IBM WebSphere
Application Server Network Deployment
IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment, V6.1 delivers near-continuous availability, world-class caching and load-balancing, advanced Web services support, and extended management capabilities on top of the base Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) 1.4 WebSphere Application Server. New and enhanced features deliver the flexible, open, resilient application infrastructure you need for SOA.
WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment provides an operating environment with advanced performance and availability capabilities in support of dynamic application environments. In addition to all of the features and functions within the base WebSphere Application Server, this configuration delivers advanced deployment services that include clustering, edge-of-network services, Web services enhancements, and high availability for distributed configurations.
Simple, Rapid Development and Deployment
WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment, V6.1 helps you improve time to value and make the most of existing technology skills, with easy-to-use features designed to get you to production quickly.
- Get up and running quickly and easily
WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment, V6.1 delivers a range of features to ensure fast and smooth start-up, such as single-step installation and configuration, wizards and default configurations, and easy to navigate documentation that includes extensive use of sample code. - Minimize development cycle time
WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment, V6.1 offers features to help you maximize skills, assets and time, including pre-built functions for use within Web User Interfaces and an improved Application Server Toolkit with new automation tools, basic assembly tools for creating new Web applications, Web services, portlets and EJBs, and a comprehensive unit test environment. - Easy to use and deploy
WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment, V6.1 simplifies the deployment experience via the rapid deployment feature and enhancements like install by non-root/non-administrator users. Significant improvements in developer productivity can be gained from IBM's implementation of J2SE 5 and tight integration with IBM Rational® tools.
A Secure, Scalable, Highly Available SOA Runtime Environment
WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment, V6.1 provides a secure, scalable and highly available environment for your applications and services to execute in. Resilient security features gives you confidence that applications and data are secure, while near-continuous availability helps ensure business opportunities are not lost due to application downtime.
- 24-7 availability of business-critical applications
WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment delivers features like a high availability manager and backup cluster support to give you peace-of-mind that customers, partners and suppliers can access your mission-critical applications whenever needed. WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment can help avoid single points of failure and provides first failure data capture to report and analyze problems as they occur. New in V6.1, the unified clustering framework has been enhanced to provide Web services and Session Initiation Protocol Servlet clustering capabilities. - Applications and data are secure from attack
WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment, V6.1 delivers an open standards-based security infrastructure that will remove vulnerable threats while maximizing developer productivity. Out-of-the-box security configurations and user registry, compliance with government standards, and stringent Web services security give ultimate peace-of-mind. - Run your applications where it makes sense for you
WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment, V6.1 supports the broadest range of platforms in the industry, providing assurance that your applications can be built to run on the platform that most makes sense for your business. - Keep pace with a constantly changing environment
WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment, V6.1 delivers unbeatable performance that will drive high throughput and scalability with JDK 5 enhancements and improved cache off-loading. WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment also delivers Edge Components which provide sophisticated load balancing, caching and centralized security for enhanced performance at the edge of the network. - Expand in response to evolving business needs
WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment, V6.1 provides a flexible deployment environment that enables your business to grow at the pace and cost structure required.
Extensive Communication Services
WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment, V6.1 enables you to improve the flexibility of your business and increase return on investment by making your application services more reusable and accessible to new users, in new ways.
- Compelling new ways to interact
WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment, V6.1 supports Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) servlets to offer standardized support for interactive user sessions that involve real-time multimedia elements such as voice, video, instant messaging and online games. - Re-use existing assets and extend their reach
WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment, V6.1 delivers extensive Web services support and a powerful JMS engine to help you extend the reach of your existing applications and maximize asset utilization. A Web services gateway enables Web services invocation by users from outside the firewall with the benefit of robust security protection. New Web services standards--including WS-Business Activity, WS-Notification and WS-I Basic Security Profile--help you more securely extend your reach, and give better application portability and control. - Extend services to the most heterogeneous environments
WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment, V6.1 interoperates seamlessly with WebSphere MQ and is tightly integrated with WebSphere ESB. As a result, you can combine these products to form a powerful Enterprise Service Bus that can integrate the most diverse applications and environments.
Effective Application Management
WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment, V6.1 empowers you to direct your IT budget at beating competitors to market and not at maintaining existing infrastructure. Help reduce the costs of managing your environment, with effective, easy-to-use management tools.
- Simple Administration and Maintenance
WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment, V6.1 provides features to maximize the efficiency of managing the deployment environment with a new console command assistant, easier security configuration and database connectivity, wizards, and a stand-alone thin administration client. WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment also offers extended Web services management and advanced remote administration to make management of more complex environments less time and resource-consuming. - Effective ecosystem for self-help and guidance
WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment, V6.1 offers extensive documentation, education and self-help tools like the IBM Support Assistant, as well as a skilled and accessible partner and user community to help you.