IBM WebSphere Talks Cloud in Series of Cloudcasts

Posted by Margaret Dawson on September 20, 2010

IBM has been making a great deal of noise about its cloud ambitions, and for good reason. While many traditional application and middleware vendors try to figure out the cloud, IBM has been building a steady program across the organization to give customers choice. IBM WebSphere is leading the charge, with initiaitves across business process management (BPM), SOA and integration.

WebSPAN, a joint solution between Hubspan and IBM WebSphere, is one of those cloud proof points that is in the market today and already being used by hundreds of companies. IBM’s recent acquisition, Cast Iron Systems has a cloud-based solution for application integration that is also proven.

If you would like to hear more, you should check out a series of webcasts and podcasts IBM is hosting around the theme of Enabling Cloud Computing with WebSphere - which are appropriately called “Cloudcasts”! The campaign will provide a nice overview of the WebSphere cloud strategy as well as a deep dive into various solutions. You can sign up here.

A list of all the Cloudcasts are below. But be sure to check out the one September 21st featuring WebSpan and Cast Iron on cloud integration. We’ll be joined by IBM cloud guru Mac Devine, who will give an overview of the IBM Cloud Strategy.

1) Deploying applications and application infrastructure into a private cloud: This session provides a deep look at the WebSphere CloudBurst Appliance and the associated set of IBM Hypervisor Edition virtual images. You will learn how to use these solutions to create, deploy, and manage virtualized application environments in your on-premise cloud.

2) Elastic data management in the cloud: Elasticity is important in cloud computing. The concept of elasticity extends to things like server capacity, storage resources, and, of course, data. The session will discuss how both WebSphere eXtreme Scale and the new WebSphere Data Power XC10 Appliance enable elastic data management for your cloud-based application environments.

3) Designing batch applications for the cloud: Because of the inherently temporal nature of many batch applications, they are often a good fit for the cloud. Listen in to hear the WebSphere take on batch applications in the cloud and learn a little about our Java batch container, WebSphere Compute Grid.

4) Dynamic scripting applications for the cloud: Increasingly developers are turning to the combination of cloud computing and dynamic scripting languages (PHP, Groovy, Python, etc.) to deliver situational applications. Learn how you can use WebSphere technologies such as WebSphere sMash and the WebSphere Application Server Feature Pack for Dynamic Scripting to do the same.

5) WebSphere Virtual Enterprise – A deep dive: Learn how to create an autonomic, policy-based application runtime using WebSphere Virtual Enterprise. You will learn how to use this technology to classify, prioritize, and intelligently route application traffic. In addition, you will learn about features that simplify application editioning in the face of constant availability requirements, and hear what you can do to create a self-healing environment.

6) WebSphere Data Power – Application Optimization (AO): Ultimately, cloud computing is about applications. Listen in to this session to hear about the application-oriented capabilities the WebSphere Data Power AO line brings to bear to enable more efficient application runtimes in your cloud environment.

7) Connect the cloud in days using Cast Iron Systems: Many predict hybrid cloud architectures will dominate the cloud landscape in years to come. Hear about how IBM Cast Iron Systems help connect on-premise applications with cloud-based applications using a template-based approach that eliminates the need for coding.

WebSpan Integration as a Service Cloud: Hear about this joint solution from HubSpan and IBM WebSphere that offers hybrid cloud connectivity services in a SaaS model.