IBM WebSphere Technical Podcast series on SOA

In the tenth and final episode of the series, host Pat Flanders talks with Bobby Woolf and Guy Hochstetler on what SOA appliances are and how to use SOA for application connectivity. On "MarketWatch," Jerry Huelsenbeck discusses integrating Oracle applications using IBM WebSphere software and how Oracle and IBM are working together. And don't miss our interview with David Anderson, eServer Executive Briefing Center team leader, in our regular installment of "Did you say Mainframe!?"

In this podcast, Michael D. Connor from WebSphere Enterprise Application Technologies talks about WebSphere Developer for System z V7, which was recently announced. Hear how it helps in the move toward a service-oriented architecture and find out how you can use it to exploit your own mainframe assets. Also: Register for the "System z Software White Paper -- SOA Solutions."

Listen to Mitch Johnson talk about how customers can retain, reuse, and exploit core CICS and IMS applications within an SOA. He also looks at how Web services can be used for creating COBOL structures and vice versa. Finally, he explains the benefits of exploiting existing applications on System z, as part of an SOA. Also, register for the System z software white paper "SOA solutions -- SOA and Application Lifecycle Solutions to Achieve your Business Objectives."

This eighth episode includes a discussion with Ben Mann, WebSphere MQ product manager, and Dermot Flaherty, WebSphere MQ lead architect, on the messaging backbone for a service-oriented architecture. On "MarketWatch," Michael Love, executive architect for SOA solutions, discusses migration from SAP Business Connector to IBM WebSphere software. And don't miss our interview with Sherrie Abshire, WebSphere product marketing manager for the IBM enterprise software platform, on our regular installment of "Did you say Mainframe!?"

The ninth episode of this series discusses how Feature Packs are used to deliver content for WebSphere Application Server and how you should be leveraging the Feature Pack for Web services. "MarketWatch" gives an overview of master data management system. And don't miss hearing how IMS tools are still relevant today in our regular installment of "Did you say Mainframe!?"

Listen to Bobby Woolf -- a member of IBM Software Services for WebSphere -- explain what SOA is, and how it makes applications more reusable and more robust. Discover how composite applications communicate in an SOA environment and find out which IBM products are available for developing SOA and ESB applications. Also: Download the IBM Enterprise Architect Kit for SOA from developerWorks.

Seventh in the series, this episode follows previous discussions on the connectivity entry point into SOA and delves deeper into the general technical definition of an enterprise service bus (ESB) and how it can enable SOA. "MarketWatch" covers an overview of Prolifics and their relationship with IBM. Plus, learn more about IBM CICS problem determination tools on our regular installment of "Did you say Mainframe!?"

Find out what IBM Host Access Transformation Services (HATS) is and the role it plays in an SOA by enabling applications to be transformed and reused as Web services by providers or requesters. Hear how other customers are using HATS and its recent product enhancements. Also: Register for the Web Services for Your Core Mainframe Applications: Getting Started with SOA webinar for more information and to try out the HATS Toolkit.

This sixth episode in the series follows previous discussions on IBM WebSphere Extended Deployment and its value to customers when deployed on either distributed or mainframe platforms. And hear what IBM CICS tools will get you moving to a full SOA environment quickly and efficiently on this month's "Did you say Mainframe?!" segment.

Take 14 minutes to hear Satish Tanna, senior IT specialist within the CICS tools department at the IBM Hursley laboratory, discuss how CICS Business Event Processor (BEP) and event-driven applications (EDA) can help you drive new business processes through existing applications within an SOA. Find out how others are implementing today.

Fifth in the series, this episode covers two critical entry points to service-oriented architecture: connectivity and reuse. Understand the power of a messaging backbone built on IBM WebSphere MQ that leverages messaging and Web services protocols as a foundation for SOA connectivity. In "Did you say Mainframe?!," hear directly from IBM regarding the strategic direction of the CICS product family and its commitment to optimizing reuse through its standards, Web services, and service-oriented architecture focus. "MarketWatch" will not be heard in this episode.

Covering the advantages of using Linux within an SOA, this 15-minute interview also includes a unique approach to go from bare metal to the basic software stack. Learn about the products and trial code included in a free DVD offer from IBM that can help you quickly start developing SOA applications. Listen to how, by installing an infrastructure from an xSeries server platform with minimal effort, you can develop and test applications using a rich set of Linux-based tools from IBM Rational, then deploy the applications on Linux, using supported-platform middleware from DB2 and WebSphere, plus open source code.

This installment continues our conversation on business process management. We talk with Brian Petrini about the importance of IBM WebSphere Process Server and business modeling. In "Did you say Mainframe?!" Steve Wood discusses building Web services for zOS with IBM WebSphere Developer for zOS and the Service Flow Modeler feature.

This "MarketWatch" episode features the second installment of IBM Software Group Chief Architect Don Ferguson's two-part special covering industry trends.

This 15-minute podcast provides an update on the new performance enhancements in WebSphere Application Server V6.1. Learn about some of the key new features, like JDK 5, and how they are driving unbeatable throughput and scalability. The podcast also includes some provisional benchmarking results that make it clear why IBM WebSphere Application Server remains at the forefront of the application server market.