IBM FileNet P8 Platform and Architecture

IBM® FileNet® P8 Platform is a next-generation, unified enterprise foundation for the integrated IBM FileNet P8 products. It combines the enterprise content management with comprehensive business process management and compliance capabilities. IBM FileNet P8 addresses the most demanding compliance, content, and process management needs for your entire organization. It is a key element in creating an agile, adaptable enterprise content management (ECM) environment necessary to support a dynamic organization that must respond quickly to change.

In this IBM Redbooks® publication, we provide an overview of IBM FileNet P8 and describe the core component architecture. We also introduce major expansion products that extend IBM FileNet P8 functionality in the areas of content ingestion, content accessing through connectors and federation, the application framework, and discovery and compliance.

IBM FileNet P8 Platform supports enterprise content management. In this book, we discuss the anatomy of an ECM infrastructure, content event processing, content life cycle, and business processes.

Each IBM FileNet P8 product has its own functionality, but they are all built on top of the IBM FileNet P8 Platform. The support for security around authentication and access control of processes and content of these products is provided by the core platform. In this book, we describe the security issues to consider in an enterprise environment, how IBM FileNet P8 addresses them, and how to manage security effectively in an IBM FileNet P8 environment.

Another important topic that we address in this book is how the unique ability of the IBM FileNet P8 Platform can scale horizontally and vertically to respond to increasing load demands. We discuss the available options for each of the core platform engines and for the expansion products.

We designed this book to give IT architects, IT specialists, and IT Technical Sales a solid understanding of IBM FileNet P8 Platform, its architecture, its functions and extensibility, and its unlimited capabilities.

Chapter 1. IBM FileNet P8 Platform overview
Chapter 2. Core component architecture
Chapter 3. Expansion products for content ingestion
Chapter 4. Expansion products for connectors and federation
Chapter 5. Expansion products for application framework
Chapter 6. Expansion products for search, classification, and discovery
Chapter 7. Enterprise content management
Chapter 8. Security
Chapter 9. Scalability and distribution
Chapter 10. Architecting an IBM FileNet P8 solution

• IBM FileNet Content Manager Implementation Best Practices and Recommendations, SG24-7547-00
• IBM High Availability Solution for IBM FileNet P8 Systems, SG24-7700-00
• Introducing IBM FileNet Business Process Manager, SG24-7509-00

Publish Date
22 July 2009

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Author(s)

Wei-Dong Zhu (Jackie) is an Enterprise Content Management, Risk and Discovery Project Leader with the IBM International Technical Support Organization (ITSO). She has more than 10 years of software development experience in accounting, image workflow processing, and digital media distribution. Jackie has a Master of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of the Southern California. Jackie joined IBM in 1996. She is a Certified Solution Designer for IBM Content Manager and has managed and lead the production of many Enterprise Content Management, Risk and Discovery redbooks publications.

• Wei-Dong Zhu

Kameron Cole is a Senior IT Specialist and Managing Consultant for the IBM Center of Excellence, Content Management and Discovery. Kameron is a Sun-certified J2EE Developer, IBM-certified WebSphere Administrator, WebSphere Portal Administrator/Developer, and Enterprise Developer. His area of expertise includes architecting complex solutions for enterprise content management, content analysis, and discovery areas. He has a Master of Arts degree in Linguistics and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Computer Science, specializing in compiler construction and natural language processing. Kameron has written several technical books and developerWorks articles in his specialty areas.

• Kameron Cole

Adam Fowler is an Enterprise Content Management Technical Seller for the United Kingdom (UK) and Ireland. He has six years of experience in enterprise content management, business process management, and enterprise portal and systems integration. He has a degree in Computer Science from Aberystwyth University, Wales, UK. His areas of expertise include FileNet P8 4.x architecture and solutions, information about demand, and J2EE application design and development. Adam is an IBM FileNet Certified Professional in the P8 Platform, architecture and product set. Adam joined FileNet in 2006 and came into IBM in 2007. He has written extensively on approaches to supporting Technical Sales within IBM and has contributed previously to the IBM FileNet user forums, Tomcat user forums, and the Tomcat Book Project.

• Adam Fowler

Michael Kirchner is a Lead IT specialist for IBM Enterprise Content Management Technical Sales in Germany. He has 10 years of experience in the enterprise content management and business process management marketplace. Michael has a Master of Electrical Engineering from the Ruhr-University in Bochum (Germany) and joined IBM in 2007 with nine years of FileNet experience, where he worked in the Professional Services organization as Team Lead, Project Manager, and Senior Systems Consultant. During this time, he was responsible for many implementations of ECM/BPM solutions based on IBM FileNet products. Michael has an expertise in IBM FileNet P8 4.0 architecture and is Technical Sales Certified for the FileNet P8 Content and Process products. He regularly advises clients in the Financial Services and Public/Distribution Sectors regarding their strategies in ECM.

• Michael Kirchner

Bruce J Mcdowell is a Senior IT Specialist for IBM Enterprise Content Management supporting the New York/New Jersey Metro Sales team in the US. He has 18 years of experience in the content management area. He has a degree in Sociology and Economics from Mount Union College and an AIIM ECM Practitioner designation. His areas of expertise include system and configuration analysis and design. Bruce has performed in a variety of roles in the content management arena, as a customer in insurance and banking, as a system integrator, and providing professional services for ECM software vendors.

• Bruce J Mcdowell

Chuck Snow is an IT Specialist for the IBM Enterprise Content Management Software Development Group. He has more than 10 years of experience selling and supporting complex enterprise solutions within the northeastern United States. Chuck has a Bachelor's degree from Temple University in International Business and an MBA from Clark University in Management Information Systems and Global Business. He is involved with many fields within information management, with specialization in records management, collaboration, and knowledge management solutions.

• Chuck Snow

Mike Winter is a Senior Technical Staff Member (STSM) and Enterprise Content Management architect responsible for architecture of the IBM FileNet Content Manager. Mike has more than 20 years of software development experience and has been heavily involved in the development of business process management and content management products within the FileNet brand for the past 15 years. He joined FileNet in 1993 and IBM in 2006 through a merger.

• Mike Winter

Margaret Worel (Maig) is a Senior Systems Specialist Engineer (ITS), supporting demonstrations and rapid sales response for the IBM Enterprise Content Management Demo group in the US. She joined IBM through a merger with FileNet in 2006 and is currently focusing on demonstration best practices. Maig is a graduate of UCLA with over 12 years of software experience. She manages, designs, develops, and implements programs and procedures for data and process management.

• Margaret Worel

ISBN

0738432946

IBM Form Number
SG24-7667-00

Number of pages
370