The IBM On Demand Operating Environment is built upon 13 capabilities -- including business modeling, application and information integration, policy-based orchestration, resource virtualization, and others -- which together bring integration and infrastructure management to your IT solutions. The On Demand Operating Environment draws on many different domains to create an open standards-based architecture for development including:
Getting started applying such complex concepts to your enterprise can be difficult. In an effort to help you get a running start, we offer the following articles:
"Boost flexibility and simplity IT" (developerWorks, August 2004): Our experts explain the benefits of the On Demand Operating Environment model and why it is crucial in helping businesses achieve their IT goals.
"On Demand Operating Environment standards" (developerWorks, February 2005): Learn about the different layers and components that constitute the IBM On Demand Operating Environment, including how they relate to each other and how the operating environment builds on open standards for an increased business value proposition.
We've also just launched a series of best practices articles, designed to ensure an efficient application of an On Demand Operating Environment in your enterprise. We keep this list current, so check back frequently to read the remainder of this series:
"Architecting on demand solutions, Part 5: Use BPEL and the Common Event Infrastructure" (developerWorks, January 2005): Learn how Business Process Execution Language for Web services (BPEL4WS) processes can send events to communicate information about those processes. Using two approaches, you also find out how process status, activity status, and business-specific data can be encapsulated in an event object and how those events can be consumed programmatically.
