IBM i Series, Handbook

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WebSphere and e-business
572 iSeries Handbook
WebSphere Application Server V3.5 Advanced Edition for iSeries extends the Standard
Edition into the world of Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) with additional support for scaling Web
sites into security-enhanced transactional e-business application sites. It provides a
high-performance EJB server for implementing components that incorporate business logic.
Features
WebSphere Application Server Version 3.5 Advanced Edition for AS/400 features:
• Enhanced support for Java 2 SDK V1.2.2 across operating systems
• Improved product integration with other key application offerings in IBM e-business
platform, including VisualAge for Java and WebSphere Commerce Suite
• Improved usability for administration
• Rich e-business application deployment environment with a comprehensive set of
application services for transaction management, security, clustering, performance,
availability, connectivity, and scalability
• Leading-edge implementations of the most up-to-date Java-based technologies and
APIs
• Comprehensive connectivity support for interacting with relational databases, object
databases, transaction processing systems, MQ-enabled applications, and
hierarchical databases
• Migration path to a more scalable and transactional environment from WebSphere
Standard Edition for a complete Java-based Web application platform
• Focus on medium- to high-level transactional environments used in conjunction with
dynamic Web content generation and Web-initiated transactions
• Performance and scaling attributes that support bean-managed and
container-managed persistence for entity beans and session beans with transaction
management and monitoring
• Container management and persistent storage within a transactional environment for
servlets and Enterprise JavaBean components
• Rich XML parsing and configuration environment
• Tivoli-ready modules that can be managed by Tivoli-based tools
The administrative client helps easily deploy and manage servlets. EJB, JSP, and JavaBean
components focus on ease-of-use, flexibility, and greater control in executing and monitoring
Related products DB2 Query Manager and SQL Development Kit (5769-ST1)
IBM WebSphere Application Server V3.5, Advanced Edition for AS/400