WebSphere application server: a foundation for on demand computing

  • Authors:
  • E. N. Herness;R. H. High;J. R. McGee

  • Affiliations:
  • IBM Software Group, Rochester, Minnesota;IBM Software Group, Austin, Texas;IBM Software Group, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

  • Venue:
  • IBM Systems Journal
  • Year:
  • 2004

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Abstract

WebSphere® Application Server is the foundation for IBM's middleware software portfolio. It has evolved rapidly from a simple extension for Web servers and a server runtime for business objects to the IBM distributed operating system for mission-critical computing and the leading application server in the industry. WebSphere Application Server plays a central role in the transformation from a distributed operating system to a distributed on demand operating system. This transformation is achieved by forging extensions to the WebSphere Application Server foundation for the grid-computing infrastructure, rich Web-based interaction models, service-oriented architecture, autonomics, business process management, and dynamic provisioning and utility management. This paper describes elements of the WebSphere Application Server architecture and how this architecture provides a foundation for the on demand computing infrastructure and application environment.