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Preface
The Patterns for e-business are a group of proven, reusable assets that can be
used to increase the speed of developing and deploying Web applications.
This IBM® Redbook concentrates on distributed application integration using the
Process-focused Application Integration::Broker application pattern for
intra-enterprise, and the Extended Enterprise::Exposed Broker application
pattern for inter-enterprise.
Part 1 guides you through the process of selecting an Application and Runtime
pattern. Next, the platform specific Product mappings are identified based upon
the selected Runtime pattern.
Part 2 presents guidelines on applying the Patterns approach to a sample
business scenario and on selecting application integration technologies.
Part 3 provides detailed design, development, and runtime guidelines for
intra-enterprise and inter-enterprise integration solutions. It teaches you by
example using IBM WebSphere Application Server V5.0 with WebServices
Gateway and WebSphere Business Integration Message Broker.
The team that wrote this redbook
This redbook was produced by a team of specialists from around the world
working at the International Technical Support Organization, Raleigh Center.
Carla Sadtler is a WebSphere® Specialist at the International Technical
Support Organization, Raleigh Center. She writes extensively in the
WebSphere and Patterns for e-business areas. Before joining the ITSO in
1985, Carla worked in the Raleigh branch office as a Program Support
Representative. She holds a degree in mathematics from the University of
North Carolina at Greensboro.
Diego Cotignola is an IT Architect in Uruguay. He joined IBM in 1999, and
focused on e-business application development, in particular Java™ and J2EE,
WebSphere Application Server, and WebSphere MQ. He became a specialist in
WebSphere and in its related technologies. Currently, he is also working as an IT
Architect in EAI solutions, using WebSphere Business Integration software.