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WebSphere Message Broker with Rules and Formatter Extension


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Features and benefits
IBM WebSphere® Message Broker with Rules and Formatter Extension V6.1 supports the following key capabilities and benefits:
Platform-independent based Enterprise Service Bus
  • Distribute any type of information across and between multiple diverse systems and applications, providing delivery of the right information in the right format at the right time
  • Provide continuity and compatibility for existing customers who require IBM Rules and Formatter nodes
  • Reduce point-to-point interconnections and simplify application programming through separation of integration logic from the applications and from process logic
  • Powerful publish-and-subscribe matching engine routes information in real time based on topic and content to any endpoint
  • Validate and transform messages in-flight between any combination of different message formats, including Web Services, other XML and non-XML formats
  • Route messages based on (evaluated) business rules to match information content and business processes
  • Improve business agility by dynamically reconfiguring information distribution patterns without reprogramming end-point applications
  • Access control to securely deliver personalized information to the right place at the right time
  • Additional function now available to provide integration with WebSphere Service Registry and Repository, for improved SOA governance
Web Services support
  • Mediates (provides routing, transformation and logging) between Web Service requesters and providers
  • Mediates between Web Services and other integration models as both a service requester and a service provider
  • Works with the latest implementations of standards such as WSDL (Web Services Definition Language), SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol), JMS (Java™ Message Service) and HTTP (Hypertext Transport Protocol)
  • Use as part of a Service Oriented Architecture to enhance application reuse and development productivity
  • New toolkit support for drag and drop of WSDL, speeding invocation of Web Services or processing WSDL messages
  • Build flows directly from existing WSDL definitions and XML Schema Definitions
Integration without bounds with connectivity and transformation capabilities
  • Integrated WebSphere MQ transports - for Enterprise, Mobile, Real-Time, Multicast and Telemetry end points - extend the reach, scope and scale of the enterprise integration bus, out to mobile and handheld devices, along with embedded devices such as sensors or actuators.
  • Enable the secure and seamless interaction of enterprise applications with thousands of users within the Intranet and across the Internet
  • Extend business integration to the mobile, wireless and telemetry environments – from the smallest sensor to the latest PDA
  • Use multicast to optimize network utilization when broadcasting information such as real-time market data
  • Provide native JMS interoperability, acting as a bridge between any combination of different JMS providers.
Improved performance and lower cost of ownership
  • Lower cost of message parsing with pre-built message definitions and a new WSDL importer to simplify the calling of Web services from within the flow
  • Reduced Message Repository Manager (MRM) and XML parsers storage requirements allow for processing of larger messages
  • Improved throughput using new versions of the aggregation nodes
  • ESQL and publish/subscribe functions have been optimized.
  • Overall performance and throughput across most message flows greatly improved by a significant percentage
  • Option to use Java for processing and transformation allows for off-loading of this function onto zAAP processors for zSeries implementation
Extend your infrastructure with broader reach and applicability
  • Extend an existing WebSphere MQ and WebSphere Event Broker infrastructure
  • Centralized administration of distributed Message Brokers and Event Brokers improves flexibility and control, now with optional administration of Brokers through the WebSphere MQ administration tooling
  • Allow more granular security with database userid/password support
  • Available on IBM z/OS®, IBM AIX®, Linux (zSeries® and xSeries), Solaris, HP/UX and Microsoft® Windows® Server
  • Support DB2 UDB 8.2, SQL Server 2000 (SP3a), Oracle 9i and Oracle 10g, and Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE)12.5
  • Accounting and statistics reports support usage based charges and performance analysis for internal business charging
Improve developer productivity
  • Eclipse-based Message Broker Toolkit compatible with Rational Application Developer V6 and available on Windows and Linux
  • Data transformation options to match the data format and the developer skill set
  • New wizards to simplify artifact creation when incorporating new message targets and sources
  • Standards based metadata including XML Schema and Web Services Definition Language
  • Graphical message metadata and mapping definition
  • Improved visual debugging of flows, ESQL, Java, and graphical mappings for more rapid movement from development, to test, to deployment
  • One-click install to add new samples and demos for better awareness and guidance of product features and capabilities
  • Context-sensitive editor and help facility
  • Rapid testing with single click execution
  • Rapid deployment and administration
  • Enables custom message processing extensions in Java and C
  • Product Extensions previously available from IBM as downloads now packaged with the product and available through a one-click install option
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Technical details

Announcement V6.1

Announcement z/OS V6.1


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