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WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus (WESB) – Video Intro

admin — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 18:19:02 +0000

Hello, If you are looking at an ESB solution or want to understand the ESB concepts, check out this nice video from IBM WebSphere Software Group.

Want help getting on the bus? – Check out our “Get on the Bus” offering.

Cheers from the team at OpenLogix

2011 WebSphere Conference dates announced

admin — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 16:46:30 +0000

2011 IBM WebSphere Events:

IBM WebSphere Impact 2011

The Venetian, Las Vegas, April 10-15th, 2011

IBM WebSphere Portal Excellence Conference 2011

Buena Vista Palace Hotel in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, May 16-19, 2011

Cheers from the team at OpenLogix.

WebSphere Portal & WCM 7.0 available in Sep-2010

admin — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 16:36:31 +0000

The much anticipated version 7.0 of WebSphere Portal Server and Lotus Web Content Management (WCM) will be generally available in September 1st week. However if you are like me and if you are itching to try it out, you are welcome to try out the open beta. Check out the following link for the open beta for WebSphere Portal and WCM 7.

https://www14.software.ibm.com/iwm/web/cc/earlyprograms/lotus/portalopenbeta/index.shtml

Similarly WebSphere Portlet Factory version 7.0 is also available soon. Click here to try out the open beta.

https://www.ibm.com/services/forms/preLogin.do?source=swg-wspfnob

Have fun and please do post your comments in the associated online beta forum and provide the feedback to IBM. Both good and bad is what IBM wants to hear.

Cheers from the team at OpenLogix.

Introduction to DataPower – a nice Video

admin — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:00:26 +0000

Hello newcomers to the DataPower world. Check out this awesome video on IBM WebSphere DataPower:

A fast and easy video introduction to IBM WebSphere Datapower.. ain’t it?

IBM Impact Comes To You (ICTY) 2010

admin — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 23:31:25 +0000

Please visit us at the following ICTY Events:

June-10 in Detroit, Michigan
June-15 in Reston, Virginia.

We will have our booth and our representatives will be there to talk to you about our IBM SOA offerings.

If you have registered for these events, please do register at your earliest convenience and best of all, it is free as well. I had to pay 2 grand to go to the event in Vegas.

We look forward to seeing you there at these events.

IBM WebSphere Portal Excellence Conference 2010

admin — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 23:27:15 +0000

Hope you marked your calendars for the IBM WebSphere Portal Excellence Conference in Chicago, July 19-22, 2010.

If you have not yet registered for this evening, here is a link to that event: IBM WebSphere Portal Excellence Conference 2010.

We welcome all our existing and new customers to come visit us at our booth at this event. We are all excited to be there. This is our fourth year in a row.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Videos from Impact 2010

admin — Mon, 24 May 2010 23:50:20 +0000

Hello All, if you missed the wonderful WebSphere Impact 2010 conference at the Venetian in Las Vegas, here is your chance to view some of the Key Note sessions and other related videos. http://www.youtube.com/user/ibmimpact

Cheers,

Steve Lokam

IBM on a roll – Buys Sterling Commerce

admin — Mon, 24 May 2010 14:21:22 +0000

This is the 2nd acquisition in a month. CastIron systems and Sterling Commerce. The largest in almost 2 years after Cognos in 2008. $1.4B for Sterling Commerce.. Wow! On the contrary to my expectation in the last few weeks that IBM would gobble up another BPM product like Pega Systems or Tibco, IBM goes in a totally different direction from BPM and goes to B2B side of their business. WebSphere Partner Gateway (WPG) has been a laggard for IBM in terms of product strength which led to weak sales of WPG, it totally makes sense to acquire someone strong in this area. This acquisition gets them 18000 new B2B customers, most of them probably are already IBM customers in other product areas, which makes it all the better for IBM. Well..I am really happy with the deal. Way to go IBM..

Cheers,

Steve Lokam

Impact 2010 – Congratulations to the iPad Winner!

admin — Mon, 10 May 2010 18:53:45 +0000

Congratulations! to the Winner of our iPad giveaway at the Impact 2010 Conference. The winner has been emailed and Contacted.

Once again, thanks to everyone who visited our booth at the Impact 2010 Conference at the Venetian in Las Vegas.

Cheers,

Steve Lokam

IBM Acquires CastIron Systems

admin — Mon, 10 May 2010 14:04:45 +0000

I always thought of CastIron Systems as an appliance based integration model. It was.. until they changed their strategy a little bit. I guess, part of their strategy is still based on appliances.

In anycase, I dont understand why IBM bought them. If it is for integration appliances, they already have DataPower, which is doing very good. IBM says that integrating with cloud based applications using CastIron would be easy. But, it is not like we cannot integrate SalesForce.com or other cloud apps using existing middleware like WebSphere that IBM already has.

It could just be a customer acquisition, since they bring a lot of customer base and over 10 years of experience with them? Well, let’s see. I know for sure there is some overlap between DataPower and CastIron and also with the existing WebSphere Middleware.

Cheers,

Steve Lokam