Rational Application Developer’s bigger brother is Software Architect. I’ve been using it for years for all sorts of development and modeling. In v8 of the product, Rational is introducing a new agile sketching feature. This demo shows how the product can help you flesh out general architecture in a non-intimidating, simple format, yet be able … Read more
Web services can be hacked and information exploited against your company. If your organization has made the move towards a services oriented architecture, then security testing of your web services should be part of your repertoire. This YouTube video shows how AppScan can do exactly that with customizable reporting. ©2016 Strongback Consulting
If you are running IHS, there is a much needed fixpack you should install. Several vulnerabilities have been found that allow an attacker to exploit the system or cause a denial of service attack. These vulnerabilities affect the following versions:IBM HTTP Server version 6.0.2IBM HTTP Server version 6.1IBM HTTP Server version 7.0 To correct the … Read more
For those who missed the webinar this morning, I have posted a couple of presentations on SlideShare. Rational Team Concert For IBM System i – Executive Overview V2 View more documents from Strongback Consulting. Since we did not have an available connection to the Sandbox, here is also a scenario demonstrating the usage of RTCi. … Read more
Project Management with IBM Rational Team Concert for System i Join us for a Webinar on September 23 Space is limited.Reserve your Webinar seat now at:https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/730096923 Looking to have your software developer teams to more effectively collaborate in developing and delivering quality software on time & on budget? Join us on Wednesday Sept 23, 2009 … Read more
We will be doing a webinar on Rational Team Concert for System i coming up September 23rd at 11am. In the meantime, here is a video that gives a nice high level over view of RTC. ©2016 Strongback Consulting
IBM Announced XD 6.1.1 last week. This is a refresh pack rather than a fix pack (note the 3rd digit change). You need to be at WAS 6.1.0.25 or 7.0.0.5 before upgrading. The FTP site for the refresh pack CIM is here. New features include: AIX Micro-partitioning uncapped shared processor support enables Virtual Enterprise to … Read more
We had a project recently where we have been updating an existing Java application and moving it from JBoss to WebSphere. Now some of you millennials may start thinking this is a backwards move, but its not. It is not one that I am working on, but rather something my colleagues are. Follow me on … Read more
IBM is announcing at the Rational Software Developer conference, Rational Team Concert, a commercial product built on the Jazz project. While this has been buzzing around the Java community since it was demoed at JavaOne last year in 2005. The goal of this project is to be to team collaboration what Eclipse has been to … Read more