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Photos: Babbage's Difference masterpiece in action

Photo To remove room for human error in basic mathematical computations, Babbage designed the Engine to calculate tables of polynomial functions to 31 decimal points. Charles Babbage's Difference Engine number 2 is making its US debut at the Computer...

Tags: history museum, babbage

[12 May 2008]

The Naked CIO: Process not bureaucracy

Comment In the end efficiency and effectiveness must trump control as a rationale for implementing processes for IT functions. They're wrong, says the Naked CIO. Proper process can give organisations an edge.

Tags: project management, process

[12 May 2008]

Design and Implement a Composite Workflow Solution Using IBM Middleware, Part 4: Use WebSphere Portal Technology to Implement Task Manager Functions

whitepaper This series covers the architecture, design, and development of a composite workflow solution for a real company using IBM middleware technology. In this paper, one learns about the design and development approach for a portal-based Task Manager...

Tags: portals

[11 May 2008]

IBM Tivoli NetView for z/OS and IBM Tivoli AF/Operator Integration, Part 2

whitepaper Certain functions such as message driven automation are common to both products. Other functions are unique - for example, NetView can detect and drive automation based on SNA alerts or TCP/IP traps, while AF/Operator can drive automation based on...

Tags: monitoring systems

[11 May 2008]

IBM Tivoli NetView for z/OS and IBM Tivoli AF/Operator Integration, Part 1

whitepaper Certain functions such as message driven automation are common to both products. Other functions are unique - for example, NetView can detect and drive automation based on SNA alerts or TCP/IP traps, while AF/Operator can drive automation based on...

Tags: monitoring systems

[11 May 2008]

Enabling Web Services to Use Hardware Encryption With WebSphere Application Server for z/OS Version 6.0.2

whitepaper WebSphere Application Server supports the use of several cryptographic functions in conjunction with Web services. The IBM mainframe hardware can execute many cryptographic functions. The number of these hardware cryptographic functions that...

Tags: application servers

[11 May 2008]

Business Intelligence Solutions Architecture

whitepaper Additional focus was paid to analytics, and OLAP functions were provided as a key strategy to frame business questions. Evolution of the functional architecture can be seen with recent additions to ANSI standards have internalized, in the database...

Tags: software engineering

[11 May 2008]

Live Data Center Migration across WANs: A Robust Cooperative Context Aware Approach

whitepaper Server virtualization technologies are used to enable the replication and migration of server functions. This paper proposes new network functions to enable server migration and replication across wide area networks (e.g.the Internet), and finally...

Tags: data center

[11 May 2008]

Design and Implement a Composite Workflow Solution Using IBM Middleware, Part 2: Model, Manage and Monitor Your Business Process

whitepaper This paper focuses on process modeling, IBM WebSphere Business Integration Monitor functions, and the task rework (or iterative) approach for implementing a collaborative workflow solution. In this paper one explores the team's options and its...

Tags: monitoring systems

[11 May 2008]

SCA Application Development, Part 1: An Overview of Service Component Architecture

whitepaper Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) is a framework that combines individual business functions and processes, called services, to implement sophisticated business applications and processes. In a SOA framework, relatively coarse-grained business...

Tags: web services

[11 May 2008]

New Things You'll Encounter When Building a V6.1 Cell

whitepaper WebSphere Application Server for z/OS Version 6.1 brings many new functions to the table, as well as a handful of new or different things seen during the initial construction of the cell. This paper is intended to introduce to the things seen...

Tags: application servers

[11 May 2008]

Tivoli Information/Management for z/OS Invoking Multiple Assisted Entry Panel Program Exits From a Single Field

whitepaper In addition to customer specific and unique modifications, Info/Mgmt offers a number of program exits to perform frequently requested functions. Tivoli Information/Management (Info/Mgmt) is a highly modifiable program product.

Tags: mainframes

[11 May 2008]

Success Deploying, Integrating and Operating Symantec Endpoint Protection

whitepaper The attendee will learn how to augment and maintain key IT functions with the residency and managed services offerings; allow the staff to focus on core business strategies; maximize the investments in Symantec Endpoint Protection and Symantec...

Tags: network security

[11 May 2008]

Customizing the IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS (TWSz) Job-Library Read (Fetch) User Exit

whitepaper The selection of customization options available has become almost overwhelming, but even so there can be specific needs that require extensions to the functions already available. IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS (TWSz) is a very versatile...

Tags: load balancing

[11 May 2008]

Embracing SOA for the Legacy World: Architectural Strategies to Give Your Mainframes and Legacy Applications a New Lease on Life

whitepaper Explore ways to stretch the return on IT investment of legacy platforms, such as mainframes, by using SOA-based technologies to expose critical business functions as business services. Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) is becoming widely accepted...

Tags: mainframes

[11 May 2008]

Getting Started With WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus and WebSphere Integration Developer

whitepaper This paper describes how to: develop a mediation flow providing a basic Web service; develop an intermediate flow, to connect to this service, with more complex routing logic provided by several of the pre-built mediation functions offered by the...

Tags: web services

[11 May 2008]

Cisco Energy-Efficient Data Center Solutions

whitepaper Integrate the functions of an appliance-based architecture that is based on service modules can free power capacity and slow power consumption growth. Data center power and cooling requirements are high priority topics for Cisco customers, prompted...

Tags: data center

[11 May 2008]

An Analysis of the Skype Peer-to-Peer Internet Telephony Protocol

whitepaper This paper analyzes key Skype functions such as login, NAT and firewall traversal, call establishment, media transfer, codecs, and conferencing under three different network setups. Skype is a peer-to-peer VoIP client developed by KaZaa.

Tags: voip - ip telephony

[11 May 2008]

MDA for the Enterprise: An Architect's Approach to More Productive Development

whitepaper MDA systems are modeled based on functions, rather than language, platform, or technology, meaning that a well-built MDA-based system can be changed or extended over time without disrupting the core infrastructure.

Tags: xml

[11 May 2008]

Architectural Manifesto: The Future of Mobile Web Services - New Technologies and Business Models for Web Services Development

whitepaper Packaging server-based enterprise applications as Web services enables users to access data and functions in ways not imaginable when the applications were first developed. The Web services model has been around for awhile, but developers and...

Tags: web services

[11 May 2008]

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