Preface

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The Patterns for e-business are a group of proven, reusable assets that can be used to increase the speed of developing and deploying Web applications. This IBM® Redbook concentrates on distributed application integration using the Process-focused Application Integration::Broker application pattern for intra-enterprise, and the Extended Enterprise::Exposed Broker application pattern for inter-enterprise.

Part 1 guides you through the process of selecting an Application and Runtime pattern. Next, the platform specific Product mappings are identified based upon the selected Runtime pattern.

Part 2 presents guidelines on applying the Patterns approach to a sample business scenario and on selecting application integration technologies.

Part 3 provides detailed design, development, and runtime guidelines for intra-enterprise and inter-enterprise integration solutions. It teaches you by example using IBM WebSphere Application Server V5.0 with WebServices Gateway and WebSphere Business Integration Message Broker.

The team that wrote this redbook

This redbook was produced by a team of specialists from around the world working at the International Technical Support Organization, Raleigh Center.

Carla Sadtler is a WebSphere® Specialist at the International Technical Support Organization, Raleigh Center. She writes extensively in the WebSphere and Patterns for e-business areas. Before joining the ITSO in 1985, Carla worked in the Raleigh branch office as a Program Support Representative. She holds a degree in mathematics from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Diego Cotignola is an IT Architect in Uruguay. He joined IBM in 1999, and focused on e-business application development, in particular Java™ and J2EE, WebSphere Application Server, and WebSphere MQ. He became a specialist in WebSphere and in its related technologies. Currently, he is also working as an IT Architect in EAI solutions, using WebSphere Business Integration software.

Brian Crabtree is a WBI Consultant for Encode, Inc. in Manalapan, NJ. Encode, Inc. is an IBM Strategic Partner specializing in the WebSphere Software Platform. Brian has over 25 years of experience in Financial and Banking Applications. He holds a B.Sc. degree from the University of Huddersfield. His areas of expertise include a wide range of IBM products, including WebSphere MQ, WebSphere MQ Workflow, and WebSphere Business Integration Message Broker.

Patrick Michel is an IT System Architect at WestLB Systems in Duesseldorf, Germany. He has 16 years of experience in IT computing fields, including application design, development, consulting and managing production systems. He holds certifications from Red Hat as RHCE, Linux Professional Institute, and from IBM as a Systems Expert in WebSphere Administration. His areas of expertise include UNIX®, production systems, and application integration. In the past three years, he has worked extensively on migration and integration of Java-based e-business applications on WebSphere production platforms.

Thanks to the following people for their contributions to this project:

Paul Verschueren
IBM UK

Jonathan Adams
IBM UK

Guru Vasudeva
IBM US

Bill Moore
International Technical Support Organization, Raleigh Center

Lee Gavin
International Technical Support Organization, Raleigh Center

Geert Van de Putte
International Technical Support Organization, Raleigh Center

Mark Endrei
International Technical Support Organization, Raleigh Center

Martin Keene
International Technical Support Organization, Raleigh Center

Yvonne Lyon, editor
International Technical Support Organization, San Jose Center

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