IBM WebSphere Business Integration Collaborations for Telecommunications Version 1.0
IBM WebSphere Business Integration Collaborations Version 4.5

Release notes

These release notes contain the following sections:

About this release

WebSphere Business Integration Collaborations for Telecommunications consists of industry-specific business process templates, a portfolio of adapters to leading industry applications, and an integration hub.

The following adapters have been developed for the telecommunications industry:

IBM WebSphere Business Integration Adapter for Spirent Applications

Version 2.4 of the adapter supports the following platforms and applications:

For installation and configuration information specific to this adapter, and for other information on this adapter, refer to Adapter for Spirent Applications.

IBM WebSphere Business Integration Adapter for NightFire Applications

Version 2.4 of the adapter supports the following platforms and applications:

For installation and configuration information specific to this adapter, and for other information on this adapter, refer to Adapter for NightFire Applications.

General information on installing, configuring and starting the adapters

Whether you are installing the adapter software from the CD or downloading it from Passport Advantage and installing it from a local directory, refer to the appropriate guide below.

The adapters for NightFire Application requires VisiBroker to communicate with the application. You must install the adapters on a system on which Visibroker has been installed.

When the adapter installer for NightFire displays the dialog box to input the "IBM WebSphere InterChange Server Name", do not enter any data. Because the adapter does not support InterChange Server, click Next and proceed to the next step.

If the integration broker you are using is WebSphere MQ Integrator Broker, see the installation instructions in Adapter for WebSphere MQ Workflow User Guide.

If the integration broker you are using is WebSphere MQ Integrator Broker or WebSphere Application Server, see the appropriate adapter configuration instructions in the WebSphere Business Integration documentation.

Windows environment:

Unix environment:

Reorganization of collaboration groupings

With this release, IBM is simplifying and streamlining its portfolio of collaborations. For existing customers, IBM WebSphere Business Integration Collaborations Version 4.5 offers continuity in the packaging of collaborations for the telecommunications industry. At the same time, IBM is consolidating existing collaborations into functional solutions so that customers will be better able to solve a particular business integration problem by selecting a group of industry-specific or cross-industry collaborations that address that problem. IBM WebSphere Business Integration Collaborations for Telecommunications Version 1.0 reflects this reorganization.

Installing the software

If you are installing the Adapter for Spirent Applications, the latest patch for the adapter must to be installed to use the InterChange Server.

Installing the solution using Electronic Software Distribution

If you are installing this solution using Electronic Software Distribution (ESD), you must perform the installation according to the instructions contained in the solution's Installation Guide.

Before following the installation procedure, make sure you have downloaded the software you want to install from Passport Advantage. Refer to Passport Advantage for those downloading instructions.

Installing the solution from the product CD

If you are installing this solution from the product CD, you must first select the appropriate industry solution components using the CD installation procedure, and then complete the solution installation by following the instructions in the solution Installation Guide.

Important: The root directory that is referred to in the solution Installation Guide is the same root directory that is used during the product CD installation procedure. The default root directory is \IBM\WebSphereICS.

Samples documentation

For information on sample maps and application-specific business objects, refer to the IBM WebSphere Business Integration Collaborations Support site at http://www.ibm.com/software/integration/wbicollaborations/support.

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