Now on IBM developerWorks: Making of MetroSphere, Part 5: Installing WebSphere Portal Express (Tutorial) -- The first step in the MetroSphere project is getting the software installed so we can start working with it. This tutorial explains the necessary hardware and software prerequisites for installing WebSphere Portal - Express, and then explains the information necessary for a Quick Install and describes how that process should work. It also looks at some of the additional information necessary for a Standard Install.
Now on IBM developerWorks: Integrating applications with Web services using WebSphere Studio V5 (Tutorial) -- This tutorial shows you how to make your application Web-services ready using the tools in WebSphere Studio Application Developer Version 5. You will learn how to wrap an existing application as a Web service and announce it using a UDDI directory and to discover and use Web services within your applications. The tutorial also explains how to deploy your application to a WebSphere Application Server.