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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.

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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.

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.

Application Servers

Distributed Application & Web Servers

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

Edge Servers

Caching, content distribution and load balancing functionality:

Other Application Servers

Other platforms, on which to run interoperable applications:

Business Integration

Application Integration and Connectivity

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

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

Commerce

Web Commerce

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

Mobile, Speech and Enterprise Access

Device Software

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

Mobile and Enterprise Access

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

Speech

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

WebSphere

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

Translation

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

  • Translation Server, for Multiplatforms

Other Mobile, Speech and Enterprise Access

Networking

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

Organizational Productivity, Portals and Collaboration

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

Software Development

Integrated Development Environment

Application development tools for Websphere

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

Problem Determination Tools

Problem determination and debugging tools:

  • Developer Debugger for System z

Process and Portfolio Management

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

  • IBM Asset Transformation Workbench

Software Quality Management

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

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

Traditional Programming Languages & Compilers

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

Systems Management

Application Performance & Availability

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

  • Studio Application Monitor

Enterprise Content Management

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

See also

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]

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Article keywords: ibm websphere, websphere application server, websphere studio, websphere mq,

This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.


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