We are pleased to confirm that the next meeting of the WebSphere User Group (uk) will take place on 23rd March 2011 at IBM Bedfont Lakes. There will be no charge for this meeting and we have an excellent agenda lined up.
Provisional Agenda
Registration and Coffee begins from 8:30am, with the Chairman's Intro at 9:00am. The first session begins at 9:30am.
A buffet Lunch is served at 12:30pm, with coffee breaks included in the morning and afternoon.
WAS 1
09:30 - 10:15
Title:
WebSphere Foundation Update and Technical Direction
Abstract:
This session will cover new and improved features in WebSphere Application Server V8, with a particular focus on broad programming model support, a fast, flexible and simplified application foundation, extensive deployment environments, including virtualization and clouds, and integrated tooling.
It will also look further ahead to where the WebSphere foundation is heading over the next few years.
Speakers:
Ian Robinson
Ian is a Distinguished Engineer in IBM's WebSphere development organization with over 20 years experience working in enterprise middleware.
He is a senior architect for the WebSphere foundation, responsible for the transaction processing capabilities of the WebSphere platform and the strategy for emerging server-side application programming models.
Ian has a current focus on reducing complexity in the development and operational management of large suites of applications, particularly those that include many open source libraries and frameworks.
10:45 - 11:30
Title:
Introduction to SCA Support in WebSphere
Abstract:
Building and composing the components of a service oriented application can be a challenge and complex bespoke solutions are commonplace. The Service Component Architecture (SCA), a collection of specifications currently being standardized at OASIS, aims to address this problem. SCA provides a technology neutral assembly capability for composing applications from business services developed using many different technologies.
Speakers:
Mike Edwards
Dr Mike Edwards is a Strategist working on Service Component Architecture at the IBM Hursley Park Lab in the UK and is currently co-chair of the OASIS SCA Assembly TC. Mike has worked in software development for 25 years, and past exploits include OS/2 Presentation Manager, CallPath computer-telephony integration, Java and Web services
Simon Laws
Simon Laws is a member of the IBM Open Source SOA project team working with the open source Apache Tuscany community to build Java and C++ implementations of the Service Component Architecture (SCA) specifications. Prior to this role he was working in the distributed computing space building service-oriented solutions for customers with a particular interest in grid computing and virtualization.
11:40 - 12:25
Title:
The WAS Feature Packs for XML and Communications Enabled Applications
Abstract:
IBM® WebSphere® Application Server Version 7.0 Feature Packs are optionally installable product extensions that offer targeted, incremental new features. The Feature Pack for XML provides application developers with support for the following World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) XML standards: Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations (XSLT) 2.0, XML Path Language (XPath) 2.0 and XML Query Language (XQuery) 1.0. The Feature Pack for Communications Enabled Applications (CEA) helps simplify development of innovative applications by offering an SOA-based programming model to add multi-modal communications capabilities such as Click to call, Cobrowsing and Two-way Synchronized Forms, to existing and new applications using existing Java™ skills. During this session the speaker will give an overview of these Feature Packs with example use cases and sample code.
Speakers:
Katherine Sanders
Katherine Sanders is a software engineer at IBM Hursley.
She develops and tests Web service functionality in WebSphere Application Server, with a particular focus on WS-Addressing, WS-ReliableMessaging and WSNotification.
She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of Nottingham.
13:30 - 14:15
Title:
What can WS-Policy do for you
Abstract:
What is WS-Policy and why is it important to Websphere?
What QoSs do we support in WAS V7 and what do they do?
A demonstration of dynamic configuration in action.
Where is the industry going next with WS-Policy with emphasis on SOA governance?
Speakers:
Paul Nolan
Paul Nolan is a developer working on web services projects. He is closely involved with the evolution of the WS-Policy specification. He also works on the team developing the policy4J package, which will form the core component of the IBM policy processing infrastructure. He has worked for IBM for 25 years mostly in development and test.
14:25 - 15:10
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15:30 - 16:15
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16:25 - 17:10
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WAS 2
09:30 - 10:15
Title:
WMQ & JavaEE: Living & Working with WAS and other AppServers
Abstract:
How does WebSphere MQ really work when used as the messaging backbone in an Application Server environment?
In this presentation we'll talk about how the WebSphere MQ Resource Adapter works within WebSphere Application Server but also on other application servers.
Covering both the direct and indirect ways in which IBM WebSphere MQ can be accessed by Java Enterprise Edition applications running in an IBM WebSphere Application Server.
The WebSphere MQ Resource Adapter can also be used within other application servers; what considerations are there with deploying within these other environments? We'll also cover the important question of the formal support position with these options.
One important question is how to migrate to a new version of WAS and or WMQ? There are several routes that can be taken so we'll cover some of the key questions to ask and highlight important waypoints on the migration journey.
The last section of this session will cover the important issues surrounding integration of the new WebSphere MQ 7.0.1 multi-instance queue managers with the JavaEE world.
Speakers:
Graham Hopkins
Graham Hopkins joined IBM in 2000. He has worked with WebSphere MQ and the default messaging provider within WebSphere application Server and is currently the test lead for interaction between WebSphere Application Server and WebSphere MQ.
Matthew White
Currently Matthew works within the WebSphere MQ Platform Integration Team. Their role is to ensure that WebSphere MQ integrates well within the WebSphere Platform and other products.
Matthew has responsibility for the architecture of the Java language clients of WebSphere MQ and have been working within this area for the last 6 years. Previously he has worked on embedded messaging products, starting his career working within the service teams for the IBM JVM.
10:45 - 11:30
Title:
JAX-WS 2.2 and JAX-RS 1.1 support in WebSphere Application Server Version 8.0 Beta
Abstract:
IBM® WebSphere® Application Server Version 8.0 Beta includes support for the Java™ API for XML-Based Web Services (JAX-WS) 2.2 and Java API for RESTful Web Services (JAX-RS) 1.1 specifications. JAX-WS 2.2 is a maintenance release of Java Specification Request (JSR) 224 that extends the functionality provided by the JAX-WS 2.1 specification with new capabilities. The most significant new capability is support for the Web Services Addressing (WS-Addressing) Metadata specification in the Application Programming Interface (API). JAX-RS, also known as JSR 311, is a collection of interfaces and Java annotations that simplifies development of server-side REST applications. In this session the speaker will provide an overview of both these technologies including details of the new features in the Beta.
Speakers:
Katherine Sanders
Katherine Sanders is a software engineer at IBM Hursley.
She develops and tests Web service functionality in WebSphere Application Server, with a particular focus on WS-Addressing, WS-ReliableMessaging and WSNotification.
She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of Nottingham.
11:40 - 12:25
Title:
What's new in JEE 6
Speakers:
Alasdair Nottingham
Alasdair Nottingham is a developer and architect for WebSphere Application Server, his current focus is on improving the developer experience. During his nine years of experience as a developer of WebSphere Application Server he work on many aspects of the server. He led the development of the OSGi applications feature, helped bring OSGi to the server in version 6.1, and worked on various aspects of the messaging capabilities in WebSphere Application Server. Alasdair is also an active participant in the OSGi Alliance standards body and an active contributor to the Apache Aries project.
Andrew (Ozzy) Osborne
Ozzy is a Software Developer, and has worked in that capacity for IBM for over 10 years, each of which has been filled with exciting days spent developing many shiny products. Ozzy's contributions have been sold to customers so far as 'CICS', 'WebSphere UDDI Registry', 'WebSphere Product Center', 'WS-Policy', and most recently, the 'OSGi and JPA Joint Feature Pack for WebSphere Application Server'. Ozzy gained a BSc(Hons) from Kent University. Ozzy is interested in Home Theatre, Digital Video, Lego and long walks to the nearest all you can eat buffet.
13:30 - 14:15
Title:
Getting the Right Information, At the Right Time, In the Right Place
Abstract:
The IBM WebSphere User Technologies team are always working to improve the information provided for WebSphere users. Changes to the information are driven by understanding what users do with WebSphere products in realistic scenarios, where best to provide information, and how to make it easier for users to access and make use of information. Some of that understanding, and the direction of improvements in information, comes from you, the WebSphere users.
In this session, the IBM WebSphere User Technologies team describe some new directions being rolled out to give you better information on using WebSphere products. These directions include:
* A new product connectivity information center, describing real scenarios for activities that WebSphere users have highlighted
* A new way to find and work with information across IBM more easily and from one place
* Tools that you can use for collaborating with other WebSphere users and the IBM WebSphere team
Following the presentation there will be time available for questions and feedback. The IBM WebSphere User Technologies team are always glad to work with WebSphere users to improve the experience of using WebSphere products. We are here today to meet with you - to hear what you have to say, and to exchange ideas about using WebSphere products.
Speakers:
Ian Larner
Ian has worked for IBM for 22 years, in Information Development/User Technologies. His role as an Information Architect and Software Engineer is to help teams to deliver information for IBM products and solutions that matches user needs and forms an integrated and consistent user experience. Before joining IBM, Ian worked as a Technical Author for several companies in England and France for 5 years, and before that as a Mechanical Engineer. Ian started out on CICS, and has since worked on many WebSphere products; currently mainly on WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus and the WebSphere Business Process Management family.
14:25 - 15:10
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15:30 - 16:15
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16:25 - 17:10
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OSGi
09:30 - 10:15
Title:
Introduction to OSGi
Abstract:
OSGi is a dynamic Java modularity technology that originally was exploited by constrained Java runtime systems. In the last few years, OSGi has become the modularity technology of choice for all the major Java EE platform vendors, including IBM WebSphere Application Server. WebSphere Application Server V7.0 OSGi feature pack, released in May 2010, adds open standards support for this ground breaking set of OSGi specifications to our proven Java EE runtime. This session presents an overview of OSGi and Enterprise OSGi as a modularity technology, with reference to the WAS v7.0 OSGi feature pack. The overview will be followed by live demonstrations of: Deploying an OSGi application on WAS and then Updating an OSGi application.
Speakers:
Chris Wilkinson
Chris Wilkinson is a software engineer for IBM in Hursley Park, UK. He has over 10 years experience developing and testing components of WebSphere Application Server. In particular, Chris has expertise in JMS Messaging with the WAS SIBus, and more recently has worked on the development of the WAS OSGi Feature Pack. You can reach Chris at Chris.Wilkinson@ uk.ibm.com.
10:45 - 11:30
Title:
OSGi Best Practices in WebSphere Application Development
Abstract:
The Enterprise OSGi specification brings a standard way to assemble applications in a dynamic and modular way.
WebSphere Application Server OSGi and JPA2 feature pack and then WebSphere Application Server V8 add support for deploying and managing applications as sets of OSGi bundles and some of the new features of OSGi v4.2 such as its declarative component assembly model.
This session will cover the best practices for developing OSGi Enterprise applications used in WebSphere Application Server. It then gives an end-to-end demonstration by using the best practices to assemble a simple OSGi Enterprise Application from Web, Persistence and Blueprint components and then dynamically deploy onto WebSphere Application Server.
Speakers:
Emily Jiang
Emily Jiang is a Software Engineer for the OSGi Applications feature of WebSphere Application Server based at IBM's Hursley development laboratory in the UK.
She has worked on WebSphere Application Service since 2006 on WS-Notification, WS-MEX, WS-Policy and then OSGi technologies.
She is currently a developer on the OSGi Applications feature of WebSphere Application Server.
11:40 - 12:25
Title:
WebSphere Application Server Support for OSGi Applications
Abstract:
This presentation aims to provide information pertaining to the support provided in WAS for OSGi Applications. The talk will cover the support for OSGi applications provided in the WAS v7 OSGi Feature Pack before moving on to discuss the new OSGi features recently available in the WAS v8 Beta download.
Speakers:
Duane Appleby
Duane joined IBM in September 2001 and spent his first 4 years providing system support for AIX and HP-UX for the IBM Hursley development laboratory. After 4 years of working in platform support Duane spent 6 months on secondment with the WebSphere Application Server (WAS) JMS messaging performance team before moving to a role in test. After 4 years of testing WAS and WebSphere MQ interoperability he moved to his current development role in the team responsible for delivering OSGi applications support into WAS.
13:30 - 14:15
Title:
Migrating from the Spring Framework to OSGi using the WAS Feature Pack for OSGi Applications
Abstract:
The Spring and OSGi frameworks are powerful tools for application development, and offer significant value to application developers. With the release of the WebSphere® Application Server Version 7 Feature Pack for OSGi Applications, WebSphere® now offers a scalable standards-based runtime for OSGi applications and dependency injection. This session will describe and demo how to migrate a Spring-based Java EE application to the OSGi container, and then how to migrate that OSGi application away from the proprietary Spring framework to the OSGi blueprint component model.
Speakers:
Simon Maple
Simon Maple is a software developer at the IBM Hursley lab. Over the last 10 years Simon has worked on many versions of WAS from v5.0, testing and developing the Transaction service, Compensation service, and more recently the OSGi Applications feature pack. Simon is also an OSGi Technical Evangelist.
Valentin Mahrwald
Valentin Mahrwald is a software engineer at the IBM Hursley lab. He is actively involved in the OSGi Applications feature pack for WebSphere application server as well as the Apache Aries project. In his spare time he pursues his interest in languages, programming or otherwise. Valentin received an MMath for Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of York.
14:25 - 15:10
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15:30 - 16:15
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16:25 - 17:10
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WESB
09:30 - 10:15
10:45 - 11:30
Title:
WebSphere ESB Introduction and usage patterns
Abstract:
This talk will discuss the capabilities of WebSphere ESB and discuss the common capabilities.
It will focus on protocol/data transformation, routing, auditing, aggregation and gateway patterns within
WebSphere ESB.
Speakers:
Callum Jackson
Callum Jackson is a Software Engineer on the WebSphere ESB team at the IBM Hursley Software Lab in the UK. He has worked on the WebSphere ESB team since 2005, and before that he worked in Software Services on SOA applications for the telecommunications industry.
Philip Norton
Philip Norton is a Software Engineer at the IBM Hursley Lab, England. He works on the WebSphere ESB Development team. His expertise includes Java and JMS for WebSphere MQ. He is a certified Java Programmer and he has a degree in Computer Science from Canterbury University.
11:40 - 12:25
Title:
WebSphere ESB Best Practices and Performance Recommendations
Abstract:
This talk will discuss the best practices when developing mediation modules ready for production. It will describe recommendations for the usage of mediation primitives and bindings to increase the performance of your solution.
Speakers:
Andrew Borley
Andrew has been an IBMer for 11 years, holding various development positions at the IBM Hursley Software Laboratory, including roles working with customers on Service-Oriented Architecture projects and developing open-source SOA technologies. For the last 4 years Andrew has been a developer in the WebSphere ESB team, responsible for mediation primitive development and related areas.
13:30 - 14:15
Title:
WESB Integration with WSRR
Abstract:
This talk will discuss the integration patterns and common usage scenarios for WebSphere ESB and WSRR. It will focus on the dynamic endpoint selection, mediation policy and Service Level Agreement
integration aspects between WebSphere ESB and WSRR.
Speakers:
Callum Jackson
Callum Jackson is a Software Engineer on the WebSphere ESB team at the IBM Hursley Software Lab in the UK. He has worked on the WebSphere ESB team since 2005, and before that he worked in Software Services on SOA applications for the telecommunications industry.
14:25 - 15:10
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Cloud
09:30 - 10:15
Title:
Getting Hold Of A Cloud
Abstract:
Cloud is probably seen as just the latest 'hype' that is overtaking the IT industry, But is it? How much is foilware and how much is real?
This session will explore a wide range of different ways in which organisations are using cloud computing today to realise business advantages.
With cost perceived as a driver towards clouds, what sorts of TCO are being achieved? And as users find that they can now reliably provision new systems in minutes, what other business opportunities are clouds opening up for them? What are the other challenges that these organisations have faced and how have they been over come?
Speakers:
John Easton
John is an Executive IT Specialist working within IBM's Systems and Technology Group in the UK.
Currently, the UK & Ireland Cloud Computing Technical leader, he is internationally known for his work helping commercial clients exploit large scale distributed computational infrastructures, particularly those utilising new and emerging technologies.
He has worked with clients in a wide range of industries: predominantly banks and other financial markets firms but also has significant experience in the telecommunications, public and government sectors.
Previous to his current role, John was the Chief Infrastructure Architect for a first-of-a-kind core banking infrastructure replacement programme. Before this he has led IBM initiatives around hybrid systems, computational acceleration technologies, grid computing and mission-critical systems.
John is a member of the IBM Academy of Technology and a Senior Technologist in the IBM Innovation Network.
10:45 - 11:30
Title:
Introduction to Cast Iron
Abstract:
Cast Iron is a recent acquisition by IBM - this presentation will cover the following areas
* Cloud Computing background and opportunity
* Cloud Integration
* Cast Iron Systems company background
* IBM acquisition
* Cast Iron product capabilities and options
* Case Study
* Summary and Icon Solutions
Speakers:
Ewan Withers
Ewan Withers is a Senior Consultant for Icon Solutions Ltd, working on integration projects in the financial sector. Prior to this, he spent almost 15 years in software development at the IBM Hursley Laboratory, where he worked in development on MQ, JMS, Message Broker, WebSphere ESB and Cast Iron, as well as a stint as a technical Message Broker consultant.
11:40 - 12:25
Title:
Business and IT collaborative Process Discovery and Implementation with IBM BPM solutions
Abstract:
(This session is also shown in the BPM stream).
This session will show how Business can lead the process discovery initiative using IBM Blueworks Live. Blueworks Live is a cloud-based business process management tool that lets you discover, design, automate, and manage business processes for your organization. Its easy to use and accessible anywhere through a browser. We will show how you can have a process tool built and running in as little as 90 seconds
We will then introduce IBM WebSphere Lombardi Edition (WLE) and show how to rapidly and iteratively implement complex, frequently changing human-driven processes. WLE provides a single unified environment for process design, execution, monitoring and opitimisation.
Speakers:
Paul West
Paul is a consultant within IBM's WebSphere BPM team with 22 years of experience in I.T. including 18 years in Presales. As well as specialising in the BPM space, he has also worked extensively in the SOA, Middleware and Application Monitoring spaces, whilst at other leading companies such as Wily Technology, CA and Sun Microsystems. Paul previously worked at Lombardi prior to the acquisition by IBM.
13:30 - 14:15
Title:
In-Depth Look at the Cast Iron Cloud Integration Platform
Abstract:
With the WebSphere Cast Iron Cloud Integration Platform it is possible to integrate Cloud and on-premise systems in days.
Come and see how Template Integration Processes are being used to capture best practices and accelerate the configuration and deployment of critical integration processes. Watch as integrations of live systems are created from scratch and deployed in 15 minutes.
Understand through step by step examples exactly how the technology is used, deployed, and managed.
Expect to leave with a clear picture of what the WebSphere Cast Iron Integration Platform is capable of, how it is different from other integration technologies you may own, and how to get started integrating Cloud and on-premise systems in days.
Speakers:
Matthew Roberts
Matt Roberts is an Advisory Software Engineer in the IBM WebSphere Cast Iron Development team, based at the IBM Hursley Lab.
Prior to joining the Cast Iron team Matt worked for two and half years in IBM Software Services for WebSphere (ISSW) providing on-site consultancy to IBM customers across the UK and EMEA on products including WebSphere Application Server (WAS), WebSphere ESB and Process Server. Before that Matt worked in WebSphere Development and was development lead for the implementation of the OASIS open standard for WS-Notification, and various components of the Service Integration Bus messaging component.
Matt joined IBM in 2001 and holds a degree in Mathematics from the University of Warwick.
14:25 - 15:10
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Development
09:30 - 10:15
Title:
What to Design (and What not to) in Real-world Dojo Projects
Abstract:
Drawing from real experiences on customer projects involving IBM Technologies and open-source software, we'll discuss why modern web applications are a desirable way to build solutions. We'll also look at the right way to architect and design modern web applications that use JavaScript and Dojo components to connect to back-end systems, focusing in particular on the design artifacts that are useful, and those that can be a distraction. We talk about how to design a REST catalog, for both fine-grained and coarse-grained services, and look at the options for describing and constructing the Dojo components we'll build, as well as the options for creating a RESTful bridge to other types of service.
Speakers:
Andrew Ferrier
He has publishes extensively on these products, regularly contributing Intellectual Capital back to the IBM and WebSphere communities as a core part of his role, as well as having contributed to two Redbooks on WebSphere ESB and Process Server, and numerous posts on his blog, SOA Tips'n' Tricks (http://soatipsntricks.wordpress.com/).
He also regularly speaks at internal and external customer conferences on topics such as WebSphere ESB and Process Server best practices.
10:45 - 11:30
Title:
Rational Application Developer & RAD SE v8.x Overview
Abstract:
IBM Rational Application Developer V8.x is the premier IDE for building internal business and enterprise-critical applications for the WebSphere Application Server and WebSphere Portal Server. This overview session highlights the latest technologies that help businesses deliver intelligent and responsive Web, Java EE, SOA, and Portal applications. RAD provides businesses with the capabilities to prototype and deliver Web 2.0 apps, and build business services that access data and back-end enterprise-packaged applications. Organizations can leverage team development, cloud computing, and development test tools to maximize return on investment, ensure the delivery of quality apps, and get the most value out of WebSphere IDE
Speakers:
Anita Rass Wan
Anita Rass Wan is the Senior Product Manager of Rational Application Developer. She is responsible for the overall product strategy, content and delivery of the Rational Application Developer product.
Anita has held various senior positions in development and release management. She has published various papers, disclosures and patents in application development and performance tools.
11:40 - 12:25
Title:
Rational Application Developer: Problem Determination
Abstract:
There are many aspects of problem determination and performance that are vital to improving the overall efficiency of building and running your applications. Using static analysis tools during development can help ensure the use of best practices and governance regarding coding standards.
Code coverage metrics help optimize the tests run against the code and highlight coverage rate changes when the code is modified. Performance affects the number of concurrent users and overall throughput of the application. Understanding what tools to use and when to use them can be confusing.
In this session, we'll cover several common scenarios and discuss how you can use tools from IBM Support Assistant and Rational Application Developer to get to the bottom of these tricky performance issues.
Speakers:
Anita Rass Wan
Anita Rass Wan is the Senior Product Manager of Rational Application Developer. She is responsible for the overall product strategy, content and delivery of the Rational Application Developer product.
Anita has held various senior positions in development and release management. She has published various papers, disclosures and patents in application development and performance tools.
13:30 - 14:15
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Deployment
09:30 - 10:15
Title:
Recent Advances in Visual Modeling & Planning for Middleware Deployments
Abstract:
IBM and our key Business Partners have been making solid advances in middleware application deployment automation. But one challenge that has stood out is how to make the planning of such multi-artifact application deployments more of an engineering science. To address the deployment planning and modeling challenge, IBM Research invested years of effort to produce the initial foundation. And over the last few years, IBM Software Group and our Business Partners have been turning that Research effort into a commercial "Deployment Planning and Automation" product. Come to this session and see the current state of technology for visual deployment modeling and planning.
Speakers:
Dave Sayers
Before joining Midvision as a WebSphere SME David has worked for IBM, HSBC, RBS, Marsh and other FTSE 100 companies implementing automated build and deployment solutions in the UK, United States and Australia.
David specialise in implementing solutions using Midvisions Rapid Deploy and IBM Rational BuildForge.
Leigh Williamson
Leigh Williamson is an IBM Distinguished Engineer who has been working in the Austin, Texas lab since 1988, contributing to IBM’s major software projects including OS/2, DB2, AIX, OpenDoc, Java, Component Broker, and WebSphere Application Server.
His current role is as a member of the IBM Rational Software Chief Technology Officer team, influencing the strategic direction for products in the Rational brand and leading the projects for software development automation and mobile device application development.
Leigh holds a BS degree in Computer Science from Nova University and a Masters degree in Computer Engineering from University of Texas at Austin.
10:45 - 11:30
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11:40 - 12:25
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Customer
09:30 - 10:15
10:45 - 11:30
11:40 - 12:25
Title:
Changing the way Java Application Hosting is delivered at Barclays Bank
Abstract:
Barclays is a major global financial services provider with an extensive international presence in Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia. The Bank are establishing a utility framework to provision IT capabilities faster and to reduce cost.
As part of this transition, the Global Middleware Team have identified some key components on which to focus and deliver as utilities. Most Java application hosting at the Bank is done using WebSphere Application Server and there is a very large estate comprising both current and legacy versions of WAS.
In this session we will discuss the work undertaken so far to try and embrace a new way of delivering WAS hosting capability to the business and the move towards a private cloud based solution.
Phase one of the Java Application Hosting Utility went live in November 2010 and was the second utility to be delivered by Global Middleware, following the successful pilot of a data transmission utility.
The session will describe the challenges encountered while delivering this solution and illustrate how automation has helped to deliver on time and within budget. We'll discuss the various tools and technologies that have been considered and the on-going roadmap for the Application Hosting Utility.
Speakers:
Simon Cashmore
Simon Cashmore works as a Lead Engineer within the Global Middleware team as part of Barclays GRCB Technology.
He is currently responsible for the WebSphere Application Server component within Global Middleware and is the lead engineer for the Java Application Hosting Utility.
Simon has 20 years experience in the IT industry and has worked at Barclays for 12 years, although nearly 6 of these were as a contractor or as an outsourced employee of Accenture. He has over 8 years experience of WebSphere Application Server.
13:30 - 14:15
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Java
09:30 - 10:15
Title:
Debugging WAS from Dumps: Diagnose more than leaks with Memory Analyzer and its IBM Extensions
Abstract:
Memory Analyzer is a powerful tool for diagnosing memory leaks and footprint problems from the dump of a Java process such as WebSphere Application Server. It can also give you detailed insight into your Java code and enable you to debug some tricky problems from just one dump, without having to insert diagnostic code or restart the process.
In this session, you'll learn how to use Memory Analyzer combined with the new IBM Extensions for Memory Analyzer to examine the state of both WebSphere Application Server and your application.
Speakers:
Chris Bailey
Chris Bailey is part of the Java Technology Center (JTC) team in IBM based at the Hursley Park Development Lab in the UK.
He is the technical architect for the IBM Java service and support organization, responsible for enabling users of the IBM SDK for Java to deliver successful application deployments.
Chris is also involved in gathering and assessing new requirements, the delivering of new debugging capabilities and tools, improvements in documentation, and improving the wider quality of the IBM SDK for Java.
10:45 - 11:30
Title:
Class Loading and debugging Class Loader memory leaks in WebSphere Application Server
Abstract:
As Java applications and frameworks grow in complexity, they increasingly make use of advanced Java classloading features. These features bring benefits such as improved modularity, runtime "hotswapping" of code, and enhanced isolation of applications.
In this talk, Ian Partridge from Java Level 3 service discusses classloading in Java, with particular focus on the techniques used in J2EE appservers like WebSphere Application Server. The native and java heap memory requirements of classloaders will be discussed, together with best practices for diagnosing classloader memory leaks.
Ian will also demonstrate how the Eclipse Memory Analyzer Tool can be used to diagnose these memory leaks, so they can be identified before an OutOfMemoryError occurs.
Speakers:
Ian Partridge
Ian joined IBM in 2003 as a member of the JVM development team.
He initially worked in the garbage collection development team, before taking roles in the shared classes and RAS components.
In 2009 he moved to the Java service organisation to pass on his knowledge of JVM debugging and troubleshooting to customers.
Away from IBM he helps run Southampton's symphony orchestra and philharmonic choir.
11:40 - 12:25
Title:
On the Move? WebSphere JDK Migrations, Past, Present and Future... and Beyond
Speakers:
Stephen Hellberg
Dr Stephen Hellberg started conducting software engineering research on developing scientific 'supercomputing' software with parallel computers; then, followed the economic development of building significant enterprise business systems based on huge databases on ever larger server hardware, such as corporate data warehousing, enterprise application integration (EAI) and data mining. After assisting enterprises construct and use such systems as an infrastructure consultant, he has spent most of the last 10 years supporting IBM customers with Java, specifically those employing the Hotspot JDKs, on various UNIX platforms and with various software stacks (mostly Websphere-based).
13:30 - 14:15
Title:
Generational Garbage Collection: Theory and Best Practices
Abstract:
Whilst not all workloads are created equal, it is becoming increasing apparent that "generational" garbage collection is often the most beneficial mode for running deployments based on WebSphere Application Server and WebSphere stack products.
In this session you'll learn the theory behind the generational garbage collection algorithms, understand when and how to move to a generational mode, and how to tune generational garbage collection to improve the performance of your deployments.
Speakers:
Chris Bailey
Chris Bailey is part of the Java Technology Center (JTC) team in IBM based at the Hursley Park Development Lab in the UK.
He is the technical architect for the IBM Java service and support organization, responsible for enabling users of the IBM SDK for Java to deliver successful application deployments.
Chris is also involved in gathering and assessing new requirements, the delivering of new debugging capabilities and tools, improvements in documentation, and improving the wider quality of the IBM SDK for Java.
14:25 - 15:10
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15:30 - 16:15
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16:25 - 17:10
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WMQ/WMB
09:30 - 10:15
Title:
Messaging for a Smarter Planet
Abstract:
WebSphere MQ has recently been enhanced with the MQ Telemetry (MQTT) feature to enable vast numbers of devices to connect from the edge of the network. Interconnectivity is one of the key aspects to enable a Smarter Planet.
As computing devices get cheaper, smaller and more powerful, the traditional view of messaging clients is changing, and the boundaries of messaging networks are being pushed further and further. There is a need to get messages to and from new kinds of client devices: from terminals and small server devices, through hand-held devices like smart phones and PDAs, down to sensors, and tiny embedded devices.
Speakers:
Dave Locke
Dave Locke has worked in the IBM Hursley Lab for the best part of 24 years.
He started as a CICS developer on the mainframe and has worked his way down from the heavy lifting gear through mid range, desktop, PDA and is now helping extend the reach of messaging technologies to devices at the edge of the network.
10:45 - 11:30
Title:
Payment Card Industry solution for secure file transfer (based on WMQ FTE), with new Advanced Message Security
Abstract:
As organisations are increasingly looking for new and more efficient ways to adhere to the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), whether as the payment authorisers, retailer recipients, or an intermediary responsible for transporting payment information, IBM WebSphere can offer new options to PCI-compliance.
In this session, we will discuss the capabilities of the new WebSphere MQ Advanced Message Security (WMQ AMS) and its application to secure and encrypt messages over a WebSphere MQ (WMQ) network.
We will also discuss the implications of extending this use-case with WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition (WMQ FTE), in order to secure payment card details residing within files that are transported across the WMQ network.
Speakers:
Richard Gamblin
Richard Gamblin has been a Technical Software Specialist with a focus on IBM's WebSphere Connectivity portfolio.
In addition to this software specialism, Richard also has a focus on System z technology and supports architecture design for WebSphere solutions on the platform.
Prior to joining Software Group, Richard worked as a System z software consultant in IBM's Global Business Services organisation.
11:40 - 12:25
Title:
WebSphere Message Broker Usage Patterns
Abstract:
WebSphere Message Broker plays a critical role in Service Oriented Architecture, by allowing you to connect applications together in a simple, structured, maintainable way. There are a number of common usage patterns of the Broker, ranging from service virtualization - exposing new interfaces on existing applications, to providing aspect-oriented function such as security, auditing, logging and error handling. By describing these established usage patterns and using real-world examples, this session will reveal the most common usage patterns of the Broker and the main concepts behind its design. The session will also include a look at some of the latest features in the product that make it easier than ever to implement your SOA.
Speakers:
Matt Lucas
Matt Lucas is a product architect, working on WebSphere Message Broker at the IBM Hursley Software Lab in the UK. He joined IBM in 1997, and has worked on Message Broker since the early days of WebSphere MQ Integrator V2.1.
13:30 - 14:15
Title:
Software Development Life-cycle Hygiene with WebSphere Message Broker in end-to-end SOA
Abstract:
This session by Stu Smith on Software Development Life Cycle with Message Broker is aimed at all levels of users and covers good practice for developing end-to-end SOA capabilities, using Message Broker.
Given that Message Broker is a powerful set of tools; there are several ways of achieving the same functional outcome. However, each different method has implications in terms of non-functional aspects, such as performance, testability, and repeatability.
Stuart will investigate some of the pros and cons of various "good" practices and "not-so-good" practices and equip session attendees with some new angles on Message Broker that they will be able to take away and apply in their own projects.
Speakers:
Stu Smith
Stu Smith is a Lead Consultant at Smart421.
He works across industry sectors as a Technical Architect and Senior Developer with extensive integration experience (WBIMB, MQ, DataPower, etc) and is also a WebSphere DataPower certified practitioner. Stu is highly experienced in Java technologies, developing and delivering production grade applications using standard J2EE technologies (JSP, servlets, JDBC, RMI, EJB, etc). He is also experienced in .NET/C# Web Services and distributed application design and development. In addition to his technical track record, Stu has proven ability to lead design teams.
Prior to Smart421, Stu was involved in developing complex shrink wrap applications (e.g. web caches, video streaming, network gaming and peer to peer applications). He also has over 10 years of N-Tier Enterprise OO analysis/ design/ development experience on large and small projects.
14:25 - 15:10
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15:30 - 16:15
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16:25 - 17:10
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BPM
09:30 - 10:15
Title:
IBM Vendor Trade Fund Management Solution for Retail
Abstract:
The Vendor Trade Fund Management Solution provides retailers a comprehensive set of capabilities to seamlessly interact with vendors, manage the life-cycle of trade agreements and automate complex reconciliation processes. It enables multiple LOBs (finance, legal, retail buyers, advertising) within the retailer’s organization to collaborate effectively and manage accurate agreement information using a single version across the enterprise. The business can monitor, receive alerts, and take action pro-actively on -- expiring contracts, ongoing performance of agreements, compliance of agreements during execution, delays in reconciliation, missed seasonal contracts – resulting in timely receipt of promotional funds from vendors and higher cash flow providing seamless integration with existing vendor on-boarding solutions and a framework that can be easily configured to meet individual requirements and expand the solution to include other capabilities such as promotion execution and invoicing.
This is a WebSphere Lombardi Edition and ILOG BRMS solution developed in conjunction with IBM customers and showcases IBM's capabilities within the retail industry.
Speakers:
Lee Gavin
Lee works in the IBM Business Process and Service Optimisation team and is the solution specialist for the VTFM accelerator.
Lee has worked with the IBM BPM portfolio for over 9 years in both internal and customer facing roles but with a strong focus on proving and implementing IBM solutions in customer environments.
Paul Smith
Paul works in the IBM Business Process and Service Optimisation team and is the solution lead for the VTFM accelerator.
He has over 6 years working with the IBM BPM portfolio in a number of customer facing roles including many hands on engagements.
10:45 - 11:30
11:40 - 12:25
Title:
Business and IT collaborative Process Discovery and Implementation with IBM BPM solutions
Abstract:
(This session is also shown in the Cloud stream).
This session will show how Business can lead the process discovery initiative using IBM Blueworks Live. Blueworks Live is a cloud-based business process management tool that lets you discover, design, automate, and manage business processes for your organization. Its easy to use and accessible anywhere through a browser. We will show how you can have a process tool built and running in as little as 90 seconds
We will then introduce IBM WebSphere Lombardi Edition (WLE) and show how to rapidly and iteratively implement complex, frequently changing human-driven processes. WLE provides a single unified environment for process design, execution, monitoring and opitimisation.
Speakers:
Paul West
Paul is a consultant within IBM's WebSphere BPM team with 22 years of experience in I.T. including 18 years in Presales. As well as specialising in the BPM space, he has also worked extensively in the SOA, Middleware and Application Monitoring spaces, whilst at other leading companies such as Wily Technology, CA and Sun Microsystems. Paul previously worked at Lombardi prior to the acquisition by IBM.
13:30 - 14:15
Title:
IBM Insurance Industry Fraud Detection solution based on IBM WebSphere Decision Server
Abstract:
This session will review the Insurance Industry 'Fraud Detect and Analysis' capability based on IBM's WebSphere Decision Server.
The presentation will review the business requirements, the architecture of the solution, show the solution and then discuss the underlying IBM technology (IBM's Decision Server) used to implement the solution.
Speakers:
Tetti Pandelias
Tetti Pandelias is an IBM Consulting IT Specialist in the Business Process Management (BPM) and Integration areas.
Tetti focuses on the use of BPM technology to improve business efficiency. She has 15 years experience in this area and 25+ years in IT, and has worked successfully with multiple customers with speciality in the insurance industry.
14:25 - 15:10
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15:30 - 16:15
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16:25 - 17:10
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Portal 1
09:30 - 10:15
Title:
Customer implementation of integrated Social Portal.
Abstract:
In 2010 IBM services were engaged with a large organisation to deliver a collaborative Portal solution based upon IBM Portal, IBM Lotus Connections and Microsoft OCS (Instand Messaging) technologies.
Attend this session to hear lessons learned and practical feedback on:
What we did - what our solution looks like
Why we did it - business context and problem : creating a collaborative organisation
Who we worked with - multi-vendor project approach: minimal engagement, maximum speed
How we did it -
Architectural highlights and challenges: authentication/authorisation, persistence, virtualisation.
The Lotus Connections 3 implementation : better, faster, stronger!
Integrating IBM Portal v7 and IBM Lotus Connections v3
Integration with OCS in the IBM Lotus Connections business card : how we did it, and how you might too
Delivering themes using the new PageBuilder2 architecture
Using Portlet Factory to enhance the supplied Lotus Connections portlets
Dojo wizardry to create an engaging UI, and how IE held us back
Lessons learned, questions
Speakers:
Andrew Tomlinson
Andrew Tomlinson is an I/T Specialist with IBM Software Services for Lotus. He has experience with large and small WebSphere Portal deployments from both a development and an infrastructure perspective. Also he has been performing early adopter customer deployments of IBM Lotus Connections since February 2007. Andrew joined IBM Software Services for Lotus in June 2006 from IBM Global Business Services where he worked as a J2EE developer on numerous large application delivery projects.
Dave Strachan
David Strachan is a services specialist on secondment at IBM specialising in all things IBM Portal, IBM Web Content Management, Collaboration and Process orientated.
In this role David advises all kinds of customers about how to get the best from IBM solutions, particularly IBM Portal and IBM WebSphere Process Server, with a particular focus on portals, collaboration and infrastructure automation.
10:45 - 11:30
Title:
Architecture of Multichannel (Mobile) Applications using IBM WebSphere Portlet Factory
Abstract:
IBM WebSphere Portlet Factory (WPF) offers rapid development of web/portal multichannel applications. This presentation provides architecture and design best practices that will help architects, developers and consultants during the development of real customer solutions, customer PoC and prototypes for multiple devices. It will specifically focus on design patterns, providing a high quality end-solution that increases customer’s satisfaction.
It will cover different aspects from the back-end data access to the user interface (browser and mobile) by applying techniques and patterns that will provide a modular and extensible end-to-end solution. The development of common frameworks by applying well known design patterns (e.g. MVC), will demonstrate that WPF simplifies and speeds up the development of multichannel applications while keeping a clear architecture.
This session provides good design and architecture practices that can be effectively utilized by architects, designers and developers when working with IBM WebSphere Portlet Factory. The tool provides a rapid development which sometimes hides the fact of providing a clear design and architecture. Based on the experience while working on customer’s projects across EMEA and US, this session is intended to provide real life guidance for how to properly develop a portal multichannel application using IBM WebSphere Portlet Factory. A good design and architecture are key factors even for small projects, prototypes and PoC that eventually may turn into final solutions.
During this presentation, a real customer’s project will be used to show how all these patterns, practices and ideas have been successfully applied to a real use case scenario. The session is oriented to existing IBM WebSphere Portlet Factory architects and developers; however, new users of the tool are also welcomed to discover the capabilities of WPF and the real benefits of following good architectural practices while using IBM Webphere Portlet Factory.
Speakers:
Alfredo Roche
I am currently working in IBM Ireland as Application Architect in ISSL, mainly involved in IBM WebSphere Portal projects across customers in EMEA and US. Previously I was Senior Software Engineer in the Dublin Software Lab as part of the Portal Accelerators team. I have 10 years of professional experience, working with Java, J2EE, SOA and EAI, applying software design and architecture patterns. Before IBM, I was working as Software Architect and Team Leader in a large automotive company in Germany, developing skills in integration technologies, workflow engines and back-end connectors. I hold a Masters Degree in Computer Science from the University of Zaragoza (Spain) with a final project based on EAI while working in Germany.
I was speaker in three sessions (two about IBM WebSphere Portlet Factory and one about IBM Lotus Workforce Management) during the 2007 ISSL 2.0 Symposium in Porto (Portugal); the feedback was very positive from the audience. I have also supported and mentored development teams in US, India and Europe through all aspects related with architecture, design best practices and development of Portal Applications, specifically using IBM WebSphere Portlet Factory. I am working with the product for more than 4 years from an architect to a developer role, and I am author of the only RedBook about this product: "Portal Application Development Using WebSphere Portlet Factory".
Ben Hardill
I have worked for IBM since 2001, starting out as a level 3 service engineer for the IBM Java Virtual Machine until recently. This role was a great way to get to interact with the large range of software products produced by IBM and their customers. As well as traditional support work I also ran education sessions for customers explaining how to the get the best performance out of the IBM Java Virtual Machine and how to use the extensive RAS features to solve their own problems quickly.
Recently I have joined the Emerging Technology and Services team where we take the latest technology from research and find customers who want to experiment on edge before feeding back the experience gained in these engagements to the development teams that will be bringing these technologies to market.
11:40 - 12:25
Title:
Development of a customer Patient Portal.
Abstract:
In this session you will hear about the project that Basingstoke & North Hampshire NHS Foundation Trust undertook with IBM to implement an aggressive IT strategy in a very short time frame. At the heart of the strategy was the initial implementation of an Electronic Summary Patient Record and key elements of the Clinical 5 (the Connecting for Health initiative to modernise their computer systems in order to improve patient care and services). To achieve this, the WebSphere Portal platform was used as the basis of the Patient Portal with WebSphere Message Broker providing the integration with the Trust's applications. Live Discharge Forms and Clinical Correspondence have been built using Lotus Forms.
Speakers:
Kristy Bradnum
Kristy is a IBM Technical Specialist working in London.
Since joining the technical team, her role has been to deliver customer technical engagements that involve a high degree of integration and innovation across solutions including IBM Portal, IBM Mashup Center and IBM WebSphere Portlet Factory.
Working across various sectors and technology, Kristy now has a wide range of skills that she has called upon in her recent working assignment to the NHS developing a new Patient Portal for the hospital in Basingstoke.
13:30 - 14:15
Title:
Integrating the Google Search Appliance with WebSphere Portal and Lotus Web Content Management
Abstract:
Dave will describe how ISSL were engaged to design, build and deliver an integration between the Google Search Appliance, which is a self-contained search-engine-in-a-box with content, both secured and unsecured, held in Lotus Web Content Management.
Dave will outline how ISSL delivered this "first of a kind" project, using the ISSL Method, and share the lessons learnt, both technical and non-technical.
Speakers:
Dave Hay
As a Portal and Collaboration Architect with IBM Software Services for Lotus (ISSL), Dave has been responsible for the design and delivery of IT solutions at some of IBM's major UK customers. Dave's work is mainly focused on the role of the Infrastructure Solution Architecture, and he has experience with many of the core components that would comprise a portal or collaboration solution.
Dave has worked in a variety of roles with IBM since 1992, and has been with IBM Software Group since 2000.
14:25 - 15:10
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15:30 - 16:15
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16:25 - 17:10
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Portal 2
09:30 - 10:15
10:45 - 11:30
Title:
Test-Driven Development for Portal Applications
Abstract:
Test-driven agile development helps to ensure that code meets its business requirements. It does this by writing tests first and only then writing code that satisfies those tests. But this is easier said than done when you're talking about a sophisticated Portal application, with inter-dependent portlets, application events, and client-side aggregation added into the mix!
Come along to this session and see how we have applied this approach to the development of both portlets and complete Portal applications. We will discuss and demonstrate the processes, tools and techniques required and share the lessons learned in customer projects.
Speakers:
Graham Harper
A Senior System Architect and Consulting IT Specialist with IBM Software Services for Lotus. He has been designing solutions using Lotus software for 16 years and with WebSphere Portal for 5 years. He is a Sun Certified Java Architect and Programmer and an IBM Certified Solution Developer. Prior to joining Lotus 14 years ago, Graham worked as a management consultant with Price Waterhouse. Graham holds a BA in Mathematics and Computation from the University of Oxford.
Mark Vardy
Mark Vardy is an Application Architect with IBM Software Services.
Since joining as a consultant in 1996 he has led many projects for well-known multi-national companies, designing and developing solutions with WebSphere Portal and leading teams of developers to implement complex systems.
11:40 - 12:25
Title:
Developing Mobile Portal Content with MPA
Abstract:
IBM Mobile Portal Accelerator (MPA) software helps you to customise your Portal content for mobile devices. The Mobile Portal Accelerator enables "write once, render many" through device-independent web authoring, and provides a cost effective way to deliver content to large numbers of mobile devices. Using the in-built mobile capabilities of the web content rendering portlets, existing content can be used to support both standard HTML browsers and mobile devices.
In this presentation we will drill down into the Mobile Portal, Multi-Channel Server (MCS) architecture, showing how device independent content, is rendered onto devices, using layout, theme, imaging and scripting policies. We will describe how the web content management rendering portlets make use of the MCS architecture to deliver content to devices. We will close off the presentation with a demonstration of MPA / WCM 7.0.
Speakers:
Soheel Chughtai
Soheel is the Technical Early Program Manger for IBM, specialising in mobility software, including the Mobile Portal Accelerator. Soheel has been involved in mobile portal projects for several customers, which has allowed him to develop a deep technical knowledge on the subject.
13:30 - 14:15
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Location: IBM Bedfont Lakes - Feltham
Address
1 New Square
Bedfont Lakes
Feltham
Middlesex TW14 8HB
By Train
The nearest station is at Feltham. The journey from Waterloo to Feltham takes approximately 20 minutes. An IBM mini bus service connects Feltham with IBM Bedfont Lakes 0730 - 0930 and 1630 - 1830. In addition there is a local Hounslow Borough service, the H26 which leaves every 20 minutes and stops at Bedfont Lakes, a short walk from the IBM office.
There is also a minicab office at 95 Bedfont Lane, come out of the station and take the first turning on the right, cross over the railway line (level crossing) and it's in a group of shops on the right hand side.
By Underground
The nearby London Underground station is at Hatton Cross on the Piccadilly Line. Trains run every eight minutes and the journey from Central London takes 40 minutes. An IBM mini bus service connects Hatton Cross with IBM Bedfont Lakes 0730 - 0930 and 1630 - 1830. In addition there is Hounslow local service from Hatton Cross to Bedfont Lakes - the H 26 - which runs every 20 minutes. Bedfont Lakes bus stop is just a small walk from the IBM buildings.
By Bus
The 201 bus between Hounslow and Staines passes the site. The H26 local service travels from Hatton Cross to Bedfont Lakes and on to Feltham Station. This is a 20-minute service from 7 am to 11 pm.
By Air
Terminal 4 at Heathrow Airport is within one mile of Bedfont Lakes. Some taxis may be reluctant to take passengers on a short drive to Bedfont Lakes, preferring instead rich pickings from a journey to a West End hotel. Such drivers should be reminded that any driver who takes a passenger on a short trip from Terminal 4 is automatically allowed back on the Terminal 4 taxi stand without the usually long queue, providing it is within half an hour. However there are a number of local cab companies used regularly by IBM at Bedfont - they will 'meet and greet' visitors, particularly those coming from abroad. Whilst slightly more costly than a black cab they are quicker, as you avoid the inevitable queues hassle free. There is a free bus which runs from terminal 4. Pickup is at Bay 13 (outside the arrivals area). The coach is a silver grey colour and has "New Square Park" on the side. The driver can be contacted on 07712-788433.
By Road
Bedfont Lakes is on the A30 main road from London to the South West. The entrance to New Square is by a road from a roundabout on the A30 between Staines and Terminal 4, Heathrow.
From the M25 take junction 13 which is 3 miles from Bedfont Lakes. Follow the sign "A30 Staines"and continue along the Staines bypass towards Central London. At the roundabout where the A315 and the B3003 joins the A30, you will find a new road leading into the site. The entrance to Bedfont Lakes site is the third exit at this roundabout so it is wise to be in the outside lane at this stage. This is the preferred route to Bedfont Lakes from the North.
You can reach Bedfont Lakes from Junction 14 of the M25. Drive along the A3113 towards Heathrow Airport. At the next roundabout take the third exit - the A3044 to Staines, a road that runs between the King George VI and the Staines Reservoirs to the A30. Turn left and drive to the next roundabout (Clockhouse) from where a new road leads directly into the site. Alternatively from Junction 14 you can take the Airport Perimeter road to Terminal 4, exit on to the A30 south and take the A30 to the next roundabout (Clockhouse) which provides a direct access road to the site.
From the M3 and the South, take Exit 1 (Sunbury) and turn left on to the Staines Road (A308). After going through the fourth set of traffic lights move across to the right hand lane to turn right at the next set of traffic lights(this being the fifth set) after turning right follow the B378 Ashford road till the roundabout. Go across, following the B3003 road, signposted the A30. You can enter the Bedfont Lakes site by making a right hand turn just before the A30 roundabout.
From Central London take the A4 road past Chiswick and along the Great West Road to its junction with the A30 near Heathrow Airport. Continue along the A30, passing Hatton Cross station, the Hilton hotel and Heathrow's Terminal 4. At the first roundabout on the A30 you will find the entrance to the Bedfont Lakes site
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