http://tech.gpuri.com The hardest thing to govern is the heart Sat, 24 May 2008 21:30:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://tech.gpuri.com/36/ibm-websphere-datapower-soa-appliances/ 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 ... http://tech.gpuri.com/35/pass-encrypted-data-through-websphere-enterprise-service-bus-and-convert-it-to-a-jms-payload/ 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 ... http://tech.gpuri.com/34/websphere-datapower-soa-appliances-extension-functions-for-certificate-based-xml-standard-encryption/ 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 ... http://tech.gpuri.com/33/websphere-esb-for-protocol-switching-of-encrypted-data/ 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 http://tech.gpuri.com/31/soa-operations-excellence-with-progress/ 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 ... http://tech.gpuri.com/30/the-web-services-security-threat-understanding-the-risks/ 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 ... http://tech.gpuri.com/28/why-runtime-governance-is-critcal-for-soa-a-soa-primer/ 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 http://tech.gpuri.com/25/business-process-visibility/ 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 http://tech.gpuri.com/24/the-current-state-of-soa-governance/ 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 http://tech.gpuri.com/19/planning-for-an-soa-optimized-application-lifecycle/