SOA Governance Blog

IBM WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliances

gpuri — Sat, 24 May 2008 21:26:39 +0000

This series of IBM Redbooks publications is written for architects and administrators who need to understand the implemented architecture in WebSphere DataPower appliances to successfully deploy it as a secure and efficient enterprise service bus (ESB) product. These papers give a broad understanding of the new architecture and traditional deployment scenarios. They cover details about the implementation to help you identify the circumstances under which you should deploy DataPower appliances. They also provide a sample implementation and architectural best practices for an SOA message-oriented architecture in an existing production ESB environment.

The entire IBM WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliances series includes the following papers:

“IBM WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliances Part I: Overview and Getting Started,” REDP-4327
“IBM WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliances Part II: Authentication and Authorization,” REDP-4364
“IBM WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliances Part III: XML Security Guide,” REDP-4365
“IBM WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliances Part IV: Management and Governance,” REDP-4366

Pass encrypted data through WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus and convert it to a JMS payload

gpuri — Fri, 23 May 2008 21:03:49 +0000

This article describes in detail how to instrument WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus to accept SOAP messages containing encrypted portions of data, perform protocol switching, and then forward these messages to a JMS topic where the service providers are registered. You will learn how to:

Properly define an export interface to get the SOAP HTTP message containing sensitive data.
Configure a message selector to augment the JMS message header with selectors information.
Introduce an XSLT transformation to match the import and export interfaces and, thus, add mediation logic even when the message contains encrypted data.
Provide an import interface to send the sensitive data to the topic as a JMS payload.

WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliances extension functions for certificate-based XML standard encryption

gpuri — Fri, 23 May 2008 20:58:03 +0000

You will learn how it’s possible to use WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliances to promote a PKI. You will learn how to dynamically select a service provider’s certificate, perform standard XML encryption, and forward the encrypted SOAP message to the ESB.

WebSphere ESB for protocol switching of encrypted data

gpuri — Fri, 23 May 2008 20:50:54 +0000

This article gives a complete overview of a real case scenario concerning the healthcare reservation system and described the architectural picture that has been adopted. You also saw step-by-step instructions on how to configure the ESB import binding.

SOA Operations Excellence with Progress

gpuri — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:46:45 +0000

To keep an SOA up and running smoothly and meet service-level agreements (SLAs), IT organizations must be able to monitor service interactions, understand dependencies, and quickly pinpoint the root causes of performance bottlenecks or failures…

soa-operations-excellence-wp.pdf

The Web Services Security Threat: The Risks

gpuri — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:17:15 +0000

Can existing network security technologies ameliorate Web services risks? Are risks the same for internal and external Web Services? The benefits and ease of use make the adoption of Web Services a foregone conclusion. The real question that enterprises must ask themselves when adopting Web Services is: what are the most cost-effective steps to mitigate the risks of deploying Web Services - to an acceptable level - for the organization? Read this white paper for an enlightening discussion of these steps.

white_paper_web_service_security_threat.pdf

Why Runtime Governance is Critcal for SOA: A SOA Primer

gpuri — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:26 +0000

With SOA services now in production within many organizations, system architects are realizing that the most critical control and governance issues take place in runtime. This SOA primer explains the details of Actional’s comprehensive Web services governance solution. Read this free white paper and understand the various kinds of Web services management, their importance, and how to get started with what you need now.

whitepaper_runtime_governance.pdf

Business Process Visibility

gpuri — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:51:20 +0000

IT must move towards managing service-oriented architectures (SOAs) from a business perspective, which means that IT managers must find the tools necessary to align its goals with those of the business.

whitepaper_business_process_visibility.pdf

The current state of SOA Governance

gpuri — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:42:54 +0000

As organizations begin to adopt service-oriented architectures (SOA), the topic of SOA governance — the articulation and enforcement of policies related to Web-service lifecycles, implementation protocols, service access, information protection and…

state_of_soa_governance.pdf

Planning for an SOA Optimized Application lifecycle

gpuri — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:30:15 +0000

This report examines the effectiveness of IT investments in three areas of a SOA: operations management; design and operations governance and underlying changes in project management, development, testing and application lifecycle management tools.

whitepaper-planning-optimized-soa-app-lifecycle.pdf