If you are involved with any business or institution that currently uses IBM eServer pSeries, RS/6000 servers, or other brands of UNIX servers, then this book is for you. It starts by describing the state of e-business today and IBM's sweeping "on demand" initiative. It will help you look inward at your own enterprise to evaluate your current state of e-business adoption. You will see where IBM is headed in terms of the future of e-business and learn how to take full advantage of their "on demand" strategy in your organization. You will learn how to leverage your existing investment in AIX or UNIX computing infrastructure moving forward. You likely will see yourself somewhere in the "Top Ten Things That Tell You It's Time for a Change." Finally, you will read about the actual experiences of Toyota Australia as they moved down the e-business adoption path. To help you stay current, this book comes with your personal password for accessing the companion Web site which offers up-to-the-minute pSeries news, expanded information, and additional pSeries resources. Book jacket.

Demonstrates tools and techniques for increasing Web site traffic, including overall design, exposure to search engines, newsgroups, e-mail, mailing lists, linking strategies, and online advertising.

Annotation IBM Workplace represents an entire portfolio of IBM products, new and existing, that focuses on increasing people's productivity in a new way. In this book, IBM Software Live! Program Director Douglas Spencer and Senior Lotus Consultant Ron Sebastian start with an introduction to people productivity in the context of IBM's On Demand Business vision. Then the IBM Workplace strategy and products are described. You will see how the underlying componentized software infrastructure of IBM Workplace provides the flexibility businesses need in the emerging on demand world. You will see how many users without traditional desks such as an outbound sales force, factory floor staff, airline pilots, etc. can collaborate with others boosting the productivity of the entire organization, trading partners, and customers. The authors then provide an overview of the key product lines that implement the IBM Workplace vision including IBM Workplace, WebSphere Portal, Lotus Notes and Domino, and WebSphere Everyplace. You will learn how the new IBM Workplace client technology for these products combines the rich user experience of client/server with the cost characteristics of Web-based applications, giving users the best of both worlds. In the final chapter, the authors explore industry-specific people productivity solutions tailored for the needs of specific industries including aerospace, defense, automotive, banking, financial markets, consumer products, electronics, utilities, government, health care, insurance, life sciences, retail, and telecommunications, etc. The Foreword, by IBM Software Group General Manager of Workplace, Portal, and Collaboration Software, Michael D. Rhodin, provides an insider's perspective on the thinking behind IBM Workplace. To help you stay current, this book comes with your personal password for accessing the companion Web site which offers up-to-the-minute IBM Workplace news, More on the Web links, and additional resources.

This MaxFacts Guidebook describes the three components of IBM's new on demand business model so IT professionals can see the big picture and understand how their businesses can benefit. Pros will come away with a new understanding of how to evolve a current computing infrastructure to achieve the flexibility vital to the emerging on demand business world. Provided is an overview of key building-block product lines such as IBM eServer systems, TotalStorage, Infoprint printers, WebSphere, DB2, Tivoli, and Linux.

Covering the functional characteristics of an on demand computing infrastructure, this book describes the IBM software products that can be used to create a computing infrastructure that has these characteristics. Also discussed is how IBM’s on demand strategy can help a business to make more informed purchasing decisions for IBM application software.

Written for decision makers interested in streamlining business processes, implementing e-business solutions, or reducing the complexity of application development, this book helps these users understand how to use the popular XML standard to allow incompatible computer systems to share data. Discussed is the “information chaos” commonly found in today’s businesses and the causes of this problem. The ways in which XML can accelerate integration projects are described and detailed examples of XML-based integration using the XA-Suite family of integration tools are provided. Also covered is when to use and when not to use XML technology, XML standards and tools, building versus buying, and enterprise integration. In addition, issues specific to XAware technology such as designing integration applications, configuration management, system design issues, data migration, and wireless application development are covered in detail.

If you are involved with any business or institution that currently uses IBM eServer iSeries, AS/400 servers, or Windows servers, then this book is for you. It will help you look inward at your own enterprise to evaluate your current state of e-business adoption. You will see where IBM is headed in terms of the future of e-business and learn how to take full advantage of their "on demand" strategy in your organization. You will learn how to leverage your existing investment in OS/400 and Windows computing infrastructure moving forward. You likely will see yourself somewhere in the "Top Ten Things That Tell You It's Time for a Change". Finally, you will read about the actual experiences of National Bancorp as they move down the e-business on demand adoption path. To help you stay current, this book comes with your personal password for accessing the companion Web site which offers up-to-the-minute iSeries news, "More on the Web" links, and additional iSeries resources. Book jacket.