IBM United States Announcement , dated June 24, 2008

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1 IBM United States Announcement , dated June 24, 2008 IBM WebSphere Business Monitor V6.1.2 expands access to process information from a wider array of sources to help business users make smarter decisions Key prerequisites...2 Description...2 Reference information... 4 Education support...4 Offering Information...4 Publications... 4 Technical information...4 Ordering information...7 Terms and conditions... 8 Prices...10 Order now...10 At a glance IBM WebSphere Business Monitor V6.1.2 enhancements: Access to business activity monitoring (BAM) dashboards through mobile devices increases responsiveness to changing business situations Expanded reach of BAM to receive process and activity information from a broader range of sources enables business users to obtain a more complete view of their enterprise and leverage their existing investments Collaborating on dashboard design accelerates the deployment of monitoring solutions Enhanced dashboard experience increases business user productivity Ability for business users to modify business rules enables faster response to changing business conditions Graphical debugging of monitoring models improves IT developer productivity and enables rapid development of monitoring solutions Improved lifecycle management of monitoring models increases the reuse of the models and improves developer productivity For ordering, contact: Your IBM representative or the Americas Call Centers at 800-IBM-CALL Reference: YE001 Overview IBM WebSphere Business Monitor is comprehensive business activity monitoring (BAM) software that provides a real-time view of your business processes and operations. It contains personalized business dashboards that calculate and display key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics derived from business processes, business activity data, and business events from a wide range of information sources. This gives business users immediate actionable insight into their business operations to mitigate problems or take immediate advantage of opportunities, resulting in cost savings and increased revenues. WebSphere Business Monitor provides a comprehensive view of the business by collecting data from a wide variety of sources. These data sources include: IBM Business Process Management (BPM) and Connectivity portfolio: WebSphere Process Server, IBM FileNet P8 Business Process Manager, WebSphere MQ Workflow, WebSphere Business Services Fabric, WebSphere Business Events, WebSphere Message IBM United States Announcement IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 1

2 Broker, WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus, and WebSphere DataPower Integration Appliance XI50. By using WebSphere Adapters and IBM Connectivity products, events and data from third-party applications, such as enterprise resource planning (ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM) applications. Events from legacy applications through the IBM Connectivity portfolio. Rich analytics provide business users with additional insight into the business operations and processes to make better, more informed decisions based on historical and trending data. Tight integration with the IBM BPM suite of products enables you to rapidly improve critical business processes. Enhancements in V6.1.2 help you access an expanded source of business process information using enhanced business dashboards. These new features improve the dashboard experience and dramatically enhance the ease of use for designing and deploying monitoring solutions. New capabilities in V6.1.2 include: Accessing information from wherever you are Dashboards on mobile devices, such as a Blackberry, help business users stay abreast of the real-time data for actionable insights from wherever they are located. Extending the reach of BAM View information from a broader range of process data sources on the business dashboards. Improving support for business users and business analysts Ease of use and the ability to collaborate on dashboard design simplifies development and deployment of monitoring solutions. Accelerating time to value Ability to graphically debug and manage monitoring models speeds development of monitoring solutions. Expanding platform support WebSphere Business Monitor server now runs on Linux on System z. Key prerequisites Supported operating systems: AIX V5.2 or V5.3 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Microsoft Windows XP and Vista (for development only) Linux for x86 Systems Linux for System z HP-UX Itanium 11i V3 and V2 Sun Solaris 9 or 10 Refer to the Software requirements section for additional information. Planned availability dates June 27, 2008: Electronic distribution U.S. English and national languages July 18, 2008: Media packs U.S. English and national languages Description Expanding access for business users IBM WebSphere Business Monitor can now provide business activity monitoring (BAM) dashboards on mobile devices, such as a Blackberry, so business users have access to operational data where and when they work, allowing them to take immediate action on this data. IBM United States Announcement IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 2

3 Extend the reach of BAM Monitor events from WebSphere Message Broker: WebSphere Business Monitor will be able to monitor WebSphere Message Broker run times. Receiving events from WebSphere Message Broker will enable you to leverage your investments in WebSphere Message Broker to help provide real-time visibility into your business processes and operations. Monitor events from WebSphere Business Services Fabric: WebSphere Business Monitor can now receive events from WebSphere Business Services Fabric, offering additional visibility into dynamic process execution on the WebSphere Business Services Fabric run time. Monitor events from WebSphere Business Events: WebSphere Business Events detects business situations using the Business Event Processing technology. These situations can be sent as alerts and events to WebSphere Business Monitor. WebSphere Business Events provides earlier insight and detection of business situations by correlating and detecting patterns in the stream of business events. WebSphere Business Monitor, in combination with WebSphere Business Events, will be able to provide more comprehensive insight and analysis to business users based on these additional business event streams of data. Enhanced support for business users and business analysts Users can now collaborate on dashboard design through enhancements to WebSphere Business Modeler Publishing Server Users are able to upload static images of dashboard designs enabling business analysts and IT developers to collaborate and make quick iterations on the dashboard design. WebSphere Business Monitor provides the ability for business users to change business relevant rules This enhancement will allow business users to modify the business rules parameters directly from within their monitoring environment when WebSphere Business Monitor is used in conjunction with WebSphere Process Server. This feature allows business users to respond very rapidly to changing business conditions. Enhanced dashboard experience New features, such as the ability to switch visualization types directly from the dashboard, an increased choice of color palettes, and new visualizations types, improve the dashboard experience for the business users. These features help business users benefit from greater productivity and will require minimal involvement of IT to set up. Accelerates time to value Graphical debugging of monitor models WebSphere Business Monitor introduces a number of innovations to enable you to reduce the time to deploy monitoring solutions, resulting in faster return on investment. Monitoring models can now be debugged using graphical means. With the debugger, an IT developer can step through the execution of monitor logic when an event arrives, set breakpoints, examine the values of event fields, and the effect on metrics. The debugger provides a graphical representation of all elements in a monitor model, such as metrics, triggers, stopwatches, and counters, as well as the sequence of steps that will be executed as events are being consumed. This enables developers to quickly identify problems in the monitoring models, reducing the time to develop new monitoring solutions. Lifecycle management of monitoring models The Monitor Model Editor leverages the Rational Asset Manager so that monitoring models may be published to this best-in-class asset repository. Integration with Rational Asset Manager will enable users to manage a large number of monitoring models, along with their other BPM assets through the BPM lifecycle. Users have the ability to browse assets in a structured view that is tailored to the monitoring model. Similarly, users may be able to import assets from the repository into the Monitor Model Editor. This feature helps users manage their monitoring models, perform impact analysis, and track usage to accelerate the development and deployment of monitoring solutions. Accessibility by people with disabilities A U.S. Section 508 Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) containing details on accessibility compliance can be requested at IBM United States Announcement IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 3

4 Reference information Refer to IBM WebSphere Modeler and Modeler Publishing Server V6.1.2, Software Announcement , dated June 24, 2008, and IBM WebSphere Dynamic Process Edition V6.1.2, Software Announcement , dated June 24, Trademarks System z is a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States or other countries or both. WebSphere, AIX, and Rational are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States or other countries or both. Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United States, other countries or both. Other company, product, and service names may be trademarks or service marks of others. Education support IBM training provides education to support many IBM offerings. Descriptions of courses for IT professionals and managers are on the IBM training Web site Call IBM training at 800-IBM-TEACH ( ) for catalogs, schedules, and enrollments. Offering Information Product information is available via the Offering Information Web site Also, visit the Passport Advantage Web site Publications WebSphere Business Monitor V6.1.2 documentation is shipped in an information center, available as a downloadable image or on the product CD. You can install a local copy of the information center using the WebSphere Business Monitor installation program. WebSphere Business Monitor documentation is also available at n/wbimonitor/library/documentation.html Technical information Specified operating environment Hardware requirements: For information on the hardware requirements for WebSphere Business Monitor, visit gration/wbimonitor/requirements/ IBM United States Announcement IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 4

5 Software requirements: WebSphere Business Monitor V6.1.2 supports the following platforms and software: Operating systems: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9.0 or 10.0 (on Intel x86) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9.0 or 10.0 (on IBM System z ) HP-UX Itanium 11i V2 and V3 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition SP1 or Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition SP1 Microsoft Windows XP and Vista (for development only) AIX V5.2 or V5.3 Sun Solaris 9 or 10 Databases for use by WebSphere Business Monitor server: DB2 Enterprise Server Edition V8.2, V9.1, or V9.5 DB2 for z/os V8 Oracle 10g Standard and Enterprise Release Embedded Derby 10.1 (for development only) Other optional software: WebSphere Portal Server Enable V DB2 Alphablox V9.5 WebSphere Integration Developer V6.1 IBM Rational Application Developer V7.0 For additional information on the software requirements for WebSphere Business Monitor, visit gration/wbimonitor/requirements/ The program's specifications and specified operating environment information may be found in documentation accompanying the program, if available, such as a README file, or other information published by IBM, such as an announcement letter. Documentation and other program content may be supplied only in the English language. Planning information Direct customer support: Direct customer support is provided by IBM Operational Support Services SoftwareXcel. This fee service enhances your productivity by providing voice and electronic access into the IBM support organization. IBM Operational Support Services SoftwareXcel helps answer questions pertaining to usage and suspected software defects for eligible products. Installation and technical support is provided by Global Services. For more information call 800-IBM-4YOU ( ). For technical support or assistance, contact your IBM representative or visit Packaging: WebSphere Business Monitor V6.1.2 is distributed via electronic download and a single physical media pack consisting of multiple DVDs and CD-ROMs. This program, when downloaded from a Web site, contains the applicable IBM license IBM United States Announcement IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 5

6 agreement, and License Information, if appropriate, and will be presented for acceptance at the time of installation of the program. For future reference, the license and License Information will be stored in a directory such as LICENSE.TXT. Software Services IBM Software Services for WebSphere has the breadth, depth, and reach to manage your services needs. You can leverage the deep technical skills of our lab-based, software services team and the business consulting, project management, and infrastructure expertise of our IBM Global Business Services team. Also, we extend our IBM Software Services reach through IBM Business Partners to provide an extensive portfolio of capabilities. Together, we provide the global reach, intellectual capital, industry insight, and technology leadership to support a wide range of critical business needs. IBM Software Services for WebSphere is adept at building effective teams consisting of your staff and IBM Global Business Services personnel, or with a global systems integrator of your choice to support the successful deployment of WebSphere Business Monitor. IBM Software Services for WebSphere brings product, technology, and best-practices expertise that can make any implementation team more effective. As specialists in WebSphere products, IBM has the collective experience of hundreds of live customer implementations and hundreds of consultants globally to help ensure success. IBM Software Services for WebSphere professionals complement the project delivery team by providing deep insight into product technology and architecture as well as linkages back to the software development organization. ISSW services offerings are tailored to your individual needs, with services that range from a full outsourced deployment to focused specialist services packages that enable a project team or client to address specific challenges. IBM Software Services for WebSphere can also assist you with upgrading from earlier versions of WebSphere products. Any migration of applications involves proper planning, estimation, and timed execution. IBM Software Services for WebSphere can assist by precisely assessing and evaluating your existing infrastructure and support system. IBM Software Services for WebSphere has extensive, proven experience in successful product migrations. Our IBM Software Services for WebSphere consultants: Are missioned to help make WebSphere products successful. Minimize your migration risks. We've harnessed years of field experiences into a migration services program to you successfully migrate your applications. Provide extensive technical skills on WebSphere and WebSphere process integration products. Bring tried-and-true best practices expertise to every engagement. Packaged and custom service offerings are available, including specific pre-defined services offerings to get you off to a running start with WebSphere process integration products. IBM Software Services for WebSphere Migration Assessment Services Offering Do you need to migrate from WebSphere Business Integration Monitor V4.2.4 (Monitor V4.24) to WebSphere Business Monitor V6.1.2 (Monitor V6.1.2)? Engage the experts. Skilled IBM Software Services for WebSphere consultants can assist you in successfully planning your Monitor V4.24 to Monitor V6.1.2 migration with the Migration Assessment Services Offering. IBM Software Services for WebSphere consultants will host a workshop which will assess your current Monitor V4.24 environment and provide guidance on the best approach for migrating to Monitor V For more details, contact your IBM Software Services for WebSphere Services Sales Representative. Visit the Web sites below to learn more about IBM Software Services for WebSphere capabilities, and how to contact your IBM Software Services for WebSphere sales specialist for specific information about services offerings for WebSphere process integration products. For more information, visit ebsphere/services/services.html#wbi Your ISSW sales specialist may be found at eveloper/services/contacts.html IBM United States Announcement IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 6

7 To learn more about IBM Software Services or to contact a Software Services sales specialist, visit Ordering information This product is only available via Passport Advantage. It is not available as shrinkwrap. Product group: WebSphere Product Identifier Description PID IBM WebSphere Business Monitor 5724-M24 Product category: Application Integration Middleware Other Charge metric PID Charge unit Program name number description IBM WebSphere Business Monitor 5724-M24 Processor Value Unit (PVU) Value Unit: A Value Unit is a pricing charge metric for program license entitlements which is based upon the quantity of a specific designated measurement used for a given program. Each program has a designated measurement. The most commonly used designated measurement is a processor core. However, for select programs, there are other designated measurements such as users or resources which may include servers, client devices, and messages. The number of Value Unit entitlements required for a program depends on how the program is deployed in your environment and must be obtained from a Value Unit table. You must obtain a PoE for the calculated number of Value Unit entitlements for your implementation. The Value Unit entitlements are specific to a program and may not be exchanged, interchanged, or aggregated with Value Unit entitlements of another program. The programs in this announcement all have Value Unit-Based pricing. Passport Advantage Program name/description WebSphere Business Monitor V6.1.2 License + SW maintenance 12 months WebSphere Business Monitor V6.1.2 Annual SW maintenance renewal 12 months WebSphere Business Monitor V6.1.2 SW maintenance reinstatement 12 months Program name/description WebSphere Business Monitor V6.1.2 for Linux on System z License + SW maintenance 12 months WebSphere Business Monitor V6.1.2 for Linux on System z Annual SW maintenance renewal 12 months WebSphere Business Monitor V6.1.2 for Linux on System z Part number D56KQLL E029TLL D56KULL Part number D04MBLL E055LLL D04MCLL IBM United States Announcement IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 7

8 SW maintenance reinstatement 12 months Program name/description WebSphere Business Monitor V6.1.2 for System z License + SW maintenance 12 months WebSphere Business Monitor V6.1.2 for System z Annual SW maintenance renewal 12 months Part number D60QNLL E03NSLL WebSphere Business Monitor V6.1.2 for System z SW maintenance reinstatement 12 months D60QPLL For ordering information, refer to Software Announcement , dated October 10, 2006, and to Software Announcement , dated March 27, Passport Advantage customer: Media pack entitlement details Customers with active maintenance for the products listed are entitled to receive the corresponding media packs. Media packs description IBM WebSphere Business Monitor V6.1.2 English US and Multilingual Part number AF0BPML Terms and conditions The information provided in this announcement letter is for reference and convenience purposes only. The terms and conditions that govern any transaction with IBM are contained in the applicable contract documents such as the IBM International Program License Agreement, IBM International Passport Advantage Agreement, and the IBM Agreement for Acquisition of Software Maintenance. This product is only available via Passport Advantage. It is not available as shrinkwrap. Licensing: IBM International Program License Agreement including the License Information document and Proof of Entitlement (PoE) govern your use of the program. PoEs are required for all authorized use. Part number products only, offered outside of Passport Advantage, where applicable, are license only and do not include Software Maintenance. License Information form number WebSphere Business Monitor V6.1.2: L-DJEN-7DPNZG The program's License Information will be available for review on the IBM Software License Agreement Web site Limited warranty applies: Yes Limited warranty: IBM warrants that when the program is used in the specified operating environment, it will conform to its specifications. The warranty applies only to the unmodified portion of the program. IBM does not warrant uninterrupted or error-free operation of the program or that IBM will correct all program defects. You are responsible for the results obtained from the use of the program. IBM provides you with access to IBM databases containing information on known program defects, defect corrections, restrictions, and bypasses at no additional charge. For further information, consult the IBM Software Support Handbook found at IBM United States Announcement IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 8

9 IBM will maintain this information for at least one year after the original licensee acquires the program (warranty period). Program technical support: Technical support of a program product will be available for a minimum of five years from the general availability date, as long as your Software Maintenance is in effect. This technical support allows you to obtain assistance (via telephone or electronic means) from IBM for product-specific, task-oriented questions regarding the installation and operation of the program product. Software Maintenance also provides you with access to updates, releases, and versions of the program. You will be notified, via announcement letter, of discontinuance of support with 12 months' notice. If you require additional technical support from IBM, including an extension of support beyond the discontinuance date, contact your IBM representative or IBM Business Partner. This extension may be available for a fee. Money-back guarantee: If for any reason you are dissatisfied with the program and you are the original licensee, you may obtain a refund of the amount you paid for it, if within 30 days of your invoice date you return the program and its PoE to the party from whom you obtained it. If you downloaded the program, you may contact the party from whom you acquired it for instructions on how to obtain the refund. For clarification, note that (1) for programs acquired under the IBM International Passport Advantage offering, this term applies only to your first acquisition of the program and (2) for programs acquired under any of IBM's On/Off Capacity on Demand (On/Off CoD) software offerings, this term does not apply since these offerings apply to programs already acquired and in use by you. Authorization for use on home/portable computer: You may not copy and use this program on another computer without paying additional license fees. Other terms Volume orders (IVO): No IBM International Passport Advantage Agreement Passport Advantage applies: Yes, and through the Passport Advantage Web site at Usage restriction: Yes For information, refer to the License Information document that is available on the IBM Software License Agreement Web site Software Maintenance applies: Yes. Software Maintenance is included with licenses purchased through Passport Advantage and Passport Advantage Express. Product upgrades and Technical Support are provided by the Software Maintenance offering as described in the Agreements. Product upgrades provide the latest versions and releases to entitled software and Technical Support provides voice and electronic access to IBM support organizations, worldwide. IBM includes one year of Software Maintenance with each program license acquired. The initial period of Software Maintenance can be extended by the purchase of a renewal option, if available. While your Software Maintenance is in effect, IBM provides you assistance for your routine, short duration installation and usage (how-to) questions, and code-related questions. IBM provides assistance via telephone and, if available, electronic access, only to your information systems (IS) technical support personnel during the normal business hours (published prime shift hours) of your IBM support center. (This assistance is not available to your end users.) IBM provides Severity 1 assistance 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. For additional details, consult your IBM Software Support Handbook at Software Maintenance does not include assistance for the design and development of applications, your use of programs in other than their specified operating environment, or failures IBM United States Announcement IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 9

10 caused by products for which IBM is not responsible under the applicable agreements. For additional information about the International Passport Advantage Agreement and the IBM International Passport Advantage Express Agreement, visit the Passport Advantage Web site at IBM Operational Support Services SoftwareXcel: No Other support: Passport Advantage System i Software Maintenance applies: No Variable charges apply: No Educational allowance available: Not applicable. Prices Passport Advantage For Passport Advantage information and charges, contact your IBM representative or authorized IBM Business Partner. Additional information is also available on the following Passport Advantage Web site Business Partner information If you are an IBM Business Partner Distributor for Workstation Software acquiring products from IBM, you may link to Passport Advantage Online for resellers where you can obtain Business Partner pricing information. An IBM ID and password are required. obuy/passportadvantage/paoreseller IBM Global Financing IBM Global Financing offers competitive financing to credit-qualified customers to assist them in acquiring IT solutions. Offerings include financing for IT acquisition, including hardware, software, and services, from both IBM and other manufacturers or vendors. Offerings (for all customer segments: small, medium, and large enterprise), rates, terms, and availability can vary by country. Contact your local IBM Global Financing organization or visit IBM Global Financing offerings are provided through IBM Credit LLC in the United States, and other IBM subsidiaries and divisions worldwide to qualified commercial and government customers. Rates are based on a customer's credit rating, financing terms, offering type, equipment type, and options, and may vary by country. Other restrictions may apply. Rates and offerings are subject to change, extension, or withdrawal without notice. For more financing information, visit Order now To order, contact the Americas Call Centers or your local IBM representative. To identify your local IBM representative, call 800-IBM-4YOU ( ). Phone: 800-IBM-CALL ( ) Fax: 800-2IBM-FAX ( ) IBM United States Announcement IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 10

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