Books about Websphere from Amazon.com

What is WebSphere? is the reference you need to start understanding, managing, and capitalizing on an IBM based, WebSphere infrastructure. As a developer, mentor and technical trainer, the author, Cameron McKenzie, has been preaching the virtues of WebSphere for years. However, in his sermons, the same questions keep coming up, over and over again. What is WebSphere? tackles those questions in a funny, informative and easy to understand manner. This book is the best tool around for demystifying IBM's middle-tier technology. What is WebSphere? tackles those 'need to know' questions to which both WebSphere soldiers and J2EE neophytes need to have the answers. If you want to learn about WebSphere in a hurry, but you don't want to read a 700 page textbook that is littered with unreadable code, this is the book for you. In fact, the author promises right off the bat to demystify WebSphere without throwing all sorts of HTML and Java code in your face. Of course, the author breaks that promise on about half a dozen pages, but the sentiment remains. Whether you're a DBA, a senior systems analyst, a project manager, or a Java developer, there is knowledge in this book that you absolutely need to have..... The sections on demystifying J2EE and the WebSphere runtime environment will empower project managers to make more effective management decisions. The section on connection pooling and JDBC management will enlighten DBAs. The advanced sections on WebSphere classloaders, Java Naming (JNDI) and session management will enable developers to better leverage the services afforded to them by the WebSphere Application Server. And the sections on the WebSphere runtime will help J2EE architects make more enlightened infrastructure decisions. It doesn't matter who you are - if you are using WebSphere, you need the knowledge contained in this book! Order your copy now! www.portorials.com www.scja.com.
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Expert Guide to Deploying, Using, and Managing DataPower SOA Appliances

 

IBM® WebSphere® DataPower® appliances can simplify SOA deployment, strengthen SOA security, enhance SOA performance, and dramatically improve SOA return on investment. In this book, a team of IBM’s leading experts show how to make the most of DataPower SOA appliances in any IT environment.

 

The authors present IBM DataPower information and insights that are available nowhere else. Writing for working architects, administrators, and security specialists, they draw extensively on their deep experience helping IBM customers use DataPower technologies to solve challenging system integration problems.

 

IBM WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliance Handbook begins by introducing the rationale for SOA appliances and explaining how DataPower appliances work from network, security, and Enterprise Service Bus perspectives. Next, the authors walk through DataPower installation and configuration; then they present deep detail on DataPower’s role and use as a network device.

 

Using many real-world examples, the authors systematically introduce the services available on DataPower devices, especially the “big three”: XML Firewall, Web Service Proxy, and Multi-Protocol Gateway. They also present thorough and practical guidance on day-to-day DataPower management, including, monitoring, configuration build and deploy techniques.

 

Coverage includes

•  Configuring DataPower’s network interfaces for common scenarios

•  Implementing DataPower deployment patterns for security gateway, ESB, and Web service management applications

•  Proxying Web applications with DataPower

•  Systematically addressing the security vulnerabilities associated with Web services and XML

•  Integrating security with WebSphere Application Server

•  Mastering DataPower XSLT custom programming

•  Troubleshooting using both built-in and external tools

 

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Summary IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS), a software application server, is the flagship product within IBM's WebSphere brand. WAS is built using open standards such as J2EE, XML, and Web Services WebSphere Application Server is the only first tier WebSphere offering on the market while a number of WebSphere companies are competing in the second tier space. Application Architecture for WebSphere will be designed to help walk an architect or team through the process of putting together an architecture and set of standards that can be applied to their WebSphere application project. It can also be used to build a set of standards across their organization. The focus is distinctly at a level lower than many common enterprise architecture books, however not so low that the reader will get stuck in the weeds of products and versions. Included are sample architectures from several different organizations and the complexity will grow as new layers are added or modified during the progression of the book. This book is within the IBM developerWorks series.The IBM Press developerWorks(r) Series represents a unique undertaking in which print books and the Web are mutually supportive. The publications in this series are complemented by resources on the developerWorks web site on ibm.com. These materials include articles, tutorials, forums, software, and much more. Author(s) Expertise Joey Bernal is an Executive IT Specialist with Software Services for Lotus, and a member of the IBM WebSphere Portal Tech Team. Sr. Certified with IBM as an IT Specialist, he has an extensive background in the design and development of Portal and Web Applications. Joey leads the Software Services team approach for assisting clients with their cross-brand challenges that leverage WebSphere Portal. Audience This book is written for hands-on architects, by a hands-on architect. There are over 1 million J2EE developers delivering WebSphere based applications and about 90,000 enterprises are using WebSphere Application Servers worldwide..
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Maximize on the power of WebSphere Portal to build and deploy portals

If you use, develop, manage, or administer WebSphere applications, you are probably already building or managing Web portals--or well on your way to doing so. With this comprehensive book, you’ll discover how these portals bring together important functions such as integration, presentation, organization, and customizations--functions needed in every complex application environment. The unparalleled author team of experts offers you in-depth insight on mastering the complex aspects of WebSphere Portal, walking you through every facet from installing to deployment.

Mastering IBM WebSphere Portal focuses on not only the portal as a server, but also how it interacts with components such as LDAP servers, enterprise applications, mobile devices, and even other portals. The authors begin with an introduction to the WebSphere product family and then explore such topics as:

• Installing and customizing the portal, as well as migrating existing environments to version 5
• Defining portlets, pages, and user interface properties
• Applying personalization, collaboration, search, and document and content management within WebSphere Portal v. 5
• Using high availability, security and single sign-on, identity management, Web services, and enterprise applications
• Setting up a portal in a high-availability environment and integrating external applications into WebSphere Portal

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Introductory Guide to WebSphere Business Integration from IBM

 

Using WebSphere Business Integration (WBI) technology, you can build an enterprise-wide Business Integration (BI) infrastructure that makes it easier to connect any business resources and functions, so you can adapt more quickly to the demands of customers and partners. Now there’s an introductory guide to creating standards-based process and data integration solutions with WBI. 

 

WebSphere Business Integration Primerthoroughly explains Service Component Architecture (SCA), basic business processes, and complex long-running business flows, and guides you to choose the right process integration architecture for your requirements. Next, it introduces the key components of a WBI solution and shows how to make them work together rapidly and efficiently. This book will help developers, technical professionals, or managers understand today’s key BI issues and technologies, and streamline business processes by combining BI with Service Oriented Architecture (SOA).

 

Coverage includes

• Linking BI, business process management (BPM), and SOA
• BI scenarios, architecture, patterns, and the IBM Business Object Framework
• Business orchestration utilizing WS-BPEL and other industry standards
• BI development with WebSphere Integration Developer (WID) and the SCA programming model
• WebSphere Process Server (WPS): a runtime for service-oriented applications
• Defining business maps, rules, business state machines, and human tasks
• Managing BI services: security, auditing, and more
• Integrating third-party and legacy systems with WebSphere adapters
• Utilizing WebSphere Business Modeler and WebSphere Business Monitor
• Using WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus (WESB) to integrate services

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IBM WebSphere is IBM's flagship application server and competes directlywith BEA WebLogic. This book is a great companion volume to Brown etal's'Enterprise Java Programming with IBM WebSphere, 2e'. Brown's bookcovers the programming model while this book covers the deployment andadministrative model..
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What is this book about?

The WebSphere platform from IBM, with its rich function set, industry leading performance and scalability, as well as configuration flexibility, is one of the leading products of the application server generation.

For the experienced J2EE developer, this book details how to develop, deploy and manage enterprise applications for version 5.0 of IBM's WebSphere Application Server. Over the course of the book a large-scale e-commerce application is developed that demonstrates the use of WebSphere Application Developer Studio for the creation of J2EE applications, as well as functionality of the application server, including Web Services, Application Profiles, and Enterprise Workflows. The book also addresses other enterprise-level issues such as security, deployment topology and server administration.

This book is written by IBM's WebSphere Experts and Architects: Rob High is the Chief Architect for WebSphere foundation; Eric Herness is the Senior Architect for WAS Enterprise; Jim Knutson is the Senior Architect for WAS J2EE; Chris Vignola is the Lead Architect for WAS for zOS; Tim Francis the Senior Architect for WebSphere Studio Application Developer; and Kim Rochat is an Architect for WAS Web Services.

What does this book cover?

In this book, you will learn how to

• Develop J2EE applications with WebSphere Studio 5.0
• Package and deploy J2EE applications to WebSphere Application Server 5.0
• Develop web services for WebSphere 5.0
• Optimize EJB's runtime, concurrency and transactions for WebSphere Enterprise 5.0
• Choreograph work flows and business processes with WebSphere Studio Integration Edition 5.0
• Explore WebSphere 5.0's extended feature set for enterprise development
• Secure your enterprise with WebSphere 5.0

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• This comprehensive reference shows Java developers how to combine the power of J2EE with WebSphere to build business applications.
• Covers versions 3.5 through 5.0 of WebSphere and all aspects of J2EE development, from servlets and JSPs to more complex development with EJBs.

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