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Developing a CICS-Based Web Service

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:20:00 EST

Web services have opened opportunities to integrate the applications at an enterprise level irrespective of the technology they have been implemented in. IBM's CICS transaction server for z/OS v3.1 can support web services. It can help expose existing applications as web services or develop new functionality to invoke web services.

Reference Architecture for Securing Web Services in a Heterogeneous Environment

Sat, 07 Feb 2009 11:45:00 EST

Web services have played key role in integrating heterogeneous applications, particularly in the cross domains. As part of identity management, Security Token Services (STS) are used for request and response tokens. However, we need multiple communication channels among STS when numbers of applications in different domains try to reach other web services. In this article we have proposed Master Security Token Service (MSTS) which will act as a broker for all security authorization without duplicating the effort at every domain.

Migrating from WebLogic 6.1 to 8.1

Tue, 29 Mar 2005 00:00:00 EST

BEA's name is synonymous with the application server. Most applications running on Unix in North America run on BEA's WebLogic server, particularly financial apps. The current stable WebLogic 8.1 version does a lot more than earlier versions. Migrating to new versions is always challenging and risky, but is done for efficiency and new capabilities, and to stay current with a vendor's products and support.

Performance Improvement in a J2EE Application

Mon, 01 Dec 2003 00:00:00 EST

Java is hot. Just nine years old, it has become one of the leading development environments in the world.