IBM WebSphere Business Collaborations for Life Insurance Version 1.0
IBM WebSphere Business Collaborations for Property and Casualty Insurance Version 1.0

IBM WebSphere Business Integration Collaborations Version 4.5

Release notes

IBM(R) WebSphere(R) Business Integration Collaborations are part of the IBM WebSphere Business Integration portfolio. Business Integration involves interconnecting multiple disparate processing entities within an enterprise context (for example, applications, systems, and human resources). This context can involve simply interconnecting individual applications so they can share data and actions; interconnecting multiple applications across enterprise boundaries (such as departments, divisions, or subsidiaries); or interconnecting systems internal and external to the enterprise.

Based on IBM WebSphere InterChange Server technology, WebSphere Business Integration Collaborations are ideally suited for insurance organizations seeking to compete in the modern insurance industry. IBM's integration technology enables the interaction of different applications, facilitating the integration of front-end and back-end systems, and speeding the integration of merged departments and companies. WebSphere Business Integration Collaborations provide prebuilt components designed specifically for insurance-related business processes.

About this release

IBM's collaborations designed for insurance companies consist of the following features:

New in this release

Reorganization of collaboration groupings

With this release, IBM is simplifying and streamlining its portfolio of collaborations. For existing customers, IBM WebSphere Business Integration Collaborations Version 4.5 offers continuity in the packaging of collaborations for the insurance industry as follows:

At the same time, IBM is consolidating existing collaborations into functional solutions so that customers will be better able to solve a particular business integration problem by selecting a group of industry-specific or cross-industry collaborations that address that problem. The consolidated collaboration groupings for the insurance industry are as follows:

IBM WebSphere Business Integration Collaborations for Life Insurance V1.0

IBM WebSphere Business Integration Collaborations for Property and Casualty Insurance V1.0

Collaborations for the insurance industry

Each collaboration designed for the insurance industry meets a specific industry requirement:

Format

For this release, all WebSphere Business Integration Collaborations for the insurance industry have been packaged in WebSphere InterChange Server V4.2.2 format.

Installing the software

Installing the solution using Electronic Software Distribution

If you are installing this solution using Electronic Software Distribution (ESD), you must perform the installation according to the instructions contained in the solution's Installation Guide.

Before following the installation procedures, make sure that you have downloaded the software that you want to install from Passport Advantage (www.lotus.com/passportadvantage). Refer to Passport Advantage for downloading instructions.

Installing the solution from the product CD

If you are installing this solution from the product CD, you must first select the appropriate industry solution components using the CD installation procedure, and then complete the solution installation by following the instructions in the appropriate solution's Installation Guide.

Important: The root directory that is referred to in the solution Installation Guide is the same root directory that is used during the product CD installation procedure. The default root directory is \IBM\WebSphereICS.

Sample implementation

A sample implementation of WebSphere Business Integration for Insurance is available for download from the IBM WebSphere Business Integration Collaborations support site. Go to  www.ibm.com/software/integration/wbicollaborations/support and enter WBI Insurance sample in the Search field. Click WBI for Insurance V4.2 & V4.1 Sample Business Objects to access the downloadable files.

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