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IBM Certified Solution Developer - WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliances, Firmware V3.6.0


Job Role Description / Target Audience

Note: This certification will retire on December 31, 2008.  The most current certification is: IBM Certified Solution Developer - WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliances, Firmware V3.6.1.



This intermediate level certification is intended for implementers who are configuring and deploying SOA solutions using IBM WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliances. This includes WebSphere DataPower XML Accelerator XA35, WebSphere DataPower XML Security Gateway XS40, and WebSphere DataPower Integration Appliance XI50.

An implementer who passes this exam is able to deploy IBM WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliances:
  • to accelerate XML processing. 
  • to secure SOA implementations.
  • to integrate legacy systems into SOA environments. 
  • to provide monitoring and service-level management for SOA Governance.
  • as a hardware Enterprise Service Bus.

To attain the IBM Certified Solution Developer - WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliances, Firmware V3.6.0 candidates must possess the skills outlined under Recommended Prerequisite Skills below and pass 1 test.  To gain additional knowledge and skills, and prepare for the tests based on the job role and test objectives, take the link to the test below, and refer to the Test Preparation tab.


Recommended Prerequisite Skills

(knowledge and skills one needs to possess before beginning to prepare for this job role certification

  • Web Services (XML, XSD, XSLT/XPath, SOAP, WSDL and WS-Addressing)
  • Web Services Security (WS-Security, XML encryption and XML digital signature)
  • Identity management software and protocols (Kerberos, LDAP, and SAML)
  • Web Services Management (UDDI, WSDM, and Service Level Management)
  • PKI (Digital certificate, and CRL)
  • Transport (MQ, JMS, FTP, HTTP, HTTPS, and SSL)
  • Mainframe (data mapping)
  • Networking (TCP/IP, DNS, load balancing, packet tracing, and failover)
  • Data Center Management (logging and SNMP)
  • Enterprise Architecture (SOA and Enterprise Security)


Requirements

This certification requires 1 test(s).

Test(s):

  1. Test 284 - IBM WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliances Firmware V3.6.0



Test registration

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