Why Migrate to WebSphere Commerce 7.0?

Are you still using WebSphere Commerce 6.0? If yes, then let me break this news for you that effective from this year, the support for IBM WebSphere Commerce 6.0 is expected to end after which you won't be able to call IBM technical support for any problems and issues regarding WCS6.

The quicker the better you must upgrade to the WebSphere Commerce 7.0. The migration from WCS 6 to WCS 7 requires time and resources but the investment is really worth it. 
Also you will also be able to host powerful new features and enhancements to improve your website performance and user experience with:
  • Easy navigation for your customers using Web2.0 technologies
  • Increase in customer confidence through Social commerce and mobile commerce
  • High Customer retention rate through improved Marketing components
  • Improvement in performance using 64-bit commerce server

How does Migration work?


Every organization is different from one another and hence has different necessities, challenges, and methods for running their business. Usually there are a set of performances to carry out before the migration which assist us through the way. Migration generally relies on a set of things which have to be taken care of.
First is the total size of the WebSphere Commerce site to be migrated. The larger the site is, the more work and attempt is to be made. Same is the case with the effort on the customization/creation of the site. And last is the stratum of incorporation with third-party systems.

Phases of Successful Migration
Phase 1: Assessment:
The first step is to carefully assess the system that is to be converted to the WCS7 system. After the assessment has been performed, the data is migrated within the WCS5 system will be converted over to WCS7.
Phase 2: Development:
This phase is the longest phase in the whole migration process. The list of features collected in the previous phase would be converted to Java commands.
Phase 3: Testing:
In this phase the whole program is checked with the aim to provide a flawless product and to avoid the small errors that are created while migratingThis performs a full regression test with the migrated database after Migrating WebSphere Commerce database and WebSphere Commerce application.
Phase 4: Integration:
The integration process consists of small procedures that contain database backups during particular phases of migration to ensure the installed constituents are functioning and responding to the system.

Need help with Migration without any hassles and problems? Our company Royal Cyber has an entire team dedicated to provide you with the full support and help throughout any phase of migration to make it easier and worth your time and money. Call me at  +1.630.355.6292 for any help.

What’s New in Business Process Manager v8?

IBM has announced that it is releasing a newer version of Business Process Manager v8 at IBM Impact 2012 in Las Vegas, NV that comes with IBM Operational Decision Management v8 for turbo changed collaboration.

 IBM has the broadest Process Portfolio products in the planet with 20 different kinds of Process Products integrated into one single offering, delivering over 300 capabilities and more than 700 people working in Research & Development across the portfolio.

Below are the highlighted key points of the newer IBM BPM V8:

IBM Operational Decision Management V8 
The new IBM Business Process Manager v8 comes with IBM Operational Decision Management that combines business rules and events management to automate and govern a wide range of operational decisions. The V8 of Operational Decision Management comes with a newly redesigned interface that is more user-friendly and provides a seamless experience.

Server Upgrade
The new BPM (Business Process Manager) V8 requires WAS (WebSphere Application Server) V8 which now has a lighter footprint and really ushers IBM to takeover space from JBOSS.

iOS Application
The new IBM BPM V8 application is now also available on Apples iTunes store for download and use with iPhone and iPad with expanded REST/JSON API for mobile application development. This way Process Applications are available to Process Participants on the go.

Integration with Tivoli Identity Manager in Process 
Phill Gilbert, VP IBM has also announced that BPM integration with Tivoli Identity Manager is in process that will ease the creation, modification, and termination of user privileges throughout the entire user lifecycle.

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Author Bio
Zeeshan Valliani joins Royal Cyber Inc as a leading consultant in marketing. He has vast experience with IBM WebSphere Application Server, WebSphere Commerce, Java, XML, JavaScript and HTML. Prior to joining Royal Cyber, Zeeshan was a senior consultant for Reliable Accounting Solutions, where he led corporate business development and new client systems. He managed a diverse project portfolio, including market analysis studies, technical writing, product feasibility profiles, and customer satisfaction measurement. Zeeshan is currently pursuing his MBA degree from Institute of Business Management and holds a Master of Arts in Economics degree. He is fluent in several Asian-Indian languages and is an active member of IBM DeveloperWorks. .

Freedom to Achieve Your Application Potential: IBM Impact Day 3 General Session


It was another fun filled day 3 in Las Vegas NV at IBM Impact. The general session began at 8:30am Pacific time and the host of the show was Don McMillan who holds a diversified portfolio, he is technology comedian and engineer who engages the audience by telling them about IT terms in the funniest way.

He then invited Rod Smith, VP Emerging technologies at IBM to talk about the next wave of computing and how it’s changing the way we live and work. Smith said that Emerging technologies are enabling new types of applications for multiple channels including mobile, social and cloud. He mentioned that in IBM alone there are 12000 employees using mobile to access different applications
“Every month people send one billion tweets and post 30 billion messages on Facebook. Mobile Application have become fluid and can be adjusted to user context based on device, time and location” said Smith emphasizing on faster applications development saying time to value is the key factor.

Professor John Taplin from University of South California came next on stage and talked about his team collaboration with IBM and LA times. He mentioned Arab Upspring and how an Egyptian student used IBM software to find which words are being tweeted.

Jane Mcgonial, technology expert talked about her research on gaming and its huge impact on our lives. She said that there are over 1 billion gamers on the planet playing at least one hour every day. Mcgonial also shared part of her research saying that games have positive impact on children battling cancers. She also engages participants in multi player thumb wrestling game which broke the record with 8000 participants.

Breth Smith, VP IBM talk about new era of messaging. Smith said that phones have become personal ids and would soon become corporate ids that would tell us where we are and that one device will soon become everything. She emphasized on need for a collaborative lifecycle for faster response time which she says require new processes and business models for a new era.

Jerry Cuomo, CTO Websphere then came on stage to show the principles of SOA and its new capabilities. He mentioned the case of Acme Airlines and how did they have collaborated with IBM for extending APIs to developers and expand mobile apps to be engaging.

Breth Smith VP IBM then made announcements about the latest versions of DataPower, MQ and WAS 8.5. She said that DataPower new version offers extended security exercises over the enterprise level and that the latest version of MQ provides managed file transfer and advanced messaging security. The new WAS 8.5 has built in application management capabilities including, intelligent routing and dynamic clustering. She also said that IBM is 16% faster than Oracle in equivalent hardware.

Kevin Steele, Senior Director Technology at Cars.com introduced his company starting with a short documentary. He said that his company employs 1000 people nationwide including 140 IT professionals. Steele said that his company was facing frequent outages and issues regarding system monitoring capabilities and hence they worked with IBM. Omnibus solution helped Cars.com get data from logs and fix system performance management tools. IBM technology enabled his company to improve scalability, speed and reliability.

In the end IBM Fellow and CTO Jerry Cuomo invited other presenters to play a virtual game with their handheld devices. Later on Don McMillan ended the session with announcements about the coming impact sessions.

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Author Bio
Zeeshan Valliani joins Royal Cyber Inc as a leading consultant in marketing. He has vast experience with IBM WebSphere Application Server, WebSphere Commerce, Java, XML, JavaScript and HTML. Prior to joining Royal Cyber, Zeeshan was a senior consultant for Reliable Accounting Solutions, where he led corporate business development and new client systems. He managed a diverse project portfolio, including market analysis studies, technical writing, product feasibility profiles, and customer satisfaction measurement. Zeeshan is currently pursuing his MBA degree from Institute of Business Management and holds a Master of Arts in Economics degree. He is fluent in several Asian-Indian languages and is an active member of IBM DeveloperWorks.

Engage, Extend, and Succeed: IBM Impact Day 2 General Session


It was a fun filled day two at IBM Impact 2012 general session here in Las Vegas. The show began at 8:30am Pacific time, the host of the show was Katie Linendoll who is an Emmy award winning tech expert, Tech show host at Spike TV and a regular CNN guest commentator.

She began the show with a brief documentary and later introduced Mr. Johan Gerber Senior Business Leader of Fraud Management Solutions for MasterCard Worldwide. Johan told the audience about his company and said that MasterCard does not actually issue the cards but they are a technology company providing network link to consumers, businesses and card issuers. They provided powerful endorsement to IBM saying that they have implemented IBM Decision Management and message handling platform within their network for fraud detection.  

Gerber left the stage with an innovative video about the future of shopping.

The second speaker of the session was Steve Mills who focused on transaction processing and said that IBM has a long history in managing transactions, helping corporation worldwide manage structure and execution of transactions in complex environments. He also provided the examples of Marriott Hotel, China Mobile and Sprint who are using IBM platform for faster delivery.

Steve also introduced the audience to IBM Websphere Transaction Cluster Facility v1.1 with scalable transaction processing capabilities built keeping in view the criticalities of millions of transactions that occurs every day. Steve also called this server facility as nothing else like it in the world today.

Steve said that IBM continues to invest in its transaction processing capabilities so companies can take gains of modularity and agility of SOA. He also sees a meticulous focus on integrating mobile, big data and in-line analytics to the cloud deployment and social media. In the end of his speech he announced Ace Award Program winners and thanked customers, business partners and the audience for their business.

Katie Linendoll introduced the next story, The Ottawa Hospital where they have implemented mobility with iPad devices and unifying processes in health care through a single console providing doctors with all the patient history for better patient management.

The next speaker was Phil Gilbert, the VP of BPM and Decision Management at IBM who presented the demonstration IBM Decision Center and Business Process Manager Version 8 showing the new collaborative, social, redesigned decision management interface. He said that BPM mobile application is also available on iTunes store.

BodyMedia came up next to talk about their new body sensing device and the associated decision management system. The solution involves an arm band with four embedded sensors reading 5000 data points per minute.

Bob Suter of IBM came next to introduce IBM Mobile Foundation suite. He discussed that mobile buzz is everywhere and that people are incorporating mobile into their business for secure transactions, manageability and security. He said that services are available to help companies get started in 60 days.
Lastly VP IBM Global Bridget Van Kralingen, one of 50 most powerful women in business talked about IBM social business and concluded the session.

Following Royal Cyber on Twitter and Facebook will keep you plugged, into the latest news & happenings about WebSphere. You can also keep a check on this blog for more posts by our WebSphere experts.


Author Bio
Zeeshan Valliani joins Royal Cyber Inc as a leading consultant in marketing. He has vast experience with IBM WebSphere Application Server, WebSphere Commerce, Java, XML, JavaScript and HTML. Prior to joining Royal Cyber, Zeeshan was a senior consultant for Reliable Accounting Solutions, where he led corporate business development and new client systems. He managed a diverse project portfolio, including market analysis studies, technical writing, product feasibility profiles, and customer satisfaction measurement. Zeeshan is currently pursuing his MBA degree from Institute of Business Management and holds a Master of Arts in Economics degree. He is fluent in several Asian-Indian languages and is an active member of IBM DeveloperWorks. 

Dynamics of Technological Business from the eyes of Walter Isaacson: IBM Impact Day 1 General Session


IBM Impact 2012 opening session begins here in Las Vegas at 8:15am Pacific time in the midst of scattered clouds. The session started with an introductory video on IBM Pure Systems, a new IBM product helping people globally improve their lives with the power of IT.  Power Systems can access, deploy and manage applications.

 The first speaker of the session was Walter Isaacson who is the is the president and CEO of the Aspen Institute, a nonpartisan educational and policy studies institute based in Washington, DC. He has been the chairman and CEO of CNN and the editor of TIME magazine and is the author of several biographies on Steve Jobs, Einstein, Benjamin Franklin and Kissinger.

Much of his speech was inspired by Steve Jobs and his passion for innovation. The presenter shared many of the sayings by Steve Jobs, he shared that once steve told him that most important thing is not making a great product but creating a great company. He described innovation, creativity, inspiration, and imaginative people as the ones who change the world.  “There are lots of smart people but not so many innovative people; and innovative people change the world” Isaacson said.

He added that for Steve Jobs, the greatest lesson was that you need to have passion for your product.
Steve Jobs had extremely strong leadership skills and throughout his career he motivated his team to achieve what was not achievable by them. “Anybody can make things complex; only a genius can make it simple” Isaacson quoted Steve Jobs. iPod was created with the same idea to make it simple for the consumers to hear music. If you want to be innovative you need to have passion for curiosity.

The second speaker of the event was Alan Douville from Whirlpool who begins his session with video and introductory words about his company, he shared how whirlpool innovate and collaborate with IBM for effective consumer and customer engagements. Other speakers include Steve George from Huntington Bank, Chief architect of Pure Application System Jason and Peter Haffernan from Ireland.

During the session, IBM launches six new products in the Websphere family including Websphere Application Server version 8.5 which it named Liberty, IBM Mobile Foundation suite with Mobile End point’s manager that can support up to 250,000 end points, Business Process Manager, MQ and Cast Iron Live that allows developers to create new APIs in few clicks.

IBM also launches Pure Application System that can be up and running in 4 hours.
In the end, IBM thanked its customers, sponsors and 1300 business partners who have attended the opening session of Impact 2012. They have also awarded best business partners, award finalists and best of show award winner.


Author Bio
Zeeshan Valliani joins Royal Cyber Inc as a leading consultant in marketing. He has vast experience with IBM WebSphere Application Server, WebSphere Commerce, Java, XML, JavaScript and HTML. Prior to joining Royal Cyber, Zeeshan was a senior consultant for Reliable Accounting Solutions, where he led corporate business development and new client systems. He managed a diverse project portfolio, including market analysis studies, technical writing, product feasibility profiles, and customer satisfaction measurement. Zeeshan is currently pursuing his MBA degree from Institute of Business Management and holds a Master of Arts in Economics degree. He is fluent in several Asian-Indian languages and is an active member of IBM DeveloperWorks. 

"Impact 2012" Countdown begins…!




IBM is hosting one of the biggest gatherings of IT experts and international business leadership at IBM Impact 2012 at the Venetian Casino Hotel & Resort and The Palazzo on main Las Vegas Boulevard. The event will start this Sunday April 29 till May 4 and will be visited by 7500 attendees from over 60 countries worldwide including Royal Cyber and other IBM Premier Business partners.
The reasons for attending this year’s IBM Impact 2012 are:

      1.Meet and Greet
As I mentioned above that Impact 2012 will be visited by 7500 attendees from over 60 countries and that’s a huge number! You would get chance to meet your previous customers, prospects, competitors and the industry leaders including IBM leadership and technical experts for one-on-one meetings and sessions to talk away all your organizational problems.

      2.    New Product Launches
IBM and its premier business partners would launch new products and services at this prime event for a greater publicity. You would view the latest technology advancements from IBM Business Partners and get a year’s worth of education from the most experienced business and technology leaders in the world.

      3.    Media Coverage
The event will get extensive media coverage and publicity across television, internet, print and radio. Fifty analysts and 89 members of the press from 40 countries will attend the event that will make it the best-covered Impact conference in five years. You would certainly feel proud being on the event that the world would talk about.

      4.    Learning
Impact 2012 is also an excellent platform for learning about new technological advancements in the world of IBM technologies. Know how you can align your business objectives by participating in the new business program and interactive business agility symposium to navigate today’s economy.

      5.    Prospects & New Networking Opportunities
You also get chance to network with the industry leading professionals and build lifetime contacts that provide you new business opportunities and help you build and maintain greater customer relationships.

      6.    You would be in Las Vegas…
Yes Las Vegas and that’s the most exciting part of the trip, isn’t it? You would be in the Entertainment Capital of the World, an internationally acclaimed major resort city popular for gambling, shopping, and fine dining.
Royal Cyber would also be launching Fusion Commerce, a new product by our WebSphere Commerce team at the event that brings extensive customization and pre-configuration of eCommerce deployment including predictable implementation, faster time to market, lower cost of deployment and rapid ROI.


Author Bio
Zeeshan Valliani joins Royal Cyber Inc as a leading consultant in marketing. He has vast experience with IBM WebSphere Application Server, WebSphere Commerce, Java, XML, JavaScript and HTML. Prior to joining Royal Cyber, Zeeshan was a senior consultant for Reliable Accounting Solutions, where he led corporate business development and new client systems. He managed a diverse project portfolio, including market analysis studies, technical writing, product feasibility profiles, and customer satisfaction measurement. Zeeshan is currently pursuing his MBA degree from Institute of Business Management and holds a Master of Arts in Economics degree. He is fluent in several Asian-Indian languages and is an active member of IBM DeveloperWorks.