IBM WebSphere Application Server Standard Edition is a robust deployment environment for e-business applications. Its components let you build and deploy personalized, dynamic Web content quickly and easily. Using open Java™-based technologies and application programming interfaces (APIs) as well as the latest Extensible Markup Language (XML) technologies, the Standard Edition lets you leverage your existing resources, shorten development cycles and ease your administrative burden.

Standard Edition for Web developers and content authors includes:

• Usability enhancements throughout, including a Quick Installation that eliminates guesswork
• Enhanced Java, leveraging Java 2 Software Development Kit V1.2.2 across all supported operating systems
• Support for JavaServer™ Pages, including:
  • Support for specifications .91 and 1.0
  • Extended tagging support for queries and connection management
  • An XML-compliant DTD for JSPs
• Support for the Java™ servlet 2.1 specification including a graphical interface, automatic user session management and user state management
• High speed pooled database access using JDBC for DB2^® Universal Database™ and Oracle
• XML server tools, including a parser and data transformation tools
• XSL support
• V3.5 supports Windows NT, Windows 2000, Solaris, AIX, AS/400, HP-UX, Red Hat Linux, Caldera Linux, OS/390 and Novell Netware
• IBM HTTP server, based on Apache Web Server, including:
  • An administration GUI
  • Support for LDAP and SNMP connectivity
• Integration with IBM VisualAge^® for Java to help reduce development time by allowing developers to remotely test and debug Web-based applications
• Tivoli Ready Modules
• Available only by download: FixPack2 provides new functionality for Servlet 2.2 and JSP™ 1.1 See the Release notes for more details.