IBM WebSphere refers to a

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of proprietary

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products in the genre of

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known as "application and integration

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". These software products are used by end-users to create and integrate applications with other applications. IBM WebSphere has been available to the general market since 1998.

History

In June 1998,

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introduced the first product in this brand, ''IBM WebSphere Performance Pack''. this first component formed a part of IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment.

Products

The following products have been produced by IBM within the WebSphere brand:IBM WebSphere industry solutions
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IBM WebSphere Application Server 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 (software platform), Java-based web applications. It is t ...

- a web application server * IBM Workload Deployer - a hardware appliance that provides access to IBM middleware virtual images and patterns * IBM 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 Edge Components * IBM Websphere Host On-Demand (HOD) * IBM WebSphere Message Broker * Banking Transformation Toolkit * IBM MQ * IBM WebSphere Portlet Factory * IBM WebSphere Process Server * WebSphere Commerce (sold to

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in 2019) * WebSphere Portal (sold to HCL Technologies in 2019)

References

External links

* {{IBM Java enterprise platform WebSphere Portal software Service-oriented architecture-related products