IBM WebSphere

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


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[edit] IBM WebSphere software

Following is the complete list of IBM WebSphere software classified according to the IBM classification.[2] Several tools appear in more than one category.
For a full list of IBM software see List of IBM products

[edit] Application Servers

[edit] Distributed Application & Web Servers

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

[edit] Edge Servers

Caching, content distribution and load balancing functionality.

[edit] Other Application Servers

Other platforms on which to run interoperable applications.

  • WebSphere Remote Server

[edit] Business Integration

[edit] Application Integration and Connectivity

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

  • WebSphere Adapters
  • WebSphere Data Interchange
    • for MultiPlatforms
    • for z/OS
  • WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliances
    • WebSphere DataPower Integration Appliance XI50
    • WebSphere DataPower XML Security Gateway XS40
    • WebSphere DataPower XML Accelerator XA35
  • WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus
  • WebSphere Message Broker
    • for MultiPlatforms
    • for z/OS
    • with Rules and Formatter Extension for Multiplatforms
    • with Rules and Formatter Extension for z/OS
  • 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.

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

[edit] Mobile, Speech and Enterprise Access

[edit] Device Software

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

  • WebSphere Everyplace Custom Environment
  • WebSphere Everyplace Micro Environment

[edit] Mobile and Enterprise Access

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

[edit] Speech

Delivers B2E/B2C services including voice recognition & telephony speech processing.

  • Embedded ViaVoice
  • Unified Messaging for WebSphere Voice Response
  • WebSphere Everyplace Subscription Manager
  • WebSphere Voice Response for AIX
  • WebSphere Voice Server

[edit] Translation

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

  • WebSphere Translation Server for Multiplatforms

[edit] Other Mobile, Speech and Enterprise Access

  • WebSphere Everyplace Device Manager
  • WebSphere Everyplace Mobile Portal
  • WebSphere Everyplace Server for Telecom
  • WebSphere IP Multimedia Subsystem Connector
  • WebSphere Presence Server
  • WebSphere RFID Premises Server
  • WebSphere Telecom Web Services Server

[edit] Networking

[edit] Host Access

Provide multiprotocol transparency, control and connectivity (protocol stacks, 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.

[edit] Software Development

[edit] Integrated Development Environment

Application development tools for Websphere

[edit] Analysis Modeling & Design

Assist in creating resilient architectures for 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 debug tools.

  • WebSphere Developer Debugger for System z

[edit] Process and Portfolio Management

Implement and manage 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.

  • WebSphere 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.

[edit] Systems Management

[edit] Application Performance & Availability

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

  • WebSphere Studio Application Monitor

[edit] Enterprise Content Management

[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 ? ? ? ? late 2004 may 2006 mid 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] References

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

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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