European Union

The EU has spent billions of dollars on its IT infrastructure and systems. Traditionally the EU has been reliant on J2EE based systems with particular usage of IBM WebSphere and WebSphere MQ.

Recently it has become a requirement for the EU to produce dynamic
customer facing public websites using the latest tools and technologies. The complexity of the existing IT systems has made achieving this problematic – a lack of resources, concerns over costs and time constraints have led the EU to consider developing outside of the usual J2EE/WebSphere remit for the first time.

Arkitec led a Microsoft team to investigate the scenario and make recommendations to the EU IT directorate.

Read more about our approach and the technologies advocated below.

Technical workshops, written and presented by Arkitec, demonstrating the usage of Microsoft technologies working alongside the existing J2EE investment showed the EU how a blended solution could be implemented.

The workshop was delivered at the EU Technology Centre in Luxembourg to key decision makers within the EU including the Director of IT and his staff. A proof of concept .NET front end application was developed, showcasing new technologies, which integrated with an existing IBM WebSphere back-end system.

It was demonstrated to the EU that the latest Microsoft tools and technologies could significantly reduce the time to market for new projects whilst still leveraging the existing investment in J2EE technology. A reference architecture for interoperability solutions was presented and developed during the workshops.

Interoperability
C#, .NET
ASP.NET
MSMQ
SQL Server
Web Services
Java and J2EE
IBM WebSphere
WebSphere MQ
Apache Struts
Service-oriented architecture
Enterprise Services
IIS
Apache/TomCat
Sonic MQ

"Feedback from delegates has always been of an excellent, high standard. I would definitely recommend Arkitec for .NET and J2EE based projects."

Global Director - Microsoft Windows Platform and Developer Group