Data Transformation Engine What's New Reference Guide

Chapter 7 – Version 6.0 Resource Management Services
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Global Transaction Management
Support for distributed global transactions by interfacing with external transaction
managers has been added in Version 6.0. This release adds support for Microsoft
Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MS DTC) and MQSeries Transaction Manager.
Database and messaging adapters are now capable of participating in a global
transaction under the control of these transaction managers.
New and Improved Resource Adapters
Automatic HTTP Event Management
New in Version 6.0, the HTTP adapter allows the Event Server to directly process
HTTP (web) input events without compromising the integrity of the firewall. The
enhanced HTTP functionality consists of an HTTP adapter listener for the HTTP
adapter and a new Event Agent.
This new Internet feature marries synchronous web events and asynchronous
intra-enterprise application events to provide a single integrated solution for
combined B2B and A2A business events. Once an HTTP event is used to initiate a
map component within a system, session identification information can be
coordinated within and across map boundaries.
The Event Agent can be deployed inside the firewall or safely outside the firewall.
It has been designed with security in mind and supports SSL, username and
password authentication, or when minimal security is desired can simply rely on
configured port information.
On start-up, the HTTP adapter connects to the Event Agent and provides the
subscription list for web events. This eliminates the need to “poke a hole” in the
firewall, and provides a filter for acceptable URLs.
When multiple processes are managed by an Event Server, the Event Agent load
balances these requests using one of three user-configurable algorithms.
Security Features Added to the FTP Adapter
Secure data transfer is a requirement for sensitive B2B information, which can
contain account numbers, customer identification, and other proprietary
information. The FTP adapter has been enhanced to support SSLv2, SSLv3, and
TLSv1 protocols. This will allow the adapter to process “ftps:” URLs.