Front cover -- Contents -- Figures -- Notices -- Trademarks -- Preface -- The team that wrote this redbook -- Become a published author -- Comments welcome -- Part 1 Overview -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Getting to on demand -- 1.2 Infrastructure to support an on demand business -- 1.3 Capabilities -- 1.4 On demand Operating Environment architecture -- 1.5 Summary -- Chapter 2. Integration overview -- 2.1 Business drivers -- 2.2 Framework for integration -- 2.2.1 Access and collaboration -- 2.2.2 Business process execution -- 2.2.3 Enterprise Service Bus -- 2.2.4 Adapters -- 2.2.5 B2B connections -- 2.2.6 Common information and resource model -- 2.3 Methodology -- 2.4 Summary -- Part 2 How to's for getting started -- Chapter 3. How to achieve business flexibility through integration -- 3.1 How to simplify building, developing, and deploying on demand business applications -- 3.1.1 Vision -- 3.1.2 How to get started today -- 3.2 How to improve communication and collaboration within and beyond the enterprise -- 3.2.1 Vision -- 3.2.2 How to get started today -- 3.3 How to react quickly to changes in the marketplace by modifying business processes rapidly -- 3.3.1 Vision -- 3.3.2 How to get started today -- 3.4 How to instrument applications and analyze events they generate to understand business process impacts -- 3.4.1 Vision -- 3.4.2 How to get started today -- 3.5 How to create links between new and existing applications -- 3.5.1 Vision -- 3.5.2 How to get started today -- 3.6 How to react in real-time by ensuring seamless flow of information -- 3.6.1 Vision -- 3.6.2 How to get started today -- 3.7 Summary -- Chapter 4. How to rapidly modify business processes -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 General strategy -- 4.3 Solution components -- 4.3.1 Business process execution -- 4.3.2 Enterprise Service Bus -- 4.3.3 Adapters -- 4.3.4 B2B connections.

4.3.5 Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) technology -- 4.3.6 Common information and resource model -- 4.4 Scenarios -- 4.4.1 Manufacturing company re-engineering scenario -- 4.4.2 ABC Electronics scenario -- 4.5 Product positioning -- 4.6 Linkages -- 4.6.1 Technology components -- 4.6.2 Methodology and governance -- 4.7 Glimpse of the future -- 4.7.1 Integration between business and IT tools -- 4.7.2 Enterprise Service Bus -- 4.8 Summary -- Chapter 5. How to react in real time through seamless flow of information -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 General strategy -- 5.3 Solution components -- 5.3.1 Access and collaboration via portal technology -- 5.3.2 Access and collaboration via Lotus Workplace -- 5.3.3 Business process execution -- 5.3.4 Enterprise Service Bus -- 5.3.5 Common resource and information model -- 5.4 Scenario -- 5.4.1 Business context -- 5.4.2 Current environment -- 5.4.3 Business objectives -- 5.4.4 Technical objectives -- 5.4.5 Solution approach -- 5.4.6 Benefits and summary -- 5.5 Product positioning -- 5.6 Linkages -- 5.6.1 XML -- 5.6.2 DB2 XML Extender -- 5.6.3 DB2 XML Extender and WebSphere MQ -- 5.6.4 Integration of applications using WebSphere MQ products -- 5.6.5 Web Services integration -- 5.6.6 Web Services Object Runtime Framework -- 5.6.7 DADX overview and structure -- 5.7 Glimpse of the future -- 5.7.1 Lotus Workplace -- 5.7.2 Information Integrator updates -- 5.8 Summary -- Appendix A. Standards overview -- Open source -- Standards organizations -- IETF - Internet Engineering Task Force -- W3C - World Wide Web Consortium -- JCP - Java Community Process -- OASIS - Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards -- WS-I - Web Services Interoperability Organization -- DMTF - Distributed Management Task Force -- GGF - Global Grid Forum -- OMG - Object Management Group -- Key standards -- XML standards.

XML Schema -- XSLT -- SOAP - Simple Object Access Protocol -- WSDL - Web Services Description Language -- UDDI - Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration -- WS-I Basic Profile 1.0a -- WS-Security - Web Services Security -- OGSA - Open Grid Services Architecture -- OGSI - Open Grid Services Infrastructure -- UML - Unified Modeling Language -- MDA - Model Driven Architecture -- CIM - Common Information Model -- Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) Initiative -- Related publications -- IBM Redbooks -- Online resources -- How to get IBM Redbooks -- Help from IBM -- Index -- Back cover.