap images, and other
artwork for display on websites, in marketing brochures, and anywhere the
artistic mood may strike. Licensed under the Apache 2.0 license, ImageMagick
can be freely used, copied, modified, and distributed in both open and
proprietary applications.
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Articles | 24 Jan 2012 |
| Combine Rational Change and ClearCase for seamless change and configuration
management
This article covers the configuration of the Rational Change for ClearCase
Interface and using Rational Change and Rational ClearCase together for change and
configuration management. It highlights how Rational Change integrates with Rational
ClearCase to track the implementation of change requests. It is intended for readers who
have an intermediate level of knowledge of Rational Change and Rational
ClearCase.
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Articles | 24 Jan 2012 |
| Strategies for performing with agility
The first declaration of the Agile Manifesto is "individuals and interactions over processes and tools," yet this fundamental tenant seems to get lost on many agile projects. Highly capable people guided by fundamental principles of agility are more important than any tools, technology or overly-specific processes and best practices. This article provides tips for executives, development managers, and agile team leads to strike the balance of structure and freedom so they can reap the rewards of high performance teamwork and more successful agile projects.
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Articles | 23 Jan 2012 |
| System versus SQL name - Part 1
When executing SQL statements you can run them either using System or SQL Naming. The System Naming conventions follow the traditional methods used on IBM i systems such as library support. The SQL Naming mode on the other hand is defined in the SQL Standard and used by all other databases. When asking what is the difference between SQL and System Naming, you will normally get the answer, schema and object are either separated with a slash or a period. However there are many more differences especially with regard to the access authority and ownership of database objects created either using SQL or System Naming.
This article will show the differences between SQL and System Naming primarily focusing on
how the ownerships and access authorities vary when creating DB2 for i database objects (such as tables, stored procedures or triggers) with the two naming conventions.
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Articles | 23 Jan 2012 |
| Outsourcing agile development projects: Part 2. Top five tips for success
Many software development organizations are making use of outsourced development resources on their projects. As companies embrace agile and lean approaches to development, the question often arises – is outsourcing suitable in an agile environment? The answer is – it's possible, but it will require some careful forethought and some deliberate execution to ensure success. In this two-part article series, Tony Grout shares his experiences of where agile outsourcing can be effective, and the critical elements that must be in place to achieve optimal results.
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Articles | 23 Jan 2012 |
| Outsourcing agile development projects: Part 1. Key things to consider before you start
Many software development organizations are making use of outsourced development resources on their projects. As companies embrace agile and lean approaches to development, the question often arises – is outsourcing suitable in an agile environment? The answer is – it's possible, but it will require some careful forethought and some deliberate execution to ensure success. In this two-part article series, Tony Grout shares his experiences of where agile outsourcing can be effective, and the critical elements that must be in place to achieve optimal results.
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Articles | 23 Jan 2012 |
| Agile State of the Art Survey
The "Agile State of the Art Survey" was designed to gather information about how businesses are actually implementing agile techniques. There were 168 respondents from around the world, working in various business sectors, including government agencies. These respondents shared details about how they have benefited from agile methods and the challenges they still face. This article shares some overall numbers from the survey and covers the top benefits and challenges.
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Articles | 23 Jan 2012 |
| Agile transformation in action
Julie King is the Vice President of Consumability for IBM Software Group (SWG). She is a Distinguished Engineer and the Chair of the Software Group Architecture Board – a body which forms IBM's technical strategy and works across product lines and across teams to achieve a common technical vision. Julie provided leadership throughout IBM Software Group's three year agile transformation. We sat down with Julie to learn about the challenges they faced and the results that SWG has achieved.
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Articles | 23 Jan 2012 |
| Three deadly pitfalls to avoid on agile implementations
Businesses need innovation in today’s marketplace. This is not always easy and, in many cases, a new approach is required to reinvigorate innovation. An agile delivery approach can provide substantial, quantifiable business value compared to traditional approaches, but you have to do more than decide that you're going to implement agile. Many agile implementations start off with good intentions, but do not deliver on the promise of agile because of a lack of experience, plan and executive sponsorship. If you can address these challenges, your agile projects are more likely to succeed.
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Articles | 23 Jan 2012 |
| Five tips for assembling successful Disciplined Agile Delivery teams
"Disciplined Agile Delivery" (DAD) is a set of practices advanced by IBM to help larger software development teams be as successful with agile development as smaller teams. DAD isn't just another agile method; instead, it offers a hybrid framework that combines the best guidance from a variety of existing and proven agile practices. DAD also supplements common agile methods with enterprise guidance. As a result, it can help organizations with project teams of more than 20 people get the most out of agile development methodologies. When you form teams for DAD, there are a number of things to consider. The top five are the subject of this article.
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Articles | 23 Jan 2012 |
| Top 5 lessons learned about scaling Agile from a leading insurance provider
Agile development is a collaborative, incremental and iterative approach to software development that can produce high-quality software on schedule and cost-effectively. Agile practices were initially designed for small collocated teams, but you can adapt them to fit a more complex environment. IBM has experience with this not only internally, but with other large enterprise clients. Among the most valuable lessons we've learned about implementing agile in the enterprise were gained while helping a large insurance company, we'll call "Insurance Co," with their agile adoption and their implementation of IBM Rational Team Concert.
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Articles | 23 Jan 2012 |
| Top 5 tips for using agile in mission critical systems development
By definition, the cost of failure in mission-critical products is very high. Applying agile methods to the development of the software and systems that run them can help prevent the defects that lead to failure. Agile development methods can improve product quality, reduce costs and the time to market, and increase the predictability of their outcomes. However, it takes some fine-tuning of agile methods so that they make sense for these complex and rigorous projects. Agile governance, dynamic planning, test-driven development, incremental development and effective risk management are the keys to successful application of agile in mission-critical systems development.
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Articles | 23 Jan 2012 |
| Is "agile documentation" an oxymoron?
Does the term "documentation" have any place in an agile environment? The goal on agile projects is to keep documentation as simple as possible, relying on roadmaps, overviews and concepts rather than enterprise-focused details. But what happens when using an agile approach on more complex projects? For example, what if the team that writes the software is different from the team that must maintain it? Or what if auditors come calling? In these instances, basic agile documentation based on user stories alone may come up short. This article provides insights into how teams can take an agile approach to documentation in more complex environments.
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Articles | 23 Jan 2012 |
| Turbotech: Carol Galvin and Catherine Lord, Lotus market research and
strategy
Todd "Turbo" Watson talks with two IBM Lotus Marketing strategists about
the evolving of the social business market space, key growth areas, disruptive
technologies, the move to people-centric processes in corporations, the nature of
enterprise social technology, and more.
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Video and audio | 20 Jan 2012 |
| Security and deployment best practices for InfoSphere
Information Server Packs for SAP applications, Part 1: A security primer
This article shows you how to deploy the SAP side components of the IBM InfoSphere Information Server DataStage Packs for SAP
Applications. It explains the various stage types and gives an overview of the relevant installation and security administration concepts.
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Articles | 19 Jan 2012 |
| Migrating from DB2 Control Center to IBM Data Studio
Since the DB2 Control Center tools have been deprecated in DB2 9.7,
users have been encouraged to adopt IBM Data Studio and IBM InfoSphere Optim
tools for managing DB2 databases. IBM Data Studio 3.1 was released in
October/2011 with several enhancements over previous versions that make it an
excellent replacement for Control Center. This article aims to help DB2 users
who are familiar with Control Center tools to quickly transition to IBM Data Studio.
Also available in:
Portuguese
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Articles | 19 Jan 2012 |
| Using Microsoft .NET in WebSphere Message Broker V8: Part 2: Integrating with Microsoft Word
This series of four tutorials demonstrates the new support for Microsoft .NET in WebSphere Message Broker V8. Part 2 describes integration with Microsoft Word.
Readers should be familiar with either Microsoft .NET or WebSphere Message Broker but need not be familiar with both.
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Tutorial | 18 Jan 2012 |
| Associating WebSphere Lombardi V7.2 attributes with users defined in
OpenLDAP and routing tasks
This article demonstrates a design pattern using WebSphere Lombardi attributes
along with users defined in an OpenLDAP server for activities such as decision making or routing.
If user attributes (such as language) are defined in an LDAP server and used for routine activities,
such as routing in WebSphere Lombardi, there is some cost involved in querying the attributes using
a JNDI API from an LDAP server. The recommended design pattern can help improve performance and
can be adopted without using the User Synchronization option in WebSphere Lombardi.
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Articles | 18 Jan 2012 |
| Measure UI performance on IBM SmartCloud Enterprise
The author debuts a framework for IBM SmartCloud Enterprise that lets
you establish an automated, UI performance-measuring system that engages
Fiddler, a web debugging proxy. This article explains the framework, Fiddler, the performance metrics that are captured by the system, and how they are important to UI performance measurement.
Also available in:
Portuguese
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Articles | 18 Jan 2012 |
| Create custom installation repositories for WebSphere Application Server with the IBM Packaging Utility
IBM WebSphere Application Server V8 uses the IBM
Installation Manager for product installation and lifecycle management. IBM
Installation Manager accesses source repositories that contain the content for
a software product installation. Repositories are available on product media,
in IBM-hosted web-based repositories, and from Passport Advantage for
download. This article describes a free, no-cost companion tool called IBM
Packaging Utility that can help you create and customize enterprise
repositories that contain the right combination of products and maintenance
levels needed for all aspects of your business.
Also available in:
Portuguese
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Articles | 18 Jan 2012 |
| Lotusphere 2012 Day Two Wrapup
Todd is back via Skype for a day 2 summary of conservations and themes
from Lotusphere 2012.
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Video and audio | 18 Jan 2012 |
| What's new in Rational Developer for Power 8.0.3
IBM recently released version 8.0.3 of Rational Developer for Power Systems Software, which provides integrated analysis, development, and debugging tools for IBM AIX, IBM i, and Linux operating systems. Although this is a service release, it contains some significant new functions, which the developer describes in this article.
Also available in:
Portuguese
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Articles | 17 Jan 2012 |
| Explore QTI in depth
The IMS Question and Test Interoperability (QTI) specification is a widely used standard for marking up questions and other learning material. Look at the response and result processing for a QTI item and learn what happens when a user answers a question.
Also available in:
Chinese
Portuguese
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Articles | 17 Jan 2012 |
| Load test FileNet Content Engine using IBM Rational Performance
Tester
This article explains how to configure IBM Rational
Performance Tester to load test document editing functionality of
the IBM FileNet Content Engine. This approach is based on the
learning from a customer benchmark that targeted large volumes of
content, where Rational Performance Tester was used for the first
time to simulate document editing functionality. This article is
particularly useful to software developers and testers who are
trying to evaluate FileNet Content Engine performance.
Also available in:
Portuguese
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Articles | 17 Jan 2012 |
| Customize container-managed security with AuthenticRoast
AuthenticRoast is an open source project that works with the Java Authentication Service Provider Interface for Containers (JSR 196) to let you develop custom authentication modules for use with container-managed, declarative security. Joe Sam Shirah shows how AuthenticRoast can minimize configuration impact on Java Enterprise Edition (JEE) containers and greatly reduce coding effort for custom security requirements. A downloadable WAR with demonstration code is provided.
Also available in:
Portuguese
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Articles | 17 Jan 2012 |
| Store datasets directly in shared memory with PHP
Learn about shared memory and how to use it in web applications
as a data storage option, benefiting from high speed, reliability, and data
exchange with other applications. Provided examples show how it may help
solve common problems in web application development.
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Articles | 17 Jan 2012 |
| Scripting KVM with Python, Part 2: Add a GUI to manage KVM with libvirt and Python
Further explore how to use Python to create
scripts for managing virtual machines using KVM. Learn how to add
a GUI to expand on the simple status and display tool.
Also available in:
Portuguese
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Articles | 17 Jan 2012 |
| Smarter city data model standards landscape, Part
2: Transportation
In this series, learn about data model standards for smarter cities.
Information exchange is challenging among city agencies, regardless of city
size. The proliferation of different vendor solutions deployed across agency
and departmental boundaries is the root of the problem. The solution is
defining a common, standards-based smarter city data model that determines how
information is structured and what it represents on a semantic level. This
article focuses on the core concepts and standards that are common in the
smarter city transportation domain.
Also available in:
Portuguese
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Articles | 17 Jan 2012 |
| Service-oriented architecture (SOA) standards
Service-oriented architecture (SOA) has been a transformational
technology used by enterprises to drive business advantages including agility,
reduced cost, improved time to market and competitive advantage. This article
highlights how standards are important for SOA solutions enhancing
customer results and enabling interoperability.
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Articles | 17 Jan 2012 |
| The IBM advantage for SOA reference architecture standards
This article describes how the SOA reference architecture has been developed and used by IBM to help customers increase business flexibility as well as IT flexibility. The SOA RA reference architecture being used to help organizations achieve advanced levels of business agility and IT flexibility through service integration that are specifically in line with their unique SOA business objectives. IBM is also using an SOA reference architecture along with the Cloud reference architecture to help organizations define their cloud solutions.
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Articles | 17 Jan 2012 |
| Linux for Window systems administrators, Part 1: Managing and monitoring the extended file system
Windows and Linux
use different file system architectures. Fortunately, your Windows experience can put you
on the fast track to being comfortable managing and monitoring the Linux extended file
systems. This article helps you learn your way around the extended disk file system
family on Linux.
Also available in:
Portuguese
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Articles | 17 Jan 2012 |
| Diagnostic and debugging techniques for IBM Rational Synergy
Debugging tools included in the IBM Rational Synergy collaborative change and configuration management software can be switched on and off. This article explains the tools and debugging techniques that can help in analyzing critical issues. Using them can help you gather useful information to share with support technicians when you report issues, so they can help you resolve the issue faster.
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Articles | 17 Jan 2012 |
| USB-Like Universal Ports Type for Enterprise Service Bus, Part 3: Benefits of Universal Ports
In the first installment, part1 of this series, you learned about the basic functionalities of the currently available Enterprise Service Buses (ESBs). In part 1, you also learned about some of the difficulties in the use of the currently available ESBs. In the second installment, Part 2 of this series, you learned about the new concept of the Universal Ports type for ESB and how to implement Universal Ports. Universal Ports provide solution to the many of the problems that the current users of the ESBs experience. A Universal Port works analogous to the USB port of a computer, which is to connect devices of varied kind to connect to the computer. In a similar manner a Universal Port can be used to connect any application to the ESB and, indirectly, to the other applications. These applications may employ disparate forms of services to expose some or all of their functionality and still use a single port type. In this installment, part 3 of this series you will learn about the many benefits of Universal Ports.
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Articles | 17 Jan 2012 |
| IBM InfoSphere Optim Performance Manager 5.1, Part 2: Install and configure the Extended Insight feature
Learn about the Extended Insight architecture for InfoSphere Optim Performance Manager 5.1. This demo shows how to activate, install, and configure the
Extended Insight client to
monitor DB2 Call Level Interface, JDBC, and WebSphere applications all in
command line mode.
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Demos | 17 Jan 2012 |
| IBM InfoSphere Optim Performance Manager 5.1, Part 1: Install
Learn about IBM InfoSphere Optim
Performance Manager 5.1 architecture and packaging, and how to install the product.
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Demos | 17 Jan 2012 |
| Hardware migration using alt_disk_copy
The alt_disk_copy utility can be used to migrate your rootvg disks to new
hardware. This method is practicable when you do not have the facility or resource of using remote network installs.
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Articles | 17 Jan 2012 |
| Lotusphere 2012: Day 1 wrapup
Todd "Turbo" Watson talks with two IBM Lotus Marketing strategists about
the evolving of the social business market space, key growth areas, disruptive
technologies, the move to people-centric processes in corporations, the nature of
enterprise social technology, and more.
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Video and audio | 17 Jan 2012 |
| Avoid vulnerabilities and threats in the cloud
The cloud has been one of the most talked about technologies since Web 2.0. While the cloud has been lauded for its promise of cost savings, many organizations hesitate to pursue cloud-based solutions for security reasons. Like any other technology, the cloud is vulnerable to malicious attacks, but those who understand what security challenges they may face in the cloud find that they are able to better secure their resources that reside there.
Also available in:
Japanese
Portuguese
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Articles | 13 Jan 2012 |
| Data normalization reconsidered, Part 2: Business records in the 21st century
The second part of this 2-part series discusses alternative data representations like XML, JSON, and RDF to overcome normalization issues or
to introduce schema flexibility. In the 21st century, digitized business records are often created in XML to begin with. This paper compares XML to
normalized relational structures and explains when and why XML enables easier
and faster data access. After a discussion of JSON and RDF, it concludes
with a summary and suggestions for reconsidering normalization.
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Articles | 12 Jan 2012 |
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