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IBM WebSphere refers to a brand of computer software products in the genre of enterprise software known as "application and integration middleware". These software products are used by end-users to create applications and integrate applications with other applications. IBM WebSphere has been available to the general market for over a decade.

History

IBM introduced the first product in this brand, IBM WebSphere Performance Pack, in June 1998. As of 2010^[update] it forms a part of IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment.

IBM WebSphere software

The following complete list of IBM WebSphere software uses IBM classifications. Several tools appear in more than one category.

Another angle to discover WebSphere software is to look into the capabilities offered by WebSphere for each industry.

Application Servers

Distributed Application & Web Servers

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

• IBM WebSphere Application Server

In Memory DataGrid or distributed cache

Partitioned, replicated and elastic storage of data in a grid of machines. Can also be used for distributed caching integration

• IBM WebSphere eXtreme Scale ([2])

Other Application Servers

Other platforms on which to run inter-operable applications:

• Remote Server
• WebSphere sMash (Project Zero) :P P:P

Business Integration

Application Integration and Connectivity

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

• WebSphere Adapters (JCA-based) and WebSphere Business Integration 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
• IBM WebSphere Service Registry and Repository
• WebSphere Transformation Extender
• WebSphere Business Integration for Financial Networks
  • v2.2
    • for z/OS
    • for AIX

Process integration

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

• WebSphere 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
• WebSphere Lombardi Edition
• 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.

• IBM WebSphere Commerce
  • Enterprise
  • Professional
  • Express

Mobile, Speech and Enterprise Access

Device Software

Device software consists of client-sMicro Environment - this support many platforms, for instance, see their WEME 6.1.1 evaluation platforms.

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:

• Embedded ViaVoice
• Unified Messaging for WebSphere Voice Response

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

• 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

Networking

Host Access

Provides multi-protocol 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

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^{[by whom?]} into a portal site.

• WebSphere Portal
• WebSphere Portlet Factory

Software Development

Integrated Development Environment

Application development tools for Websphere

• IBM Rational Application Developer
• Application Server Toolkit

Analysis modeling and 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:

• 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

Process and portfolio management

Implements and manages enterprise processes and investments:

• IBM Asset Transformation Workbench
• IBM 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 and compilers

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

• COBOL Family

Systems management

Application performance and availability

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

• Studio Application Monitor

Enterprise content management

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

See also

Java portal

• IBM InfoSphere DataStage
• Enterprise application integration
• Universal Business Adapter - an IBM advertising campaign (2002)

Notes and references

1. ^ IBM Introduces WebSphere Performance Pack
2. ^ IBM WebSphere software - Products by category
3. ^ IBM WebSphere industry solutions
4. ^ WebSphere Portal belongs to the IBM Lotus products but to the WebSphere brand [1]

Further reading

• Budinsky, F.; G. DeCandio, R. Earle, T. Francis, J. Jones, J. Li, M. Nally, C. Nelin, V. Popescu, S. Rich, A. Ryman, T. Wilson (2004). "WebSphere Studio overview". IBM Systems Journal 43 (2): 384–419. doi:10.1147/sj.432.0384. ISSN 0018-8670. 

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