Integration + IT Modernization

I was recently asked by a client, “What is a litmus test when identifying components for Decision Management?” This was a great question that unfortunately is all too often not considered during Decision Management projects. Using criteria to determine suitable decisions is needed in order to effectively implement Decision Management. This post will provide the […]

    Introduction: Business Process Execution Language (BPEL) is a XML-based language used to define enterprise business processes within Web services. BPEL extends the Web services interaction model and enables it to support business transactions. Processes written in BPEL can orchestrate interactions between Web services using XML documents. In order to accomplish this, maps such as […]

From our previous blog post we have seen how easy it is to setup a seamless integration between the XI 52 and XC 10. In this blog post, we dive into a little more detail of the seamless integration by understanding how datapower encodes and decodes the cache key. Datapower XI 52 uses the URL […]

IBM Operational Decision Manager enables flexibility within organizations to quickly respond and adapt to changing business conditions. The release themes of V8.6 are Instant, Seamless, and Insightful. ODM is Instant, providing automated governance and operational decision-making at internet speed responsiveness. ODM is Seamless, it provides consistency through integrated operations decisions across lines of business and IT, and […]

IBM states, “The InfoSphere Platform provides all the foundational building blocks of trusted information, including data integration, data warehousing, master data management, big data and information governance.[1]”  They cannot be anymore right!  Managing data has been more complex through the years as companies are trying to bring in more data (Big Data) for their business […]

Overview: MDX (Multi-Dimensional query Expression Language) is the data manipulation language for Essbase which is used to convert the BSO outline Calculation scripts to ASO outline calculation. Aggregate outline performs calculations dynamically and  can be compared with the BSO dynamic formulas. MDX language is supported by ASO and BSO but the Calc language is specific […]

While attending a recent Wall Street Technology Association (WSTA) seminar in New York, I participated in a discussion with other members (financial institutions) and service providers around the topic of data security. I think it’s safe to assume that everyone acknowledged the cost of handling a data breach far outweighs the cost of proactively securing data […]

Decision management is increasingly becoming an important facet of Business Process Automation. This means that building decision models as a way to specify the requirements is more critical in business rules projects. The Object Management Group Board of Directors voted to publish the Decision Model and Notation (DMN) as a specification earlier this year. It provides […]

There are two common scenarios in IBM BPM Process designer while integrating with Web Services. It can be either inbound or outbound integration. Outbound Integration involves the Business Process Definitions (BPD) invoking external Web Services as part of the process. It is a straight forward configuration – Giving WSDL url in web service integration activity […]

I came across this blog post from Andrew White, a Research analyst at Gartner controversially titled BI’s days are numbered – Here comes BPM again. The core message of the post is this that BI and data analytics are a means to an end – and it is the change in processes (effected through BPM) that will result in impact […]

What is Netezza: At an extremely high level Netezza is a massively Parallel Process Database Appliance designed to process and analyze large amounts of data. Netezza’s core value is to keep the things simple and accelerating high performance analysis of data to help clients uncover insights into their business. One of the reasons of it’s performance […]

The need for cache is inevitable in the world of enterprise-level applications. There are boundless use cases with different combinations ranging from the data type specific cache to application specific cache. We have seen a wide variety of caching technology realizations from emerging technologies like Redis (in reality, it is more than a cache) to […]