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Software Announcement May 20, 2003 IBM WebSphere Business Integration Event Broker and Message Broker V5.0 Overview WebSphere Business Integration Message Broker At a glance WebSphere MQ is the leader in Built on the Event Broker, enterprise messaging, offering WebSphere Business Integration WebSphere Business Integration reliable, once and once only delivery brokers: between the broadest range of Message Broker (the follow-on platforms in the industry. product to WebSphere MQ Integrator • Deliver an infrastructure for Broker) transforms and enriches e-business on demand WebSphere MQ Integrator is the in-flight information for a further leading message broker, offering level of intermediation between • Can be used to build an in-flight routing, transformation, applications that use different enterprise integration bus for logging, and enrichment of message structures and formats. e-business on demand messages. • In addition, the Message Broker can Offer reliable, high-performance IBM extends its leadership with a be integrated with a database to messaging new generation of message brokers. perform message logging, data • Connect people, applications, The new WebSphere Business merge, and database update information, and processes Integration brokers introduce functions. WebSphere MQ family protocols • Are follow-on products to targeted at: If you are considering Web Services WebSphere MQ Integrator architectures and solutions, the Broker and MQSeries • Very high performance real-time broker can assist with integration of Integrator Internet and intranet non-Web-Services applications, the communications routing and transformation of SOAP • Provide six WebSphere MQ • Web Services messages, and the logging of Web Transports; Enterprise, Web • Mobile and wireless devices Services transactions. Services, Mobile, Real-Time, • Telemetry Multicast, and Telemetry An improvement on point-to-point • Combined with the power to Web Services implementations that Add Linux on Intel and IBM distribute brokers across a network can lead to complex application zSeries under central control, customers can interdependencies, the brokers help now build a reliable, to improve control, simplify high-performance on demand application development, lower Key prerequisites enterprise integration bus to connect maintenance costs, and increase your key resources. flexibility. When combined with The following products are supplied WebSphere MQ, you gain essential with a restricted license to assist WebSphere Business Integration reliability to Web service. installation: Event Broker WebSphere Business Integration • WebSphere MQ V5.3 WebSphere Business Integration Message Broker with Rules and • DB2 Enterprise Server Edition Event Broker (the follow-on product Formatter Extension V8.1 to WebSphere MQ Event Broker) allows you to build a flexible, This WebSphere Business Planned Availability Dates extensible, secure infrastructure. It Integration Message Broker product quickly leverages both new and includes the IBM Rules and • June 27, 2003 (electronic existing packaged and homegrown Formatter previously offered with software delivery) applications and devices across WebSphere MQ Integrator for • June 27, 2003 (media and heterogeneous platforms. It extends z/OS V2.1. The WebSphere documentation) the market-leading WebSphere MQ Business Integration Message messaging transport with other Broker with Rules and Formatter protocols, including those for mobile Extension for z/OS V5.0 builds on the and telemetry endpoints. Message Broker and offers continuity, compatibility, and Event Broker provides a flexible investment protection for existing entry point into integration you start customers that require the IBM simple and grow, leveraging and Rules and Formatter. exploiting existing investment in skills and other assets. This announcement is provided for your information only. For additional information, contact your IBM representative, call 800-IBM-4YOU, or visit the IBM home page at: http://www.ibm.com. IBM United States IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. 203-136 Corporate information officers can consider reducing Description system development and maintenance costs by: WebSphere Business Integration Event Broker • Reusing existing applications and data, rather than purchasing or rebuilding WebSphere Business Integration Event Broker allows you • Building new applications that can be more easily to rapidly build a flexible, extensible, secure infrastructure reused leveraging existing and new, packaged and homegrown • Improving system flexibility and adaptability applications and devices across heterogeneous platforms. Operations executives can consider reducing operational It extends the market-leading WebSphere MQ messaging costs by: transport with other protocols, including those for real-time Internet and intranet, multicast, mobile, and • Reducing inventory and improving cash flow telemetry endpoints. Event Broker is a flexible entry point • Improving workforce productivity through automation into integration, allowing you to start simple and grow, • Reducing the cost of rectifying process errors leveraging and exploiting existing investments in skills and other assets. Customer-facing executives can consider improving customer service by: WebSphere Business Integration Message Broker • Supplying useful and timely information to customers, Built on the Event Broker, WebSphere Business suppliers, and partners Integration Message Broker transforms and enriches • Reducing delivery cycle times in-flight information to provide a further level of • Reducing error rates intermediation between applications that use different message structures and formats. The brokers extend the value of previous investments by supporting and transforming information between old and The Message Broker can be integrated with a database new standards and formats. to perform message logging, data merge, and database update functions. Features of WebSphere Business Integration Brokers If you are considering Web Services architectures and The following list summarizes the new functions and solutions, the broker can assist with integration of capabilities in this version: non-Web Services applications, the routing and • High-performance event distribution for an on demand transformation of SOAP messages, and the logging of business. Web Services transactions. An improvement on • Autonomic fail-over of brokers. point-to-point Web Services implementations that can • Message Broker now supports customer extensions lead to complex application interdependencies, the and plug-ins. brokers help to improve control, simplify application • Support for Web Services is enhanced. development, lower maintenance costs, and increase • Support for six WebSphere MQ transports. flexibility. When combined with WebSphere MQ, it offers • Enhanced Internet reach and security. much needed reliability to the Web Services arena. • Eclipse-based Message Broker Toolkit for WebSphere Benefits of WebSphere Business Integration Message Studio. • Brokers A new XML transcoding node that supports XML style sheets. WebSphere Business Integration Event Broker and • More granular security with database user WebSphere Business Integration Message Broker are an ID/password support. ideal platform for business integration. They offer you the • One-click install and improved user experience. essential flexibility to start small and grow with your • Linux on Intel and zSeries platforms supported. customer demands. Ease of implementation and ease of use in production ensures that time to value can be High-Performance Event Distribution for an On Demand slashed and return on investment maximized. These Business integration offerings help you improve control of your WebSphere Business Integration Event Broker and business, allowing rapid response to events as they occur WebSphere Business Integration Message Broker and enabling timely delivery of business information that manage real-time events between clients, servers, supports key business decisions. mobile, and telemetry devices, providing a highly The use of WebSphere Business Integration Event Broker scalable, event-driven model to integrate applications and and WebSphere Business Integration Message Broker people, regardless of device or location. This is an means that useful and timely information can be provided essential foundation for an on demand enterprise that can for customers, suppliers, and partners to improve adapt to rapidly changing customer and market needs. customer satisfaction and competitiveness. It can help The Event Broker now provides an affordable distributed reduce delivery cycle times and error rates, improving integration platform ideal for distribution across your operational performance, including reducing inventory enterprise with the capability to add custom extensions and improving cash flow to increase return on capital into the plug-in framework. employed. Both Event Broker and Message Broker contain the Chief executives can consider improving customer high-performance publish and subscribe matching engine service and business agility while reducing operational previously available only in WebSphere MQ Event Broker and IT costs by: V2.1 • Making their organization work smarter and more Autonomic Fail-Over of Brokers productively • Giving them better visibility and control over Cloning of subscription and publication state across a operations collection of brokers allows subscribing clients
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