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WebSphere Live for SOA
Trusted Information on your terms and our expertise
Delivering Trusted Information
Delivering Trusted Information As a Service
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Agenda
The Information Challenge
The Importance of Information to SOA
Four Patterns for Information as a Service
Getting Started
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Too much information and not knowing what’s important
Multiple versions of the truth
Lack of trusted information
Lack of agility
The Information Challenge
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Critical Business Initiatives Rely on Integrated Information
All of these business initiatives
need information that is:
Accessible
Authoritative
Consistent
Timely
Complete
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and more…abc…DB2
IBM ContentManager
Oraclexyz…
Heterogeneous Applications & Information
Information as a ServiceMoving From a Project-Based to a Flexible Architecture
InsightIn-line, Real-timeDashboardsTools & Applications
Information as a Service
Data & Content
BusinessContext
InsightfulRelationships
StaticSystems
AgileBusiness
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Product Master Data
Asset Master Data
External Data Sources
Across Structured, Semi-Structured and Unstructured Content
Across Transactional, Operational and Analytical Sources
Enterprise Data
WarehouseCustomer
Master Data
• Models • Standards• Schemas • Repositories • Search• Business Rules • ClassificationMetadata Management and Semantic Reconciliation
Data Services• Data Transformation• Content Integration
• Data Access• Data Quality
• Data Stewardship• Data sourcing
• Data Movement• Data Enrichment
Customer Data Integration
Product Content & Data Management
Business Intelligence Applications
Enterprise Content Management
CustomApplications
External Services
PackageApplications
Business Services Repository
Integrated Composition Technologies
Business Process Composition
Conceptual Information Architecture
Enterprise Information Management: Getting Value From Information Assets Gartner Business Intelligence Summit 2006 David Newman 6-8 March 2006
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Information Services
How Does Information Fit into an SOA?
GenerateReport
Requestapproval
UpdateCase file
ProcessException
SaveException
GetCase file
GetPolicy Select data from source 1
Select data from source 2Match and link recordsTransform data to target
Calculatevariance
Calculaterisk
Information integration enablesinformation to be made availableas a service
Publishing consistent, reusableservices for information that makeit easier for processes to get theinformation they need from acrossa heterogeneous landscape.
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The Importance of Information to SOAInformation as a Service is Key
Getting the right data quickly and consistently for all applications continues to be a key challenge for many enterprises.
Forrester, January 2006
You will waste your investment in SOA unless you have enterprise information that SOA can exploit.
Gartner, March 2005
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Tight Coupling of Data to Workflow Locks You In
Inconsistency in the “view” of the data
Inconsistency in sources and how data is derived
Inconsistency in rules applied to data
Multiple points of maintenance
No flexibility to change information sources and formats
CreateQuote
Process Flow
Trigger
CreateEstimate
Process Flow
Trigger
AccessTransformCleanse
AccessTransformCleanseData
WarehousePackagedApplication
LegacyApplication
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Information as a Service Improves Flexibility
Consistent packaging of data
Leverages understanding of metadata relationships
Applies consistent rules to data
Centralized control and maintenance
Flexibility to change information sources and formats
CreateQuote
Process Flow
Trigger
CreateEstimate
Process Flow
Trigger
DataWarehouse
PackagedApplication
LegacyApplication
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The IBM Solution: IBM Information ServerDelivering information you can trust
Understand Cleanse Transform Deliver
Parallel ProcessingRich Connectivity to Applications, Data, and Content
IBM Information Server
Discover, model, and govern information
structure and content
Standardize, merge,and correct information
Combine and restructure information
for new uses
Synchronize, virtualizeand move information
for in-line delivery
Unified Deployment
Unified Metadata Management
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Actionable Information Services
IBM Information Server
Process Server ReceiveRequest
Order Handling Process
CheckAccount
ShipOrder
Check OrderPolicy
ReviewOrder
Customer Order History Customer
Order History Service
Customer Customer Info Customer
Customer Master Service
Customer Order Status Customer
Data Cleansing Service
Portal Call CenterPortal
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Four Patterns of Information as a Service
Service-Enabling Legacy Data
Service Oriented Data Warehousing & Analytics
Service Oriented Data Quality
Shared Information Services
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Service-Enabling Legacy Data
LegacySystem
LegacySystem
LegacySystem
Information Services
WorkflowApplicationPortal Reporting &Analysis
NewSystem
IMS Adabas CA-DatacomCA-IDMS VSAMSequential
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Service Oriented Data Warehousing & Analytics
InformationIntegration
Application
Portal
Workflow
ETLServices
Events drive incremental data warehouse updates
DataWarehouse
Data is deliveredto processes andapplications ondemand
AccessServices
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Service Oriented Data Quality
ReferenceData
MatchingService
Standardize MatchReturnMatch
Records
AT&T Inc. 100 North First
Company Table
Location Table
AT&T
AT&T Wireless
100 North 1st. Street
250 Guadalupe Ave
1700 El Camino Real Ave
AT&T 100 North 1st. Street
CIS ID
100
200
100
100
200
CIS ID
CIS 100 Could return multiplecandidates or no match
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Shared Information Services
ApplicationData
UnstructuredContent
Organization A
ApplicationData
UnstructuredContent
Organization B
Information Services
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Getting Started – Service Oriented Modeling & ArchitectureSOA Reference Model : Solution View
Atomic Service Composite Service Registry
Servicesatomic and composite
Operational Systems
Service Components
Consumers
Business ProcessComposition; choreography; business state machines
Service ProviderService C
onsumer
Integration (Enterprise Service Bus)
QoS
Layer (Security, Managem
ent &M
onitoring Infrastructure Services)
Data A
rchitecture (meta-data) &
Business Intelligence
Governance
Channel B2B
PackagedApplication
CustomApplication
OOApplication
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Getting Started: Analyze What You Have
Data-centric analysis of application, database and file-based sources
Secure, detailed profiling of fields, across fields, and across sources
Creation of metadata from profiling results
Results instantly promotable across IBM Information Server
UnderstandAnalyze source data structures, and
monitor adherence to integration and quality rules
IBM WebSphere Information Analyzer
DataAnalysts
Subject Matter Experts
Physical View
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Getting Started: Capture What the Business Needs
Web-based authoring, managing & sharing of business metadata
Aligns the efforts of IT with the goals of the business
Provides business context to information technology assets
Establishes responsibility and accountability
Understand
Subject Matter Experts
Create and manage business vocabulary and relationships, while
linking to physical sources
IBM WebSphere Business Glossary
Business Users
Business View
GL Account Number
The ten digit account number. Sometimes referred to as the account ID. This value is of the form L-FIIIIVVVV.
Database = DB2
Schema = NAACCT
Table = DLYTRANS
Column = ACCT_NO
data type = char(11)
Technical Business
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Automation & Acceleration of Service Creation
IBM Information Server
Data-driven analysis, reporting, monitoring, data
rule and integration specification
Analysts
Business definition &
ontology mapped to
physical data
Subject Matter Experts, Data
Stewards
Simplify integration
Metadata and data-driven
data modeling and
management
Architects
RationalData Architect
IBM WebSphereInformation
Analyzer
IBM WebSphereBusinessGlossary
Increase trust and confidence in information
Increase compliance to standards
Facilitate change management & reuse
Database application and transformation development
ImplementersData Admin
IBM WebSphereDataStage
IBM WebSphereQualityStage
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The IBM Solution: IBM Information ServerDelivering information you can trust
Understand Cleanse Transform Deliver
Parallel ProcessingRich Connectivity to Applications, Data, and Content
IBM Information Server
Discover, model, and govern information
structure and content
Standardize, merge,and correct information
Combine and restructure information
for new uses
Synchronize, virtualizeand move information
for in-line delivery
Unified Deployment
Unified Metadata Management
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Summary
Organizations need to do a better job leveraging their information
Information as a Service allows information to be more accessible, consistent, and flexible
Organizations typically start with:– Service-Enabling Legacy Data
– Service Oriented Data Warehousing & Analytics
– Service Oriented Data Quality
– Shared Information Services
Getting started requires a top down & bottom up approach
IBM Information Server provides all the capabilities needed for success
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