Websphere


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Websphere is both a technology and a brand of software, created by IBM, as a suite of business applications.Websphere is meant to create business solutions through a set of Java-based tools enabling developers to create and manage business applications through a website's front end.

Who needs?

Of all the customers that are using IBM WebSphere Application Server, 30% are small (<50 employees), 39% are medium-sized and 30% are large (>1000 employees).Of all the customers that are using IBM WebSphere Application Server, a majority (57%) are small (<$50M), 28% are large (>$1000M) and 9% are medium-sized.

Why we use?

Websphere is meant to create business solutions through a set of Java-based tools enabling developers to create and manage business applications through a website's front end.

Purpose

WebSphere Application Server (WAS) is a software product that performs the role of a web application server. More specifically, it is a software framework and middleware that hosts Java-based web applications. It is the flagship product within IBM's WebSphere software suite.

Application server

The WebSphere Application Server product includes a variety of open source software packages. The product supports various industry standards. Browse the lists of technologies to see what application programming interfaces (APIs) and specifications the WebSphere Application Server products support..

Advantages of websphere

  • Support for multi-cloud environments. Choose from native, virtual machine and application container deployment methods.

  • Flexible licensing models. ... Intelligent management features. ... Enhanced security and control.

  • Although users of the free WAS Community Edition could just as well obtain its components directly from Apache, IBM sells WebSphere support to Community Edition customers. For now, WebSphere is tightly tied to its core technology, Java Enterprise Edition.