WebSphere Application Server V6.1

 

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Overview

WebSphere Application Server V6.1 enhancements include:

  1. New Automation Tools

    • IDE for developing WebSphere management scripts
    • Color-coded source display
    • Command completion
    • Configuration navigation
    • Syntax checking
    • Drag and drop tasks and have the automation command generated automatically.

  2. IBM Installation Factory for WebSphere Application Server V6.1

    • Pre-package appropriate service stream levels
    • Generate cross-platform install packages.

  3. JSF Widget Library

    • Graphs
    • Data-grids
    • Calendar date-pickers

  4. Installation and deployment enhancements

    • "Cell out-of-the-box profiles" which allow single-pass creation of a cell environment (deployment manager and federated node)
    • Annotations
    • Install by non-root users
    • Support for the portlet programming model JSR 168

  5. Application Server Toolkit (AST) enhancements

    • New administration tools for the creation and maintenance of wsadmin Jython files.
    • Tools to edit WebSphere-specific bindings and extensions.
    • Tools for developing and export JSR 116 SIP Servlets
    • Wizards to create SIP Servlets.
    • Rich Deployment Descriptor Editor
    • Import/export wizards to package and deploy SIP Servlets.
    • Support for the rapid deployment feature.
    • Comprehensive Unit Test Environment
    • Unit Test Client Web application for easy testing of EJBs and Web services.

  6. J2SE 5.0 (IBM Java Development Kit 5.0)

    • Annotations
    • Conversions
    • Monitoring
    • Management
    • Modularity
    • Profiling
    • Debugging
    • Compile- and run-time performance optimizations

 

Communication Services enhancements

  1. Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) servlet support

    SIP is being used in IP telephony, next generation telecommunications network . instant messaging, and IPTV. With the converged servlet engine, we can enable converged HTTP and SIP interactions, providing portlets, HTTP servlets, and SIP servlets. SIP tooling is also provided in the Application Server Toolkit to help you more easily build SIP applications.

  2. Web services

      • Better application portability and control
      • Performance improvements
      • Faster parsing technology
      • SOAP/JMS enhancements
      • Changes to SOAP with Attachments API for Java (SAAJ).

    • Web Services Business Activity (WS-BA)

      • Standardize the way transactions are rolled back in a multi-phase commit process, helping to eliminate database locks

      • Establishing trust boundaries between enterprises.

      • Applications, as opposed to databases, can control rollbacks.

    • Web Services Interoperability Basic Security Profile (WS-I BSP)

      Standardizes the use of Web services security standards and technology in the development of interoperable Web services.

    • Web Services Security (WS-Security)

    • Web Services Notification (WS-N)

      • Publish/subscribe model for Web services.
      • Basis for event driven architectures built using Web services.
      • Standardize the way Web services interact using "notifications" or "events"

    • Service integration technology enhancements

      • Allow exploitation of the shared queue capabilities of WebSphere MQ for z/OS and exploitation of the mediation capabilities of IBM WebSphere Message Broker for z/OS from your service integration bus.

      • Provide a choice of message store types used by the messaging engine.

      • Store persistent data objects either in a database (data store) or a file system (file store).

 

Application management

  1. Increased productivity and control

    Additional flexibility and new options in the areas of systems management, administrative commands, messaging, and installation free up time for administrators, and ensure more productive, less error-prone environments.

  2. Console Command Assistant

    • Automatically create scripting commands.
    • Manage the IBM HTTP Server.
    • Enhanced cluster creation wizard.
    • Simplified Database connectivity.

  3. IBM Support Assistant

    • Search component searches multiple IBM and non-IBM locations.
    • Support links provide access to appropriate resources, such as product pages, support pages and news groups.
    • Service component enhances submission of IBM service requests by collecting and adding the system data IBM Support needs to analyze the software problem.

 

Products

  1. WebSphere Application Server - Express V6.1

    • J2EE 1.4 programming model.
    • Rational Application Developer.
    • Limited to 2 CPUs per server.

  2. WebSphere Application Server V6.1

    • J2EE 1.4.
    • Stand-alone.
    • Unlimited CPUs per server.

  3. WebSphere Application Server for Developers V6.1

    • Equivalent to core WebSphere Application Server configuration, but licensed for development use only.

  4. WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment V6.1

    • Clustering and a high availability manager.

    • Edge Components for load balancing, caching and centralized security for enhanced performance at the edge of the network.

    • Advanced Web services capabilities for connecting to systems outside the firewall and across disparate application frameworks.

    • Extended Web services management and advanced remote administration.

  5. WebSphere Application Server for z/OS V6.1

  6. WebSphere Application Server Community Edition V1.0.1

 

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