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Using XML with Legacy Business Applications

May 1, 2010 by BPELforum

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“This volume offers relentlessly pragmatic solutions to help your business applications get the most out of XML, with a breezy style that makes the going easy. Mike has lived this stuff; he has a strong command of the solutions and the philosophy that underlies them.” –Eve Maler, XML Standards Architect, Sun Microsystems Businesses running legacy applications that do not support XML can face a tough choice: Either keep their legacy applications or switch to newer, XML-enhanced applications. XML presents both challenges and opportunities for organizations as they struggle with their data. Does this dilemma sound familiar? What if you could enable a legacy application to support XML? You can. In Using XML with Legacy Business Applications, e-commerce expert Michael C. Rawlins outlines usable techniques for solving day-to-day XML-related data exchange problems. Using an easy-to-understand cookbook approach, Rawlins shows you how to build XML support into legacy business applications using Java and C++. The techniques are illustrated by building converters for legacy formats. Converting CSV files, flat files, and X12 EDI to and from XML will never be easier! Inside you’ll find: *A concise tutorial for learning to read W3C XML schemas *An introduction to using XSLT to transform between different XML formats *Simple, pragmatic advice on transporting XML documents securely over the Internet For developers working with either MSXML with Visual C++ or Java and Xerces: *See Chapter 3 for a step-by-step guide to enabling existing business applications to export XML documents *See Chapter 2 for a step-by-step guide to enabling existing business applications to import XML documents *See Chapter 5 for code examples and tips for validating XML documents against schemas *See Chapter 12 for general tips on building commerce support into an application For end users who need a simple and robust conversion utility: *See Chapter 7 for converting CSV files to and from XML *See Chapter 8 for converting flat files to and from XML *See Chapter 9 for converting X12 EDI to and from XML *See Chapter 11 for tips on how to use these techniques together for complex format conversions The resource-filled companion Web site (www.rawlinsecconsulting.com/booksupplement) includes executable versions of the utilities described in the book, full source code in C++ and Java, XSLT stylesheets, bug fixes, sample input and output files, and more. 0321154940B07142003

Using XML with Legacy Business Applications

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Oracle Modernization Solutions: A practical guide to planning and implementing SOA Integration and Re-architecting to an Oracle platform

April 29, 2010 by BPELforum

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In Detail

Much has been written about legacy modernization in the past few years. Most of the books, analysts’ reports, and white papers focus on why you should modernize and theorize at a high level regarding the different approaches and possible outcomes. This book provides a detailed guide to how to implement two well known mainframe modernization approaches–SOA Enablement and Re-architecture.

SOA Integration is a non-invasive approach and allows legacy components to be used as part of an SOA infrastructure quickly and without risk and is often the first step in the larger modernization process. Re-architecture focuses on reverse engineering legacy applications to preserve business knowledge then forward them to modern architectures that take advantage of open and extensible standards.

In this book you will learn how to quickly and easily expose a mainframe VSAM data store in an Oracle-based Java EE application. You will also learn how to leverage your mainframe application code to create a new Oracle/Java EE SOA-based application. The book is agnostic in terms of hardware and operating system as most of these have proven to be able to handle the reliability, scalability, and performance of a mainframe system.

After reading this book, you will feel much more comfortable that mainframe modernization is possible and can made less risky by following the recommendations and approaches used in the book.

What you will learn from this book?

  • Gain an understanding of different approaches to modernization of legacy systems
  • Determine your short and long term modernization strategies and know how to look for the right business and technology drivers in your organization
  • Understand when and why you would choose the modernization options of SOA Integration and Re-architecture
  • Architect an Oracle-based platform for you modernized legacy system
  • Know the best approaches to take to transform your application from a rigid, monolithic system to an agile, adaptable application based on Oracle and SOA
  • Quickly SOA-enable your legacy mainframe application using legacy SOA Integration
  • Use the hands-on SOA Integration example that walks you through the entire development process as a starting point for your own pilot project
  • Use the hands-on Re-architecture example that focuses on forward engineering business rules, presentation tier, and screen navigation from the legacy system into an Oracle platform as a starting point for your own pilot project
  • Learn about Oracle’s modernization re-host solution: Oracle Tuxedo
  • Dive into the future of legacy modernization based upon industry trends such as Extreme Transaction Processing (XTP), Grid computing, Cloud computing, etc.

Approach

This book combines case studies with practical examples of how to implement modernization techniques using Oracle (and partner) products to modernize to the Oracle Platform. The book also weighs the pros and cons of specific modernization use cases. Finally, we explore some of the emerging trends in technology and how they apply to legacy modernization.

Who this book is written for?

Legacy system architects, project managers, program managers, developers, database architects and decision makers who own mainframe and heterogeneous systems, and are tasked with modernization will all find this book useful.

The book assumes some knowledge of mainframes, J2EE, SOA, and Oracle technologies. The reader should have some background in programming and database design.

Oracle Modernization Solutions: A practical guide to planning and implementing SOA Integration and Re-architecting to an Oracle platform

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SOA-Based Enterprise Integration: A Step-by-Step Guide to Services-based Application

April 28, 2010 by BPELforum

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Foreword by Ray Harishankar, IBM Fellow

“There are many books on the market on the topic of SOA and SOA’s business and technology value. This book focuses on one of the key technical values of SOA and does an excellent job of describing SOA-based application integration by clarifying the relationship and patterns of SOA with other integration technologies in a distributed computing environment.” Sandra Carter, IBM Vice President for SOA, BPM, and WebSphere Marketing

“Services Oriented Architectures present many challenges today in the integration of existing systems and new systems, along with many times, old legacy mainframe applications. This book successfully addresses many of the complexities we see in the integration of SOA and mainframe legacy applications, presenting options and approaches to integrate the applications with the rest of the enterprise. The author takes a clearly defined pattern-based approach discussing the advantages, tools and methods. Readers will benefit from the insights in this book whether they play the architect role or a developer role on a SOA project.” Sue Miller-Sylvia, IBM Fellow and Application Development Service Area Leader

SOA-Based Enterprise Integration: A Step-by-Step Guide to Services-based Application

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The Isis Papyrus Business Information Platform

April 28, 2010 by BPELforum

In 2008 ISIS Papyrus celebrates 20 years of continued innovation. From its first forms design product in 1998 to its current Papyrus platform utilizing artificial intelligence for process management, ISIS Papyrus was always first in line to innovate. More than 2000 clients utilize ISIS Papyrus products worldwide for such strategic applications as managing the issuing and renewal of more than half of the United States credit cards. By far the largest percentage of all financial, insurance and telecom documents in the EU is produced by ISIS Papyrus software. The upcoming ISIS Papyrus V7 already delivers what vendors such as Microsoft, IBM and Oracle are announcing as “modeling strategy for process management”.
ISIS Papyrus – built on its Papyrus Objects integration architecture – delivers an open, as well as standards-enabling platform for business process management across Papyrus Inbound and Outbound, third-party and legacy applications. Papyrus is delivering pre-built business processes across ERP, CRM, ECM, as well as business intellligence and industry applications using a meta-object model, SOA-compatible and general messaging interfaces, and a powerful freely definable portal user interface. Inbound and Outbound document management is tightly integrated with the central Change Management repository. Additionally, business users are able to extend the object model with their own meta-data definitions, store it to the repository and have full upgrade protection across any future product versions.

“The Papyrus architecture solves the long-term managment problem of processes that are linked to multiple applications,” said Max J. Pucher, Chief Architect of ISIS Papyrus Software. “By not depending on late-to-the-market standards such as BPEL we can focus on true long-term and cross-platform compatibilty to give our customers the flexibility to make changes to the underlying applications as well as the processes without disrupting the business users.”

Using the Papyrus WebRepository customers can immediately use Papyrus’ existing business objects, interface services, process and business case samples and infrastructure components to define specific end-to-end process integrations with or without related documents. Using a proven reference architecture and reusable service interfaces, Papyrus WebRepository significantly reduces the time, cost and risk associated with implementing Service Oriented Architecture projects. Our common model approach for application integration provides the foundation for creating composite processes while ensuring long-term process durability. WebRepository allows customers to define processes and integrations with the same development efficiency, control and visibility that ISIS Papyrus employs for its own software systems and inhouse applications. The Papyrus WebRepository not only manages the modeling and deployment of how processes and services are utilized and how they relate, it further enables customers to run complete integration tests, and most of all ensures the rentention of process analysis as well as implementation knowledge.

Why not Business Process Execution Language (BPEL)?

While BPEL is a standard, it is common practice to utilize jBPEL (BPEL with Java) that is proprietary to each vendor. The software user has therefore the worst of BOTH worlds – it is outdated (because it is built on a standard) but it is still proprietary. Each software vendor adds complex service links as API’s and SOA interfaces to make the integration with their own tools easy and reduce the cost to deploy and maintain integration. That makes the process implementation completely proprietary!

Even though a Papyrus System installation and document design does NOT require Java or C++ programming, customers do expect and receive a complete analysis, training and implementation service package. ISIS has experienced consultants in every major country.

We at ISIS Papyrus understand the challenges large corporations face to manage processes and to produce, manage and distribute personalised, data-driven and process related customer communication to remain competitive in today’s market. ISIS consultants analyse the corporations unique communication goals and then provide the tools and expertise necessary to produce high volume, personalised paper and electronic communication that significantly improve customer and prospect responses as well as client satisfaction.

The ISIS Papyrus Solution Spectrum

* CRM, ECM and BPM processes in a consolidated environment

* Client Response Management, Front-to-Back office processes, complaint Handling

* Account opening, claims handling, case management, call center management

* Automated correspondence, client reporting, utility and telecom billing

* SOA-enabled, process-focused integration into portal applications

* Interactive client communication for financial and insurance companies

* Internet document distribution and presentation in HTML/GIF, Java, AFP, PDF and Flash

* Short term re-print staging and long-term archiving for customer care

* Document Capture, Classification and Data Extraction

* PC based dynamic business document design for batch and client/server

* Document consolidation without changes to your existing applications

* Production formatting on the platform of your choice from MVS to UNIX to any Intel OS

* Campaign management for a multi-channel, electronic and print marketing approach

* Post production, sorting, postal sequencing, discounting, envelope and insertion control

* Network print management for IPDS, Xerox, PCL5, Postscript, and Scitex.

Max J. Pucher is the founder and current Chief Architect at ISIS Papyrus Software, a globally operating company that specializes in Artificial Intelligence for business process and communication. He has written several books, frequently speaks and writes on IT and holds several patents.

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SOA Approach to Integration: XML, Web services, ESB, and BPEL in real-world SOA projects

April 28, 2010 by BPELforum

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XML, Web services, ESB, and BPEL in real-world SOA projects

  • Service-Oriented Architectures and SOA approach to integration
  • SOA architectural design and domain-specific models
  • Common Integration Patterns and how they can be best solved using Web services, BPEL and Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)
  • Concepts behind SOA standards, security, transactions, and how to efficiently work with XML

In Detail

Integration of applications within a business and between different businesses is becoming more and more important. The needs for up-to-date information that is accessible from almost everywhere and developing e-business solutions — particularly business to business — require that developers find solutions for integrating diverse, heterogeneous applications, developed in different architectures and programming languages and on different platforms. They have to do this quickly and cost effectively, but still preserve the architecture and deliver robust solutions that are maintainable over time.

Integration is a difficult task. This book focuses on the SOA approach to integration of existing (legacy) applications and newly developed solutions, using modern technologies, particularly web services, XML, ESB, and BPEL. The book shows how to define SOA for integration, what integration patterns to use, which technologies to use, and how to best integrate existing applications with modern e-business solutions. It also shows how to develop web services and BPEL processes, and how to process and manage XML documents from the JEE and .NET platforms. Finally, it also explains how to integrate both platforms using web services and ESBs.

What you will learn from this book?

  • How to design and develop SOA for integration
  • Integration architecture patterns, principles, and best practices, with focus on the process-centric SOA approach
  • The role of XML, web services, and ESBs in SOA for integration
  • The role of service composition and BPEL in integration
  • J2EE and .NET integration
  • Why and how to use web services and XML for integration

Approach

After explaining the challenges, levels, and strategies of integration the book explains SOA, web services, and the Enterprise Services Bus before covering processing XML and web services on the .Net and JEE platforms in more detail. Then it covers BEPL and demonstrates service composition into business processes with a realistic, although simple example BPEL process. Finally it shows how ESB provides a concrete infrastructure for SOA.

Who this book is written for?

This book is for architects and senior developers who are responsible for setting up SOA for integration for applications within the enterprise (intra-enterprise integration) and applications across enterprises (inter-enterprise integration or B2B).

SOA Approach to Integration: XML, Web services, ESB, and BPEL in real-world SOA projects

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