WebSphere System Test Reports available

The WebSphere Application Server system test team developerWorks wiki features several reports summarizing testing done with WebSphere Application Server Feature Packs. Reports based on WebSphere Application Server V7 Feature Pack for OSGi Applications and Java Persistence API 2.0 include:

• Using alternate JPA providers in WebSphere Application Server to access database transactions
• Migrating a classic Hibernate application to use the WebSphere JPA 2.0 Feature Pack
• Installing the IBM WebSphere Application Server Feature Pack for OSGi Applications and JPA 2.0 in a v7.0.0.9 Network Deployment cell that included the Communications Enabled Applications (CEA), XML, and Service Component Architecture (SCA) Feature Packs
• Testing the Feature Pack for OSGi Applications and Java Persistence API 2.0 in the same WebSphere Application Server installation using multiple OSGi applications and JEE applications

You can find this set of system test reports as well as reports for other WebSphere Application Server Feature Packs on the wiki. Thanks to this great set of resources shared by WebSphere system test specialist Jim Habinek!

Join us for November RTP WebSphere User Group meeting

We have an exciting November WebSphere User Group meeting in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina at the IBM Software Group customer briefing center.

First up, my WebSphere Emerge teammate Charlie Le Vay will give a live demo of HTTP session caching and fail-over capabilities provided by the IBM Datapower XC10 appliance. He recently published a top ten FAQ about the appliance based on workshops he has given recently. Bring your questions about elastic caching to the meeting for Charlie.

For the reminder of the meeting, we are hosting a hands-on lab to give developers a chance to try the OSGi tooling available for WebSphere Application Server. This lab will provide a good look at importing, deploying, managing and developing application bundles with Rational Application Developer Standard Edition 8.0. The lab will also touch on JPA. Your co-hosts for this lab are Nichole Stewart from the WebSphere system test team, Lin Sun from the WebSphere OSGi / JPA Feature Pack development team and Apache Aries project, and myself, Ryan Boyles, your friendly neighborhood technical evangelist.

The meeting will be held Tuesday November 30 at 6pm. You can RSVP for the meeting on the Triangle group event page of the WebSphereUserGroup.org website. Food and drinks will be provided as usual. Thanks also to organizers Greg Ackerman and Ken Gelsinger for assisting with lab set-up. As a convenience for you, I've linked each of our names to our WebSphereUserGroup.org profiles.

See you there,

Ryan Boyles

@WebSphereEmerge

Introduction presentation: OSGi Lab for RTP WebSphere User Group

Thanks to Ian Robinson, Holly Cummins and Zoe Slattery for providing OSGi background.

Note: Here is a handy Google map for the IBM briefing center location in RTP. The briefing center is noted with the Big Blue thumb tack.

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