WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus, Version 6.2.0 Operating Systems: AIX, HP-UX, i5/OS, Linux, Solaris, Windows


Product family overview

WebSphere® ESB is part of the IBM® WebSphere Business Process Management platform and works with many other IBM products.

IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment

WebSphere ESB is based on the robust J2EE infrastructure and associated platform services provided by WebSphere Application Server. WebSphere Application Server includes a built-in JMS engine, for messaging between J2EE applications, and connectivity for messaging with WebSphere MQ. For more information about WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment offerings, see the WebSphere Application Server documentation.

IBM WebSphere Process Server

WebSphere Process Server provides a fully-converged, standards-based business process engine, using the full power of WebSphere Application Server. It also includes the same technology as WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus, providing the same enterprise service bus capabilities.

IBM WebSphere Integration Developer

WebSphere Integration Developer is the development environment for WebSphere ESB. It is a common tool for building service-oriented architecture (SOA)-based integration solutions across WebSphere ESB, WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus, and WebSphere Adapters. For more information about WebSphere Integration Developer, see the WebSphere Integration Developer documentation.

IBM WebSphere Dynamic Process Edition

WebSphere Dynamic Process Edition is a comprehensive set of software offerings designed for enterprise-wide integration capabilities and service-oriented architecture (SOA). WebSphere Dynamic Process Edition is built on SOA-enabled products and capabilities. It includes three products: WebSphere Business Modeler, WebSphere Business Services Fabric, and WebSphere Business Monitor. For more information about WebSphere Dynamic Process Edition, see the WebSphere Dynamic Process Edition product documentation library.

IBM WebSphere Business Services Fabric

WebSphere Business Services Fabric provides an end-to-end platform for the rapid assembly, delivery, and governance of industry-focused composite business services in an SOA. It adds an industry-specific layer to the IBM SOA Foundation by enabling dynamic business service personalization and delivery based on business context. WebSphere Service Registry and Repository provides the technical service metadata underpinning, serving as a prerequisite for the WebSphere Business Services Fabric solution. For more information about WebSphere Business Services Fabric, see the WebSphere Business Services Fabric product documentation library.

IBM WebSphere Business Modeler and IBM WebSphere Business Monitor

WebSphere ESB and WebSphere Integration Developer include additional capabilities that make it possible to model, build, deploy, install, configure, run, monitor, and manage integration applications. WebSphere Integration Developer complements IBM WebSphere Business Modeler and IBM WebSphere Business Monitor.

For more information about these products, see the following documentation:

IBM WebSphere Service Registry and Repository

WebSphere Service Registry and Repository (WSRR) is a system for storing, accessing and managing information, commonly referred as service metadata, used in the selection, invocation, management, governance and reuse of services in a successful service-oriented architecture (SOA). In other words, it is where you store information about services in your systems, or in other organizations' systems, that you already use, plan to use, or want to be aware of. For example, an application can check the WSSR just before invoking a service to locate the service instance best satisfying its functionality and performance needs. WSRR also plays a role in other stages of the SOA life cycle. For more information about WebSphere Service Registry and Repository, see the WebSphere Service Registry and Repository documentation

IBM WebSphere MQ

WebSphere MQ, available on more than 80 platform configurations, offers application integration connectivity and integrates many differing platforms, systems, and applications. It delivers heterogeneous messaging, extending your enterprise service bus with reliable message delivery. For more information about WebSphere MQ, see the WebSphere MQ product documentation library.

IBM WebSphere Message Broker

WebSphere Message Broker makes full use of the transport and connectivity options provided by WebSphere MQ and WebSphere Application Server, and allows additional routing and transformation capabilities to implement an integration-based enterprise service bus. For more information about WebSphere Message Broker, see the WebSphere Message Broker product documentation library.

IBM WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliances

WebSphere DataPower® SOA Appliances are easy-to-deploy network devices that simplify, help secure, and accelerate XML and Web services deployments. They extend core SOA infrastructure components such as WebSphere ESB, WebSphere MQ, WebSphere Message Broker, and WebSphere Process Server. For more information about WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliances, see the WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliances product documentation library.

IBM WebSphere Adapters

WebSphere Adapters allow for integration of existing Enterprise Information System infrastructure and applications that are deployed on WebSphere ESB. WebSphere Adapters enable you to quickly and easily create integrated processes that exchange information between enterprise resource planning, human resource, customer relationship management, and supply chain systems.

Application adapters extract data and transaction information from cross-industry and industry-specific packaged applications and connect them to a central hub. Technology adapters provide connectivity to access data, technologies and protocols that enhance integration infrastructure. You can use the Adapter Development Toolkit to create custom adapters.

Some WebSphere Adapters are included components with WebSphere Integration Developer.

For more information about WebSphere Adapters, see the WebSphere Integration Developer documentation.

IBM Rational Application Developer and IBM Rational Software Architect

WebSphere Integration Developer can be used in conjunction with Rational® Application Developer, or Rational Software Architect, to create a unique, integrated, and powerful integration development platform.

For more information about these products, see the Rational Application Developer Information Center, and the Rational Software Architect Information Center.

IBM CICS Transaction Gateway and IBM WebSphere Host Access Transformation Services

An IBM enterprise modernization portfolio that includes CICS® Transaction Gateway and WebSphere Host Access Transformation Services allows you to extend existing applications for reuse in enterprise processes.

For more information about these products, see the CICS Transaction Gateway Library and the WebSphere Host Access Transformation Services (HATS) Information Center.

IBM WebSphere Application Toolkit

The WebSphere Application Server Toolkit is a set of tools that help you to assemble, test, and deploy Web services for use in WebSphere ESB.

IBM WebSphere Extended Deployment

WebSphere Extended Deployment provides a WebSphere ESB network deployment environment with the ability to adjust the resources between clusters in the environment to meet processing objectives that you define as policies. Because of the ebb and flow of application volumes, there can be insufficient processing power available to satisfy requests during peak periods, and it can be difficult to optimize resources so that critical applications get needed processing time.

Dynamic reapportioning of processing power at these times can help you meet business needs. WebSphere Extended Deployment dynamically removes resources from clusters with low application volumes and adds them to clusters that are servicing the applications that require the additional resources. The processing priorities are specified in WebSphere Extended Deployment as policies.

For more information about WebSphere Extended Deployment, see the WebSphere Extended Deployment Information Center.

IBM WebSphere Transformation Extender

WebSphere Transformation Extender is a powerful, transaction-oriented, data integration solution that automates the transformation of high-volume, complex transactions without the need for hand-coding. It performs transformation and routing of data from source systems to target systems in batch and real-time environments. The sources can include files, relational databases, message-oriented middleware (MOMs), packaged applications, or other external sources. After retrieving the data from its sources, the WebSphere Transformation Extender product transforms it and routes it to any number of targets where it is needed, providing the appropriate content and format for each target system. For more information about WebSphere Transformation Extender, see WebSphere Transformation Extender product library.


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