Integration + IT Modernization

The third day, and last, of the I Love APIs conference is today! “Day 3” starts strong with two keynotes, and continues to Developer, IT, and Strategy forums. What is I Love APIs? Go here for a run down of the conference by Alexandra Haefele: How to Get the Most Out of the I Love APIs 2015 […]

The second day, called “Day 1” here at I Love APIs begins the speaker series for Strategy, Developer, and IT forums. What is I Love APIs? Go here for a run down of the conference by Alexandra Haefele: How to Get the Most Out of the I Love APIs 2015 Conference 10:30 AM A late start to […]

Follow me @prftarvin! This will be updated hourly. Today is the first day of I Love APIs in San Jose, CA. The force is strong with everyone here, and the API energy is vibrant – even before the coffee station was out. Day 0 is a major workshop day with: Foundational Topics in Apigee Edge Advanced Topics […]

In a recent report, Forrester analyzed the crowded API management marketplace and the dynamics in the current vendor field. Considering all 20 emerging and established vendors in the API management space, Forrester had high praise for IBM’s recent enhancements to their analytics and portal features, and of the established vendors, stated that “IBM made the most […]

I recently sat down with Ruth Minj, General Manager, Supply Chain Industry Solutions, to discuss API Management and its applications to supply chain management. Read on to learn how excellence relies on API Management for execution of the omnichannel to deliver great customer experience. What business challenges does Supply Chain face? There are 3 core issues […]

  The I Love APIs conference, put on by Apigee, is the largest API event in the world. With 2,500 attendees expected and over 80 sessions to choose from, this year’s conference will be a massive information dump. How do you get the most out of those two short days – especially as a first-time […]

I recently read an article that I think really puts the right focus on digital initiatives which is a great response to the question “You’ve started your digital transformation journey, so now what?” The article hits several notes that are well-known to folks that have read my articles before. Customer experience is a primary focus. Your business must […]

Craft and Connect hAPI hour: Welcome Reception at the I Love APIs Conference Sponsored by Perficient

An analysis of the U.S. Federal Government (Fed) cloud strategy and implementation progress to date is an interesting exercise given the scale of the undertaking (the Fed’s IT budget peaked at $83B in 2013) the complexity of the requirements (e.g. securing classified information), the estimated size of the cloud spend (estimated between $1.4B and $7B […]

  How to create a cluster using Websphere Application Server ND v7.0: Prerequisites: Install the WAS ND v7.0 along with the required components and test for its successful installation. Steps: First step is to create a profile. Profiles can be created either by using the Profile management Tool (PMT) or command prompt based on the OS […]

This blog is intended for the beginners of Websphere application server. Before starting with what a cluster is, let’s brush up from the basics as follows: Application Server: An application server acts as a middle-tier component between the front-end application serving business logic and back-end persistent database. Node: It is a logical group of Application […]

MQ Service is the interaction between the IBM Integration Bus and WebSphere MQ applications. This MQ Service editor helps to discover queues that existing Queue Managers define, and then use these queues to define a WSDL file to use with the IBM MQ Service definition specification. The following steps demonstrate the creation of MQ service. […]