WebSphere proxy routing capabilities in a secured environment

by Hermann Huebler
Some sort of caching mechanism for both static and dynamic content is necessary to help deliver the performance levels required for today's high volume web sites. WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment provides several built-in solutions that can be used as intermediary services and also to provide static and dynamic caching capabilities. One of these is the WebSphere proxy server. This article looks at the routing capabilities provided by the WebSphere proxy server, the types of resources it can work with, sample configuration scenarios, and tips to help you achieve success routing content using proxy server features in a secured environment.

Capturing and analyzing interface characteristics, Part 2: Reference guide to the integration characteristics

by Kim J. Clark and Brian M. Petrini
Part 1 of this article described a procedural technique for capturing information about back-end system integration points, referred to as interface 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 in a reference guide format to ensure a clear and common understanding of the meaning, importance, and use of each characteristic. This comprehensive article will likely be a valuable reference for many projects to come.

Using Jython servlets with WebSphere Application Server for more than system administration

by Brian S. Paskin
Jython is the Java™ implementation of the scripting language Python. 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 your regular WebSphere Application Server processing to supplement your servlet and JSP application programming. This article describes what you need to do to incorporate Jython servlets in your projects for even greater flexibility.

Using the service integration bus link in WebSphere Application Server to route messages from a local queue to a remote queue

by Manivannan Manickam
Message-based asynchronous communication is highly reliable, recommended, and very common in large systems, and so it is desirable and basic to have the ability to route messages from a local queue to a remote queue for processing by an application on another system. 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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  Choosing the right web content management delivery solution
  by Stefan Hepper

  "Portal and web content management systems have moved to more tightly integrated systems in the past few years in order to achieve the vision of an exceptional web experience for the users of a website. This level of integration is necessary in order to have a common search, navigation hierarchy, link integration, and access control integration. IBM WebSphere Portal and IBM Web Content Manager provide this deep integration and is set up to make it easy for you to create an exceptional web experience for your users..."

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