IBM WebSphere

In computing, IBM WebSphere refers to a brand of 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.

The following complete list of IBM WebSphere software uses IBM classifications.^[2] 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:

• IBM WebSphere Application Server
  • IBM WebSphere Application Server Community Edition (free)

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)

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 computing|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^[3]
• 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