IBM WebSphere

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IBM WebSphere refers to a brand of software products, that are mostly proprietary^[1], although the term also popularly refers to one specific product: IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS). WebSphere is designed to set up, operate and integrate electronic business applications across multiple computing platforms, using Java-based Web technologies. It includes both the run-time components and the tools to develop applications, that will run on WAS.

Contents 1 History 2 IBM WebSphere software 2.1 Application Servers 2.1.1 Distributed Application & Web Servers 2.1.2 Edge Servers 2.1.3 Other Application Servers 2.2 Business Integration 2.2.1 Application Integration and Connectivity 2.2.2 Process Integration 2.3 Commerce 2.3.1 Web Commerce 2.4 Mobile, Speech and Enterprise Access 2.4.1 Device Software 2.4.2 Mobile and Enterprise Access 2.4.3 Speech 2.4.4 Translation 2.4.5 Other Mobile, Speech and Enterprise Access 2.5 Networking 2.5.1 Host Access 2.6 Organizational Productivity, Portals and Collaboration 2.6.1 Portals 2.7 Software Development 2.7.1 Integrated Development Environment 2.7.2 Analysis Modeling & Design 2.7.3 Problem Determination Tools 2.7.4 Process and Portfolio Management 2.7.5 Software Quality Management 2.7.6 Traditional Programming Languages & Compilers 2.8 Systems Management 2.8.1 Application Performance & Availability 2.9 Enterprise Content Management 3 WebSphere compatibility matrix 4 See also 5 Notes and references 6 External links

[edit] History

The first product in this brand was IBM WebSphere Performance Pack, introduced in June 1998^[2]. Now, it is a part of IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment.

[edit] IBM WebSphere software

See also: List of IBM products

Following is the complete list of IBM WebSphere software, classified according to IBM.^[3] Several tools appear in more than one category.

[edit] Application Servers

[edit] Distributed Application & Web Servers

Application integration, data access and integration, business processing and distributed transaction monitoring:

• IBM WebSphere Application Server
  • IBM WebSphere Application Server Community Edition (free)
  • for z/OS
  • Network Deployment
• Developer
  • for IBM System i (eServer pSeries, AS/400)
  • for z/Series
• Extended Deployment
  • for z/OS
  • V6
• Host Access Transformation Services
• Real Time
• IBM Rational Application Developer
• Studio Device Developer
• IBM Rational Software Architect

[edit] Edge Servers

Caching, content distribution and load balancing functionality:

• IBM WebSphere Edge Server

[edit] Other Application Servers

Other platforms, on which to run interoperable applications:

• Remote Server
• WebSphere sMash (Project Zero)

[edit] Business Integration

[edit] Application Integration and Connectivity

Application Integration and Connectivity middleware reduces the complexity of connecting applications to applications.

• adapters
• Data Interchange
  • for MultiPlatforms
  • for z/OS
• IBM WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliances
  • DataPower Integration Appliance XI50
  • DataPower XML Security Gateway XS40
  • DataPower XML Accelerator XA35
• IBM WebSphere ESB
• IBM WebSphere Message Broker
  • for MultiPlatforms
  • for z/OS
  • with Rules and Formatter Extension for Multiplatforms
  • with Rules and Formatter Extension for z/OS
• IBM WebSphere MQ
  • Express
  • Extended Security Edition
  • for z/OS
  • V6
• WebSphere MQ Everyplace
  • Network Edition
  • Retail Edition
• WebSphere Service Registry and Repository
• WebSphere Transformation Extender

[edit] Process Integration

Runtime and infrastructure for real-time application integration, event-driven processing and process automation.

• Business Events
• Business Integration Server Express
• Business Integration Workbench Entry Edition
• Business Integration Workbench Server
• Business Modeler
  • Advanced
  • Basic
  • Publishing Server
• Business Monitor
• Business Services Fabric
• Event Broker
• IBM WebSphere Integration Developer
• InterChange Server
• MQ Workflow
  • for MultiPlatforms
  • for z/OS and OS/390
• Partner Gateway
  • Advanced Edition
  • Enterprise Edition
  • Express
• IBM WebSphere Process Server

[edit] Commerce

[edit] Web Commerce

Platform framework for e-commerce, including marketing, sales, customer and order processing functionality in a tailorable, integrated package.

• IBM WebSphere Commerce
  • Enterprise
  • Professional
  • Express

[edit] Mobile, Speech and Enterprise Access

[edit] Device Software

Device software is client-side software, embedded in mobile devices and interfaces with supporting server-side software.

• Everyplace Custom Environment
• Everyplace Micro Environment - this support many platforms, for instance, see their WEME 6.1.1 evaluation platforms.

[edit] Mobile and Enterprise Access

• Everyplace Access
• Everyplace Deployment, which has evolved into IBM Lotus Expeditor
• Everyplace Mobile Portal Enable

[edit] Speech

Delivers Business-to-employee (B2E) and Business-to-consumer (B2C) services, including: voice recognition and telephony speech processing.

• Embedded ViaVoice
• Unified Messaging for WebSphere Voice Response

WebSphere

• Everyplace Subscription Manager
• Voice Response for AIX
• Voice Server

[edit] Translation

Translation applications convert languages automatically and assist humans performing internationalization tasks.

• Translation Server, for Multiplatforms

[edit] Other Mobile, Speech and Enterprise Access

• Everyplace Device Manager
• Everyplace Mobile Portal
• Everyplace Server for Telecom
• IP Multimedia Subsystem Connector
• WebSphere Presence Server
• Radio-frequency identification (RFID) Premises Server
• WebSphere Telecom Web Services Server

[edit] Networking

[edit] Host Access

Provides multiprotocol transparency and control and connectivity (protocol stacks and terminal emulation) to host applications.

• WebFacing Deployment Tool with HATS Technology
• WebSphere Host Access Transformation Services
• WebSphere Host Integration Solution
• WebSphere Host On-Demand

[edit] Organizational Productivity, Portals and Collaboration

[edit] Portals

Provide personalized access to a variety of applications and aggregate disparate content sources and services. Portals allow people to customize their user experience, with personalized applications based on role, context, actions, location, preferences and team collaboration needs. There are many other things that can be brought into a portal site.

• Portal^[4]
• Portlet Factory

[edit] Software Development

[edit] Integrated Development Environment

Application development tools for Websphere

• IBM Rational Application Developer
• Application Server Toolkit

[edit] Analysis Modeling & Design

Assists in creating resilient architectures for Service-oriented architecture (SOA), programming specifications, business processes and rules.

• Branch Transformation Toolkit for WebSphere Studio
• WebFacing Deployment Tool with HATS Technology
• WebSphere Developer
• WebSphere Development Studio Client Advanced Edition for iSeries
• WebSphere Studio Asset Analyzer
• WebSphere Studio Device Developer

[edit] Problem Determination Tools

Problem determination and debugging tools:

• Application Performance Analyzer for System z
• Debugger Tool for System z
• File Manager for System z
• Fault Analyzer for System z
• Optim Move for DB2
• Workload Simulator for OS/390 and System z

[edit] Process and Portfolio Management

Implements and manages enterprise processes and investments using proven tools and practices:

• IBM Asset Transformation Workbench

[edit] Software Quality Management

Tools that address all dimensions of software quality: functionality, reliability and performance:

• Studio Workload Simulator for z/OS and OS/390

[edit] Traditional Programming Languages & Compilers

3GL and 4GL/RAD language-based tools and unified development environments.

• COBOL Family

[edit] Systems Management

[edit] Application Performance & Availability

Define, measure, and manage to committed service levels across complex heterogeneous environments with central control.

• Studio Application Monitor

[edit] Enterprise Content Management

• Information Integrator, Content Edition (IICE)
• IBM WebSphere Information Integration

[edit] WebSphere compatibility matrix

This table is derived from IBM Information Center: Specifications and API documentation

WebSphere version	WebSphere 3.5	WebSphere 4.0	WebSphere 5.0	WebSphere 5.1	WebSphere 6.0	WebSphere 6.1	WebSphere 7.0
Release date	1998 ?	June 2001 ?	November 2002?	November 2003 ?	late 2004	May 2006	Sept 2008
End of support	30 Nov 2003	30 April 2005	30 Sept 2006	30 Sept 2008
JDK	1.2	1.3	1.3	1.4	1.4	5.0	6.0
JavaEE	?	1.2	1.3	1.3	1.4	1.4	5.0
Servlet	2.1&2.2	2.2	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.5
JSP	0.91&1.0&1.1	1.1	1.2	1.2	2.0	2.0	2.1
EJB	1.0	1.1	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.1	3.0
WebSphere version	3.5	4.0	5.0	5.1	6.0	6.1	7.0

[edit] See also

• IBM InfoSphere DataStage
• Enterprise application integration

[edit] Notes and references

1. ^ e.g. IBM WebSphere Application Server Community Edition is not proprietary
2. ^ IBM Introduces WebSphere Performance Pack
3. ^ IBM WebSphere software - Products by category
4. ^ WebSphere Portal belongs to the IBM Lotus products but to the WebSphere brand [1]

[edit] External links

• The Sphere Journal and Online Knowledgebase
• IBM WebSphere software catalog
• [2]
• Global WebSphere Community
• A Video on IBM WebSphere Application Server Installation

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