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• Build a pureXML and JSON application, Part 3: Create OpenSocial gadgets for pureXML

  In this article, explore OpenSocial gadgets through hands-on construction of an application that leverages the pureXML capability of DB2.

• Build a pureXML and JSON application, Part 2: Create Universal Services for pureXML that expose JSON

  The pureXML Universal Services for JSON are a set of database operations, including insert, update, delete, and query, exposed as Web services. Get started with configuring and testing JSON Universal Services in this article.

• SOA: The good, the bad and the ugly

  Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) is currently a hot topic and to be fair this style of architecture has some qualities that are very good. But with the good come some characteristics that are bad and even a few that are ugly.

• Comment lines by Bill Hines: Dawn of a new (DataPower) day

  The latest firmware update for IBM WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliances, IBM’s most unusual and exciting product line, is chock full of important new features. DataPower appliances are poised to move into the next generation with Web 2.0 and many other enhanced capabilities.

• Java Web services: Introducing Metro

  The Metro Web service stack provides a comprehensive solution for accessing and implementing Web services. It's based on the reference implementations of the JAXB 2.x and JAX-WS 2.x Java standards, with added components to support WS-* SOAP extension technologies and actual Web service deployment.

• JAX-WS client APIs in the Web Services Feature Pack for WebSphere Application Server V6.1, Part 1: Creating a Dispatch client

  This series introduces developers to JAX-WS 2.0, the new programming model supported in the Web Services Feature Pack for WebSphere Application Server V6.1. Part 1 guides you through creating a Dispatch client using the various JAX-WS client APIs.

• Exploring the WebSphere Application Server Feature Pack for SCA: Part 5: Protocol bindings for Service Component Architecture services

  Part 5 of this series on the IBM WebSphere Application Server V7 Feature Pack for SCA describes the SCA (Service Component Architecture) bindings that are available for wiring together different SCA components. Bindings define the transport/protocol access mechanism for SCA services and references, making it possible for the choice of protocol to be independent from the application programming interface.

• Whitepaper: Transactional Integrity - An Important Consideration When Evaluating JBoss

  IBM WebSphere Application Server is designed to ensure transactional integrity, helping to enable you to deliver business applications that your customers can trust.