Introduction to IBM Integration Bus

What is IBM Integration Bus?

IBM Integration Bus enables “universal connectivity” by integrating protocols, message formats and mediation patterns

• Emphasis on application re-uses

Fits naturally with WebSphere MQ

• Robust, scalable architecture
• Optimized for high throughput
• Flexible broker topologies

Three programming constructs are used:

• Message Flows
• Nodes
• Message Models

IBM Integration Bus (formerly WMB) is Used as follows:

• Routes, Transforms, Augments “messages”
• Supports multi-format (XML, SOAP, fixed, variable length, tagged, SWIFT, IDOC, etc.)
• Accepts multi-protocol (HTTP, JMS, MQ, SOAP, TCP/IP, local files, FTP, etc.)ƒ
• Offers full database support (DB2, Oracle, Informix, Microsoft SQL Server, Sybase, etc.)
• Supports common ERP and EIS interfaces (CICS, IMS, SAP, PeopleSoft, Siebel, etc.)ƒ
• Provides a drag ‘n drop visual development based upon Eclipse, supporting a variety of development languages (Java, eSQL, XSLT, PHP, .Net, etc.)ƒ
• Offers a scalable, high-performance, resilient, low-latency “execution container”ƒ
• Provides transactional (2PC) support (MQ, DB2)ƒ
• Supports Point-To-Point, Pub/Sub, Event, Synchronous and Asynchronous message processing stylesƒ
• Includes full life-cycle tooling (development, administration, runtime)ƒ
• Is extensible with open parser, node & administration interfacesƒ
• Supports all major hardware and O/S platforms