Background

When designing distributed enterprise applications, availability and scalability are fundamental considerations for implementing automated change in use patterns and system configuration. A system which requires any redesign, recoding, or redeployment to achieve either availability or scalability will limit flexibility and diminish performance.

Operational Challenge

A major challenge in integrating disparate systems is to provide a unified security model. Single sign on-across internal application and asset boundaries is required, system architects need to secure information and apply mechanisms which maintain high security and user confidence while remaining as transparent as possible. Traditionally, information technology departments have been able to maintain a relatively high level of control over the environment of both servers and clients. When information assets are exposed in less-protected environments, it becomes increasingly important to maintain tight security over the most sensitive assets, while allowing seemingly unencumbered access to others.

Qualifying a Training Request

The client is using EJB 2.1 (not version 3.0), and WebSphere instead of JBoss. The course will need to provide examples using WebSphere Application Server. Depending on the experience of the personnel it may be a necessary to review networking concepts and Java fundamentals. Java Database Connectivity will require a thorough presentation.

The WebSphere and Rational curriculum has been designed to teach application developers how to implement standardized ways for accessing middle-tier and back-end services: database management systems, transaction monitors, remote debugging services, and shared applications. An underlying consistency in information technology services will reduce the requirement for new programming models or styles in order to integrate a variety of systems within enterprise application development. 

The client is provided with information and resources for reviewing and selecting subject matter:

Client-specific Examples and Exercises

The examples and hands-on workshops will present:

For the deployment portion of the course, WebSphere Application Server configuration concepts will be presented.

Content Delivery Selection