Connectivity

Underlying connectivity to support business-centric SOA - Connectivity has always been a requirement. But SOA brings new levels of flexibility. As well as acting as a building block for additional SOA initiatives, connectivity provided through SOA has distinct, standalone value.

Links and Resources

Research

• Quocirca
  Connectivity and SOA - Embracing Old Assets, Furthering the New

• Drive down costs and gain advanced ESB connectivity with IBM WebSphere Message Broker v6

• Redbook: Getting Started with WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus V6 Redbook
  The Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) is the core connectivity infrastucture of an SOA. ESB is an IT concept that is embodied in 2 separate products:WebSphere Message Broker and the new WebSphere ESB
• WebSphere Message Broker V6, Best Practices Guide: Bullet Proofing Message Flows
• Draft: WebSphere MQ V6 and Web Services
• Redbook: WebSphere Business Integration for SAP -- WebSphere Message Broker and WebSphere Adapter for SAP Software

• WebSphere Adapter Toolkit info
• WebSphere Adapter Toolkit
• NEW Video clip: Integrating SAP with IBM WebSphere Adapter for SAP

• Reuse and Connectivity kit
• ESB & Integration Health Check
• WebSphere Business Integration for SAP
• WebSphere Adapters home page
• Installing and configuring the SAP adapter on a UNIX workstation