This article was written based on IBM WebSphere Portal (hereafter called “Portal”) 7, and the portlet was tested on Portal 7 Fix Pack 2. It will be useful for Portal implementers who need to customize Portal 7 features, using an API or Service Provider Interface (SPI) to suit customer requirements, including customizing menu displays, portlets display on a page, user registration and the user management module. To get the most from this article, you should have basic understanding of Portal configuration and JavaTM Portlet Specification (JSR) portlet development.

The Modern Batch feature for IBM WebSphere Application Server provides a robust Java batch programming model that enables the integration of online and batch processing within an architected framework across multiple platforms. This series describes the programming models that the Modern Batch feature provides and demonstrates the new functionality provided in IBM Rational Application Developer V8.0 that greatly simplifies the development of batch applications and the associated xJCL required for job submission. Part 1 introduced Modern Batch and showed a sample implementation for the...

This IBM® Redpaper™ publication provides performance tuning tips and best practices for IBM Business Process Manager (BPM) V7.5 (all editions) and IBM Business Monitor V7.5. These products represent an integrated development and runtime environment based on a key set of service-oriented architecture (SOA) and business process management technologies. Such technologies include Service Component Architecture (SCA), Service Data Object (SDO), Business Process Execution Language for Web services (BPEL), and Business Processing Modeling Notation (BPMN).