Abstract: A method, computer program product, and a system to globally serialize transactions where a processor(s) establishes a communications connection a (serialization) resource and a resource manager for a distributed computing system. The processor(s) obtains a first request from an application executing on the resource for access to a global resource managed by the resource manager, for executing a transaction. The processor(s) implements a lock for the global resource in an object store of the resource manager over the communications connection. The processor(s) communicates the lock to the application, which executes the transaction and the processor(s) updates a memory with a record comprising attributes of the lock. The processor(s) obtains a second request from the application to terminate the lock, obtains, identifies the lock for the transaction, in the object store, and updates the object store to delete the lock.

Abstract: A method, computer program product, and a system to globally serialize transactions where a processor(s) establishes a communications connection a (serialization) resource and a resource manager for a distributed computing system. The processor(s) obtains a first request from an application executing on the resource for access to a global resource managed by the resource manager, for executing a transaction. The processor(s) implements a lock for the global resource in an object store of the resource manager over the communications connection. The processor(s) communicates the lock to the application, which executes the transaction and the processor(s) updates a memory with a record comprising attributes of the lock. The processor(s) obtains a second request from the application to terminate the lock, obtains, identifies the lock for the transaction, in the object store, and updates the object store to delete the lock.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to techniques for discovering and exposing middleware applications as service endpoints through a universal connector in a middleware-agnostic fashion that does not require additional coding. In one embodiment, a back-end middleware system identifies a set of middleware applications that operate on an input/output (I/O) data area. Next, the back-end middleware system generates a set of discovery artifacts describing the middleware applications and the I/O data area. A discovery client sends a discovery request to a the back-end middleware system, which sends structured information from the discovery artifacts in response. Based on the structured information, the discovery client creates a REST model for the set of middleware applications, mapper artifacts that map REST operations to the middleware applications, and transformer artifacts that indicate how to convert data between Javascript-object-notation (JSON) format and format that is compatible with the I/O data area.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to techniques for discovering and exposing middleware applications as service endpoints through a universal connector in a middleware-agnostic fashion that does not require additional coding. In one embodiment, a back-end middleware system identifies a set of middleware applications that operate on an input/output (I/O) data area. Next, the back-end middleware system generates a set of discovery artifacts describing the middleware applications and the I/O data area. A discovery client sends a discovery request to a the back-end middleware system, which sends structured information from the discovery artifacts in response. Based on the structured information, the discovery client creates a REST model for the set of middleware applications, mapper artifacts that map REST operations to the middleware applications, and transformer artifacts that indicate how to convert data between Javascript-object-notation (JSON) format and format that is compatible with the I/O data area.

Abstract: A mechanism is provided for managing the life cycle of software products across multiple platforms. A software product framework is provided for integrating access to information and installation support regarding at least two different software products on at least two different operating system platforms. A first client device is registered for a first version of a software product and a second client device is registered for a second version of the software product of the at least two different software products, where the first version and the second version are not a same version. Responsive to receiving a third version of the software product, the first version is automatically updated to the third version of the software product on the first client device, while the second version is not automatically updated to the third version of the software product on the second client device.