About this release

IBM® WebSphere® Business Monitor, Version 6.0 software helps to provide the feedback and analysis you need to improve and optimize your business processes. You can monitor business processes in real time, using management dashboards. You can receive reports that show you critical information in a format that suits your needs.

With WebSphere Business Monitor you can: Tight integration with software across the WebSphere portfolio

WebSphere Business Monitor enables you to monitor the runtime behavior of business processes through a Web application deployed on IBM WebSphere Process Server, Version 6.0. WebSphere Business Monitor receives and processes events in the Common Base Event (CBE) format, a standards-based format that is included as part of WebSphere Process Server. WebSphere Business Monitor also uses the Common Event Infrastructure (CEI) support provided by WebSphere Process Server to send and receive events.

WebSphere Business Monitor dashboard components integrate with WebSphere Portal to provide a predefined set of configurable views that are implemented using portlets.

Monitor business processes across your organization

Data monitoring is based on a business measures model that includes entries designed to correlate runtime events with a specific instance, as well as entries designed to specify situations. WebSphere Business Monitor obtains the business measures model from the original business model by editing entries that are essential for monitoring purposes, including correlation of events, map calculations, and detecting situations. You can edit the model using the Business Measures editor. The Adaptive Action Manager receives situation information from the Monitor Server and takes appropriate actions for a given situation. These actions can be sending e-mail and dashboard alerts, instituting corrective actions in the process server, and invoking Web services. The Monitor Server manages KPIs and metrics, along with other relevant information from the business measures model that you define through WebSphere Business Modeler. It also provides event correlation and situation detection that trigger the Adaptive Action Manager.

Delivering on the SOA promise

Business processes have life cycles that are driven by business goals and implemented by IT. As a result, you have to align IT processes that span your entire organization with your business goals. The IT infrastructure often comprises a wide range of applications and technologies—each designed to address specific business and IT challenges. Service oriented architecture (SOA) and composite-application development help you to solve this problem by using existing IT resources as services that you can rapidly assemble to create business-process flows. The strength of an SOA depends on the extent to which it can help you use your existing IT infrastructure to meet your business objectives. An effective SOA should: Together with IBM WebSphere Process Server, IBM WebSphere Integration Developer, IBM Rational® Application Developer, and IBM WebSphere Business Modeler, IBM WebSphere Business Monitor, delivers a comprehensive SOA offering that completes the life cycle of business processes.

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