IBM PRACTICE
CBS is the sole IBM Value Added Plus (VAP) business partner for IBM data products (DB2 and Informix) and IBM WebSphere in Jamaica. This partnership allows us to actively engage in the selling of IBM’s extensive suite of DBMS products and related services. Additionally, we are able to leverage our expertise in JAVA application design and development to complement the IBM solutions that we offer our clients.
JAVA application Design and Development using IBM WebSphere Studio and MQ
- Use of UML using Rational Software Architect
- J2EE patterns and MVC architecture used in design to enforce industry best practices
- Role based development by separation of presentation, business and database layers
- Iterative development methodology to incorporate early product visibility and user involvement throughout the development phase
- Development of Web Services
- Asynchronous Message processing to communicate between different systems by using IBM MQ series and JAVA Messaging Service (JMS)
Data Management using IBM Informix and IBM DB2
- Installation and Configuration
- Performance tuning and monitoring
- SQL optimization
- User Access, roles and security
- Backups and restores
- DB standards and procedures
- Replication
Software Configuration Management using IBM Rational ClearCase and ClearQuest
- Implementation of Change Management and Version Control of software artifacts
- Defect Tracking
Automated Testing using IBM Rational Robot
- Writing of Test Scripts using IBM Rational Robot / Functional Tester / Performance Tester to allow automated testing