What’s New In

webMethods 9.12

Yogesh Dhimate

Sr. Integration Architect

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FOUNDATION FOOT PRINT CLIENTELE CORE STRENGTH OWNERSHIP TEAM SIZE

Reston, VA

Princeton, NJ

Delhi

Hyderabad

Guwahati

Lucknow

Cupertino, CA

Chicago, IL

Dublin, Ireland

Houston, TX

London, UK

1993: 24

years young

Startups to

Fortune 500

People and

process (ISO

9001:2008

and CMMi

Level 3)

Public limited.

BSE|NSE : KELLTONTEC

1200+

employees

globally

USA,

Canada,

Ireland , UK &

India

KEY FACTS

1

Certifications. Alliances. Recognition. THE GILDED ARMORY

2

3

World HQ in Hyderabad, India 120,000 sq. ft. office space across India

Global locations – USA, UK, Ireland

On-site training for up to 300+ people at a time

Dedicated space for application development, QA & training

Dedicated Mobility & IoT Labs

Near shore Delivery Center in Dublin,

Ireland

Global offshore Delivery Centers in Gurgaon

& Hyderabad, India

State-of-the-art center development centers

Communication Infrastructure: Four dedicated leased

line supported by a backup broadband, wireless and

IPLC link. Video conferencing, 24 x 7 VOIP.

Dedicated servers for application development,

testing, hosting and client presentations. Internal mail

exchange server & Virtualized environment with

HA&DRS enabled

40 – 60% cost savings, depending on the

engagement

OFFSHORE CAPABILITIES

Digital

Transformation

Harness the power of

digital technologies

and data to create

competitive advantage

Digital Connected

Enterprise

Connecting the dots in

your digital systems of

engagement, insight,

records and core IT

Enterprise

Solutions

Delivering end-to-end

SAP solutions as a

certified SAP Gold

partner

Professional

Services

Promoting strategic

agility with cutting-

edge technology

consulting and

professional services

Outsourced

Product

Development

Ensuring high quality

and high performance

product development via

agile SDLC model

WHAT WE DO

DIGITAL BUSINESS PLATFORM

WEBMETHODS 9.12 HIGHLIGHTS

• Digital Event Services

(DES) for event based

integration

• Enhanced distributed

caching functionality

• Docker images

supported out of box

• Enhanced mapping

construct for arrays

• Visually compare and

merge specific IS

assets

• Improved dependency

management tasks

• Out of box integration

with Apama

Integration API management Process Development Operational

Intelligence Misc

• Support for HTTP

PATCH in Centrasite

and Mediator native

and virtual services

• Combined capabilities

of Enterprise Gateway

and API Gateway in

single product.

• Simplified architecture

with no dependency on

Centrasite for policy

definition

• Dedicated user

interface to perform

API related tasks in API

lifecycle

• MWS supports SAML

2.0 compliant SSO

provider

• AgiliApps supports

Terracotta EhCache

• Complete monitoring

of webMethods BPM

processes including

AgileApps case and

workflow in Business

Console

• Monitor performance

statistics for REST

services provided by

MWS and business

console

• O4I can monitor

named objects for UM

• MashZone NextGen

Visual Analytics 9.12

• Command Central can

monitor and control

PPM remotely

• PPM provides

simplified process

visualization

• Expanded search

functionality in PPM

• Dynamic ant farm

process analytics view

in O4I can now be

configured to a

specific range.

• Command central

provides web interface

for production

installation -9.8 & later

• Command central can

create/update/delete

IS/UM/MWS/Apama

instances

• Asset Build and

Deployer allows

AgileApps assets

deployments

• Command Central

product and fix

repository

management is

streamlined

WEBMETHODS 9.12 INTEGRATION Digital Event Services (DES)

is the new mechanism for

event based integration

between IS and other

Software AG components

1

Enhanced mapping

construct that allows to map

an array of input

documents to target using a

single map step, simplifying

mapping process

2

Visually compare and

merge Integration server

assets such as JMS triggers,

adapter services and

connections for improved

development /debugging

3

forEach

WEBMETHODS 9.12 INTEGRATION Unit Test Framework:

WmTestSuite is now

available as part of

DevOps edition to run

automated tests for CI/CD

4

Ability to search for

individual variables and

identify all the references

to those variables in code

base improving

dependency management.

5

Generic OData connector

with full support for 2.0

specification.

TLS 1.1 and 1.2 for

improved security

6

Designer

Workstation

Local IS

Designer

Workstation

Local IS

Designer

Workstation

Local IS

VCS

Repository

Dev

Environment

developer

developer

developer

Build and deploy

WEBMETHODS 9.12 INTEGRATION

Integration Server now

supports an enhanced

distributed caching

functionality

7

Microservices Architecture:

Integration Server provides

out-of-the-box scripts to

create Docker Integration

Server images

8

webMethods Application

Platform now provides

service browser

capabilities that provides

information of services

exposed to IS

9

Connectors

Adapters

Packages

P1 P2 P3 P4

Security

Runtime

Connectors

Adapters

Packages

P1 P2

Security

Runtime

Connectors

Adapters

Packages

P1 P3

Security

Runtime

P4

API Gateway

Monolith Microservices

WEBMETHODS 9.12 INTEGRATION

webMethods Trading

Networks is now tightly

integrated w

ith webMethods

ActiveTransfer for

better management and

monitoring of files that

traverse these two

components. Additionally,

Trading Networks can now

deliver documents via

ActiveTransfe

10

Trading Networks and

ActiveTransfer no longer

need to run on the same

Integration Server

11

Visual Navigator

perspective allows

developers to easily see

dependencies in their

Application Platform

12

Content Service Platform:

Documentum

FileNet

SharePoint

Alfresco

13

ESB as Big Data Gateway:

Big Data Gateway opens

up new opportunities to

integrate with Hadoop and

NoSQL stores

14

Big Data

Storage

Technologies

DS

DS

DS DS

DS DS

DS DS

WEBMETHODS 9.12 API MANAGEMENT

Single gateway merging

Enterprise Gateway and

Mediator capabilities

without the need for

CentraSite.

Single API gateway for

security and mediation.

1

Simplified and streamlined

architecture for easy

deployment

2

Dedicated web user

interface enables light-

weight gateway and API

portal implementations

3

Competitive API Management offering for stand-

alone use cases and as complementary to Integration

4

Unstructured

Agile

Mode 2

Structured

Systematic

Mode 1

WEBMETHODS 9.12 PROCESS DEV

Tight integration between

Process Engine and

AgileApps allows for the

invocation of an

AgileApps case from a

BPM process.

1

Integration of AgileApps

and BPMS allows us to

address the needs of both

– IT (e.g. Java developer)

and Citizen Developers

(e.g. business analyst)

2

Business Console workbench

for case, task and process

3 Business Console workbench

for case, task and process

Unified structured and

unstructured processing

4 webMethods AgileApps

now supports Terracotta

Ehcache as an option for

storing object

metadata in the cache

5

Development

Visual Forms

App Logic

Services & Events

API Enabled

Channels

Web

Social

Mobile

IoT

Orchestration

Process

Tasks

Rules

Case

Analytics

Discovery

Operational

Predictive

WEBMETHODS 9.12 OP. INTELLIGENCE

MashZone NextGen Visual

Analytics 9.12 is a new

product that provides

exploratory, ad hoc

analysis of streaming and

historical data from

multiple sources.

1

Optimize for Infrastructure

can now monitor named

objects, or durable

subscribers, for

Universal Messaging.

2

Command central can

monitor and control Process

Performance Manager

remotely

3

Simplified process flow

visualization to use along

with classic process flow

capability to reduce

complexity

4

SUPPORT LIFECYCLE

GA EOM EOS 3 years 1 year

Standard maintenance

• Full support

• New fixes / SPs for issues

Sustained maintenance

• Limited Support

• Existing fixes / SPs

• No new fixes

Self service

• No support

• Self service access to

knowledge base

General Availability End of Maintenance End of Support

https://empower.softwareag.com/GeneralSupportInfo/ProductLifecycleandMaintenance/SupportPolicy2011.asp

SUPPORTED UPGRADE PATHS Old

Release

New Release

6.5 7.1 8.2 9.0 9.5 9.6 9.7 9.8 9.9 9.10 9.12

6.1 side-by-side side-by-side

6.5 side-by-side side-by-side

7.1 side-by-side

over-install

side-by-side side-by-side

8.0/8.1 over-install side-by-side side-by-side

8.2 side-by-side

over-install

side-by-side side-by-side side-by-side side-by-side

9.0 side-by-side side-by-side side-by-side side-by-side side-by-side side-by-side side-by-side

9.5 side-by-side side-by-side side-by-side side-by-side side-by-side side-by-side

9.6 side-by-side side-by-side side-by-side side-by-side side-by-side

9.7 side-by-side side-by-side side-by-side side-by-side

9.8 side-by-side side-by-side side-by-side

9.9 side-by-side side-by-side

9.10 side-by-side

WHY UPGRADE?

Current version is nearing EOS/EOM

New features in the latest version

Scheduled upgrade/maintenance strategy

New version resolves issues/problems in the previous version

We like new products and latest release

Other drivers

UPGRADE METHODOLOGY

Infrastructure Modernization

Leverage New Features & Capabilities

Standup, Migrate, Test &

Cut-over

SDLC Improvements

Areas of Modernization

PLANNING YOUR UPGRADE?

Hardware

• Check system requirements

• Capacity planning

• Hardware supportability

Cut Over

• Staggered or Big bang

Data

• Transaction History

• In flight transactions

Testing

• Regression testing / Full

testing

• Automated or manual

testing

UPGRADE PROCEDURE

Analysis & Planning

Define & plan an upgrade path

Determine logical & physical architecture

Upgrade Path

Documented approach

Relies on automation

Leverage homegrown framework

Install/standup/config

Migrate and rectify code

Regression Test

Cut-over/Go live

Warranty/ Support

Support for agreed timeframe

Extended offline support

Training to the teams

IMPORTANT ASPECTS

Minimize down time during upgrade

Production verification before cut-over

Repeatable and automated procedure for multiple instances

Same host name/port number?

Back out and revert to old version

FEW SUCCESS STORIES

KELLTON TECH ADVANTAGE

Experts in integration space across various domains for over 20 years

Engagement in modernization and reference architecture using custom

accelerators and solution frameworks

Certified team of analysts, engineers and solution architects focused on

Software AG’s Digital Business Platform

Greater insight and visibility into Software AG’s roadmap to ensure

future proof architecture and modernization strategy

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