WebSphere Message Broker Version 7.0

Information roadmap for WebSphere Message Broker Version 7.0

These documents provide a high-level introduction to WebSphere Message Broker.

	WebSphere Message Broker (Web site) This Web site contains a description of what WebSphere Message Broker is and what it does.
	WebSphere Transformation Extender for Message Broker (Web site) This Web site contains a description of how to extend WebSphere Message Broker with additional complex data transformation capabilities.
	WebSphere Message Broker Extender for TIBCO RV (Web site) This Web site contains a description of how to extend WebSphere Message Broker with TIBCO Rendezvous messaging.
	WebSphere Message Broker with Rules and Formatter Extension (Web site) This Web site contains a description of what WebSphere Message Broker with Rules and Formatter Extension is and what it does.
	Features and Benefits (Web site) This Web site contains information about the key capabilities and benefits of WebSphere Message Broker and also provides links to announcement letter describes what is new in WebSphere Message Broker.
	WebSphere Message Broker FAQs (Web site) This Web site gives answers to some frequently asked questions about WebSphere Message Broker.
	WebSphere Message Broker Quick Tour (Web site) Take a quick tour of the basic concepts and features of WebSphere Message Broker.
	WebSphere Message Broker information center (Information center) WebSphere Message Broker documentation.
	IBM developerWorks WebSphere Message Broker zone (Web site) This Web site is a collection of resources for WebSphere Message Broker including links to papers, education, downloads and support.
Application Integration
	Application Integration (Web site) This Web site outlines what application integration is and how you can use it to integrate your business.
	IBM developerWorks WebSphere Application Connectivity zone (Web site) This Web site is a collection of resources for users of WebSphere Application Integration. It includes links to papers, education, downloads, and support.
	WebSphere software (Web site) This Web site will help you understand about integration and application infrastructure software.
Service Oriented Architecture
	Service Oriented Architecture (Web site) This Web site will help you understand about using service oriented architecture to integrate your businesses as linked, repeatable business tasks or services.
	Enabling SOA Using WebSphere Messaging (Redbook) This IBM Redbook looks at how IBM messaging products support an SOA environment. In particular, it looks at WebSphere Application Server, WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus, WebSphere MQ, and WebSphere Message Broker in an SOA environment.
	Patterns: Integrating Enterprise Service Buses in a Service-Oriented Architecture (Redbook) This IBM Redbook focuses on how you can integrate Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) implementations in a service-oriented architecture (SOA). The book discusses patterns for integrating ESBs and includes step-by-step instructions for integrating ESBs implemented in WebSphere Business Integration Message Broker V5 and WebSphere Application Server V6.

After carefully planning your system, you can begin installing the various prerequisites and components. These documents provide information on how to install WebSphere Message Broker.

	WebSphere Message Broker requirements (Web site) This Web site lists the requirements for WebSphere Message Broker.
	WebSphere MQ Information center (Information center) The IBM WebSphere MQ information center contains the documentation for WebSphere MQ Version 7.0.
	WebSphere MQ resources (Web site) The latest editions of the multiplatform books in the WebSphere MQ library.
	DB2 Product Family (Web site) DB2 Universal Database is the database management system that delivers a flexible and cost-effective database platform to build robust on demand business applications.

These resources contain information to consider when developing applications, and best practices for using WebSphere Message Broker.

	Best Practices for Software Development Projects (Article) This article provides a list of best practices for improving the success of your software development projects.
	Guide to Running Software Development Projects (Article) This article outlines the top ten factors for improving the success of your software development projects.
	Introduction to patterns in WebSphere Message Broker V7 (Article) This article introduces patterns in WebSphere Message Broker. A pattern is a reusable solution that encapsulates a tested approach to solving a common architecture, design, or deployment task in a particular context.
	Simplified routing and transformation with new database and routing nodes (Article) This article introduces the Route, DatabaseRoute, and DatabaseRetrieve processing nodes that make it easier to route and transform messages based on their content or on database content, without explicit messaging or SQL programming.
	Introducing the WebSphere sMash PHPCompute node in WebSphere Message Broker (Article) This article shows how to use the PHPCompute node to write PHP scripts that transform and route messages in WebSphere Message Broker.
	Accessing WebSphere Service Registry and Repository using WebSphere Message Broker nodes (Article) This article shows you how to use WebSphere Message Broker and its WSRR nodes to access service information stored in WebSphere Service Registry and Repository.
	File handling in WebSphere Message Broker (Article) This article describes the file handling capabilities in WebSphere Message Broker, including the new FileInput and FileOutput nodes, and stream parsing.
	JMS transport nodes in WebSphere Message Broker (Article) This article shows you how use the JMS transport nodes in WebSphere Message Broker to interconnect to different JMS providers.
	SOAP nodes in IBM WebSphere Message Broker, Part 1: SOAP node basics (Article) This four-part series describes the SOAP nodes, the logical tree for the new SOAP domain, configuration, and runtime behavior. In this first article, you learn about the basic use of the nodes.
	SOAP nodes in IBM WebSphere Message Broker, Part 2: the SOAP domain logical tree (Article) This four-part series describes the SOAP nodes, the logical tree for the new SOAP domain, configuration, and runtime behavior. Part 2, describes the new logical tree format used by the SOAP domain.
	SOAP nodes in IBM WebSphere Message Broker, Part 3: Configuration details (Article) This four-part series describes the SOAP nodes, the logical tree for the new SOAP domain, configuration, and runtime behavior. Part 3 describes the detailed configuration of the nodes using Web Services Description Language (WSDL).
	SOAP nodes in IBM WebSphere Message Broker, Part 4: Runtime behaviour (Article) This four-part series describes the SOAP nodes, the logical tree for the new SOAP domain, configuration, and runtime behavior. Part 4 describes runtime validation, performance, scalability, message flow design, and use of WS-Addressing.
	Managing WebSphere Message Broker Resources in a Production Environment (Redbook) This IBM Redbook provides guidance on how to manage WebSphere Message Broker V6.0 and its resources in a production environment. The book describes how to manage and to administer the product to achieve maximum stability, availability and performance in a production environment.
	Setting up SSL-based communication between WebSphere MQ and WebSphere Message Broker (Article) This tutorial teaches how to setup WebSphere® MQ Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) between Microsoft Windows® and z/OS® using panels, including checking various combinations of SSL Cipher Specification (SSLCIPH), SSL Client Authentication (SSLCAUTH), invalid and expired certificates.
Integrating
	Using IBM WebSphere Message Broker as an ESB with WebSphere Process Server (Redbook) This Redbook is for architects and application designers planning and implementing an SOA solution with WebSphere Process Server and WebSphere Message Broker.
	Patterns: SOA Design Using WebSphere Message Broker and WebSphere ESB (Redbook) This IBM Redbooks publication focuses on the use of the WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus and WebSphere Message Broker together to form an enterprise service bus (ESB) implemented in a service-oriented architecture (SOA).

The resources in this section provide information about troubleshooting problems with WebSphere Message Broker.

Support information
	WebSphere Message Broker product support (Web site) This Web site helps you to find out more about the support available for WebSphere Message Broker products.
	WebSphere MQ product support (Web site) This Web site helps you to find out more about the support available for WebSphere MQ products.
	IBM Software Support Lifecycle (Web site) This Web site covers the entire lifecycle of an IBM software product, from when the product is available for purchase to the time the product is no longer supported.
	Recommended fixes for WebSphere Message Broker (Web site) This Web site provides links to the latest available maintenance for WebSphere Message Broker.
	Recommended fixes for WebSphere MQ (Web site) This Web site provides links to the latest available maintenance for the WebSphere MQ and MQSeries products.
	WebSphere MQ Family SupportPacs (Web site) This Web site lists the IBM WebSphere MQ family SupportPacs available. SupportPacs provide you with a wide range of downloadable code and documentation that complements the WebSphere MQ family of products. The majority of SupportPacs are available at no charge to users.
	WebSphere Message Broker forum (Forum) This forum mirrors the ibm.software.websphere.mqintegrator newsgroup.
	IBM Software Services for WebSphere (Web site) IBM Software Services for WebSphere is a team of highly skilled consultants with broad architectural knowledge, deep technical skills, best practices expertise, and close ties with IBM research and development labs. Our services include skills transfer, implementation, migration, architecture and design services, as well as customized workshops and education to fit your business needs.

These resources provide guidance for tuning WebSphere Message Broker to improve performance.

	Reducing memory usage in WebSphere Business Integration Message Broker (Article) This article provides a proven method by which you can quickly and efficiently parse a large message and propagate out smaller messages in a sequence. Memory usage is also addressed so that the minimum of physical resource is used during a parse.
	Determining How Many Copies of a Message Flow Should Run Within WebSphere Business Integration Message Broker V5 (Article) Understanding the processing profile of each message flow is necessary to determine how many copies of a message flow you need to run to achieve a particular message rate. This article explains how a message flow runs in an execution group and helps you understand the processing characteristics of your own message flows, so that you run sufficient copies.
Performance
	Performance Reports SupportPacs (Web site) These SupportPacs are available at no charge to all users of WebSphere MQ and MQSeries products.
	IP04: WebSphere Message Broker: Designing for Performance (SupportPac) This SupportPac consists of the presentation WebSphere Message Broker: Designing for Performance which was given at the Transaction and Messaging Conference in Barcelona, Spain in November 2008. The presentation contains notes.
	IH03: WebSphere Message Broker V6-Message display, test & performance utilities (SupportPac) This SupportPac contains utilities (rfhutil) that are useful for the development and testing of WebSphere MQ and WebSphere Message Broker applications.
High Availability
	IC91: High Availability for WebSphere Message Broker on Distributed Platforms (SupportPac) This SupportPac provides documentation and scripts to assist in configuring WebSphere Message Broker on several High Availability products – HACMP, Veritas Cluster Server and MC/ServiceGuard.

These resources provide information about the education courses available for WebSphere Message Broker, and how to achieve certification.

	WebSphere Message Broker curriculum (Web site) Choose from the selection of WebSphere Message Broker courses.
	WebSphere education (Web site) With over 250 courses across the WebSphere Software portfolio and SOA, flexible classroom, online and private courses, and award winning instructors with first-hand product knowledge, WebSphere Education helps you and your organization build the skills to maximize your WebSphere investment.
	Training (Web site) This page can help you find the IBM WebSphere educational resources that will help you the most.
Certification
	IBM WebSphere Certification (Web site) This is a complete list of the certifications available for WebSphere software.
	IBM Certified System Administrator - WebSphere Message Broker V6.1 (Certification course) The target audience for this certification includes Consultants, Technical Specialists and Architects.
	IBM Certified Solution Developer - WebSphere Message Broker V6.1 (Certification course) This intermediate level certification targets developers, architects and consultants with the knowledge and experience to utilize the connectivity, transformation, and mediation capabilities of the WebSphere Message Broker.