IBM WebSphere

This article is about the product range. For the main product in the range, see IBM WebSphere Application Server.

IBM WebSphere
IBM WebSphere logo
Website	www-01.ibm.com/software/websphere/

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 since 1998.

History

IBM introduced the first product in this brand, IBM WebSphere Performance Pack, in June 1998.^[1] As of 2012 this original component forms a part of IBM WebSphere2 Application Server Network Deployment, which itself is one of many WebSphere-branded enterprise software products.

IBM WebSphere software

Application Infrastructure

Main Products

WebSphere Application Server - a web application server
IBM Workload Deployer - a hardware appliance that provides access to IBM middleware virtual images and patterns
WebSphere eXtreme Scale - an in-memory data grid for use in high-performance computing
IBM HTTP Server
IBM WebSphere Adapters
IBM Websphere Business Events
IBM Websphere Host On-Demand (HOD) Host On-Demand Web-based TN3270, TN5250 and VT440 Terminal Emulation.
IBM WebSphere Message Broker
IBM WebSphere MQ (previously known as IBM MQSeries)
IBM WebSphere Portlet Factory
IBM WebSphere Process Server

Notes and references

Websphere
Websphere Liberty Profile

External links

IBM WebSphere software catalog

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