IBM DataPower Handbook Volume I: DataPower Intro & Setup: Second Edition

by Bill Hines, John Rasmussen, Simon Kapadia

NOTE: This book was replaced by a newer edition in June of 2015 (ISBN 0990907651 ISBN13: 978-0990907657) This is Volume I of the long-awaited second edition of the 'bible' and expert guide to deploying, using, and managing IBM DataPower Gateway Appliances. DataPower appliances can simplify deployment, strengthen security, enhance performance, and dramatically improve return on investment for many use cases, such as mobile, Web, API, legacy, cloud, and SOA/Web Services. In this book, a team of leading experts show how to make the most of DataPower appliances in any IT environment. The authors present DataPower information and insights that are available nowhere else. Writing for working architects, administrators, developers, and security specialists, they draw extensively on their deep experience, helping IBM customers use DataPower technologies to solve challenging system integration problems. The Handbook begins by introducing the rationale for appliances and explaining how DataPower appliances work from network, security, and other perspectives. Next, the authors work through installation and configuration. This second edition contains invaluable new sections on virtual appliances, performance, the latest generation of hardware and firmware, as well as comprehensive updates to the first edition content. Subsequent volumes will dive deep into areas including network configuration, development, security, appliance management, and problem determination.

192 pages, Paperback

First published October 13, 2014

About the author

Bill Hines is a professional financial planner, Ramsey Master Financial Coach, Investment Advisor Representative, and Financial/Retirement/FIRE planner located in the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania.

He is the founder of Money Coach Group, Inc (an organization that has helped countless clients emerge from debt to a better life) and Emancipare (an organization that provides honest, ethical, inexpensive, flat-fee, fee-only, fiduciary investment advice and financial planning).