This session will cover what Connections middleware is, does and why it is so cool. We can’t rewrite everything, so join us in this session for a tour through the components that comprise Connections Middleware, including the new API gateway and discover how to seamlessly integrate and transition from legacy to PINK services without breaking anything.
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IBM Connections Middleware – Connecting Blue/Green and PINK
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IBM Connections Middleware
Connecting Blue/Green and Pink
Miki Banatwala
STSM, IBM Connections
Jim Puckett
Offering Manager
IBM Connections, IBM Docs
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Getting Started - C6
Technology Stack
Roadmap
Middleware - Definition
Demo
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• Orient Me
• Prioritized updates and naturally organized
content
• Built using Pink design principles and
infrastructure
• Flexible community layouts
• Enhanced Files experience
The path to Pink starts with Connections 6
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Connections PINK
7. PINK Technology
• Modern CI-CD
• StrongLoop / IBM API Connect
(node.js/express)
• SWIFT / GO
• React.js
• MongoDB
• Redis
• Nginx
• Docker
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Connections Customizer
Preview
First part of Pink Middleware. Allows
customers and partners to easily
customize the Connections UI.
OrientMe 2
First on premises update of
OrientMe containers released
including cognitive tuning updates,
increased scalability, etc.
Connections 6 Mobile
Includes new search, community
features, all new navigation, etc.
Connections Middleware
Seamless integration between
existing Connections deployments
and the new Pink Services.
Pink Mobile
GA release of Pink Mobile Clients.
Engagement Center
First release of IBM Connections
Engagement Center. Provides a
digital workspace that promotes
internal communication and
employee engagement.
Periscope UI GA
People Service
New People Service providing a
unified Profiles directory.
Content Service
New universal content store for all
Pink applications.
Engagement Center Pink
Pink release of Engagement Center
Project LiveGrid GA
Content Centric Apps
Leveraging the new Content
Service to provide files, wikis,
blogs, and forums experiences.
An additional new modern theme
using the latest design elements for
Connections Pink .
Build dynamic applications with
minimal or no coding experience.
Engagement Center Cloud
Cloud release of Engagement
Center
Pink Mobile Preview
Leveraging latest technologies to
build a new Pink mobile experience
starting with Profiles / People.
OrientMe in Public Cloud
Deployment of Orient Me into
Connections Cloud
Project LiveGrid Preview
Build dynamic applications with
minimal or no coding experience.
Live Remarks
Enable and manage reactions on
content (e.g. Like and Comment) across
Connections and 3rd Party services.
IC 6 CR1
CR1 for IBM Connections 6
including new metrics service.
Pink Notes
Note taking with social and graph
context.
Connections Customizer
First part of Pink Middleware. Allows
customers and partners to easily customize
the Connections UI.
Periscope UI Preview
A new modern theme using the
latest design elements for
Connections Pink .
Periscope UI Preview
A new modern theme using the
latest design elements for
Connections Pink .
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Middleware in Pink
• A few things …
• Needs to provide solutions for:
• Caching
• Orchestration & Choreography
• Messaging
• Compliance
• Analytics
• API Gateway
• Event management
• Must be offered as:
• An independent deployment
• Scalable, Resilient, and fit the platform framework
• Automated
• Before we talk about
Blue/Green & Pink
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Middleware API Gateway
Designs are subject to change
API
Gateway
API Registry Anaytics
Delivery Channels
Plugins Runnable
Namespace
3rd party
registration
Lifecycle
management
API explorer
Request recording Rate-limit
Request metrics
MW Gateway UI
IP restriction
User defined
(xform)
Caching Security, Access mgmt
Event chaining
Auto-scale-able & Resilient
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Middleware transformation support
Designs are subject to change
MW API Gateway
MW API Registration
Service
New PINK Service
Existing CNX APIs -> New (Pink Service)
Existing CNX APIs -> CNX APIs
Existing CNX -> New CNX (APIs)
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Blue/Green -> Pink (API)
• How do we transition without breaking customers and partners?
Green
feature
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Blue/Green -> Pink (API)
• How do we transition without breaking customers and partners?
Green
feature
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Blue/Green -> Pink (API)
• How do we transition without breaking customers and partners?
Green
feature
Pink
feature
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Blue/Green -> Pink (API)
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Blue/Green -> Pink (API)
• How do we transition without breaking customers and partners?
Proxy
API gateway
API assembler GraphQL
Mapping
Green
feature
Throttling Caching
Authentication Response modification
……
New-to-IC6 APIs IC6-to-New APIs
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Blue/Green -> Pink (API)
• How do we transition without breaking customers and partners?
Proxy
API gateway
API assembler GraphQL
Mapping
Pink
feature
Authentication Response modification
Throttling Caching ……
New-to-IC6 APIs IC6-to-New APIs
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Editor's Notes
Connections 6.0 elevator pitch (what's new)
Introducing Connections 6 so teams and organizations of any size can get the most out of their work day. IBM Connections starts with the end-to-end social enterprise network capabilities including email, meetings, chat, documents, and content.
However, Connections 6 introduces the brand new Orient Me home screen; The first homepage that knows you! Orient Me allows you to boost your personal productivity with prioritized updates, people alerts, and naturally organized content based on your unique behavior and daily interactions!
Connections 6 introduces flexible layouts to match you and your team’s needs to the challenge at hand, and new digital onboarding even allows new team members to be quickly brought up to speed.
Accessible from a desktop or mobile devices, you’ll have one version of the truth, and everyone will have the information they need at their fingertips.
Connections is evolving toward Pink. First Connections Blue, or Connections.next will be the last release of Connections with the current codebase for our on-premises customers. It will have a number of cutting-edge features including advanced Communities and Files, a new User Onboarding wizard, a cleanup of the look-and-feel; and the first of the Pink services, Orient Me.
Connections Green gives us those same new features, plus Box integration, in IBM’s public cloud.
And then Pink gives us the future.
Connections is evolving toward Pink. First Connections Blue, or Connections.next will be the last release of Connections with the current codebase for our on-premises customers. It will have a number of cutting-edge features including advanced Communities and Files, a new User Onboarding wizard, a cleanup of the look-and-feel; and the first of the Pink services, Orient Me.
Connections Green gives us those same new features, plus Box integration, in IBM’s public cloud.
And then Pink gives us the future.