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IBM Monitoring and Diagnostic Tools for Java – Health Center

Health Center is a low-processor and memory usage diagnostic tool for monitoring the status of a running IBM Java Virtual Machine (JVM). It provides live information and recommendations in each of the following areas:

• Classes – information about classes being loaded
• Environment – details of the configuration and system of the monitored application
• Garbage collection – information about the Java heap and pause times
• Locking – information about contention on inflated locks
• Profiling – sampling profile of Java methods including call paths

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DataPower XM70 Use Cases and Patterns

This IBM® Redpaper™ publication gives a broad understanding of the WebSphere DataPower XM70 Low Latency Messaging appliance. After a brief introduction to low latency messaging, various messaging patterns are discussed along with configuration details for implementing each pattern. The book wraps up with a section on troubleshooting and performance monitoring specific to the XM70.
This Redpaper publication is intended for individuals who require a better understanding of low latency messaging and how it is implemented on the DataPower XM70. It is assumed that the reader is familiar with concepts and configuration of DataPower appliances.

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Gartner ranked IBM #1 in Web Portal Software market share

IBM announced that IT analyst firm Gartner, Inc., has ranked IBM as the worldwide market share leader in the Portal Products and User Interaction Tools enterprise software segment. The ranking was based on total worldwide software revenue for 2008.

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What’s new in WebSphere Integration Developer 6.2.0.1

This PDF document provides an overview of some of the improvements and changes included in WebSphere Integration Developer 6.2.0 Fix Pack 1 (6.2.0.1).

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Solution design in WebSphere Process Server: Part 1

This article describes how to design service-oriented architecture (SOA) based solutions using WebSphere® Process Server and WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus. Part 1 of this article series explores how design techniques change as an SOA matures.

WebSphere Portal on WikiPedia

At this moment, WebSphere Portal is introduced on WikiPedia.

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Integrating Adobe Flex and IBM WebSphere Portal

Recently a new article was published on developerWorks. This article walks through the steps you need to take in order to integrate Adobe Flex into IBM WebSphere Portal.

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WebSphere CloudBurst Appliance

How would you like a program to automatically install WAS on all of the machines in your data center?

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IBM WebSphere ILOG BRMS V7.0

IBM Announced the release of ILog BRM v7.0

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Managing WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliance configurations for high availability, consistency, and control

Two articles that shows you how to manage DataPower for high availability in a multi-device environment, including configuration methods and examples using the Web GUI, command-line interface, or XML Management Interface.

1. Article 1
2. Article 2