What is new in this release

This version offers robust improvements, whether you are new to the product, or making the transition from a prior release.

New feature New feature: The new features that are described in this topic are current as of the original release of the product version. Changes in this documentation that are related to service releases are marked with fix pack icons.newfeat
WebSphere® Application Server is a proven, high-performance transaction engine that can help you build, run, integrate, and manage dynamic business applications. It excels as the foundation for a service-oriented architecture with the following main benefits:
Simple, rapid development and deployment

Improve time to value and make the most of existing technology skills with easy-to-use features designed to get you to production fast.

Secure and scalable SOA run time

Robust and secure run time ensures that applications and data are safe, with near continuous uptime for mission-critical applications.

Extensible communication services

Increase your return on investment and improve the flexibility of your business by making application services more reusable and accessible to new users in unique ways.

Effective application management

Focus resources on innovation instead of maintenance, and reduce the costs of managing your environment with effective and easy-to-use management tools.

Use the following topics to learn about new and changed features in key areas that impact your business environment: Skip ahead to the details that interest you, or continue reading this topic to obtain a full overview of new features in this release.

Simple, rapid development and deployment

Improve time to value and make the most of existing technology skills with easy-to-use features that are designed to get you to production fast. The following key features exist:
  • Industry-leading, open standards programming models
  • Tight integration with Rational® tools for first-class, application-building functionality
  • Tools and utilities to enable fast deployment
The following WebSphere Application Server, Version 7.0 highlights exist:
  • Simplification of the programming model with Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) 5.0, including Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) 3.0 and Java Persistence API (JPA) 1.0
  • Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE) 6 for improved developer productivity and faster debugging
  • Rational Application Developer—assemble and deploy module for the application server to help you create, test, and deploy applications, including a rapid-deployment feature for testing applications in the Version 7.0 runtime environment
  • Easier movement of applications through development, test, and production systems with environment-neutral variables and configuration in simple properties files

Secure and scalable SOA run time

Run applications and data, which help eliminate lost business opportunities with near continuous uptime for mission-critical applications.
  • Fully secured environment out of the box, with simple configuration of additional security options
  • Cutting-edge performance for real applications in commercial environments
  • High Availability Manager, which provides better scaling so that more concurrent users can access an application
  • A unified clustering framework that brings workload balancing, dependability, and other benefits to the application servers in your heterogeneous environment
The following WebSphere Application Server, Version 7.0 highlights exist:
  • Multiple security domains provide flexibility for administrative and application security configurations
  • Fine-grained administrative security through the administration console
  • Security auditing service to assist with audit compliance
  • WebSphere Proxy Server hardened for demilitarized zone (DMZ) topologies
  • Resource efficient features and faster run time, with new high-performance Web services engine

Extensible communication services

Increase your return on investment and improve the flexibility of your business by making application services more reusable and accessible to new users in unique ways.
  • Optimized local adapters provide existing z/OS® applications that are written in Cobol, PL/I, C, C++, and assembler to achieve high performance and efficient integration of Java applications that are deployed under WebSphere Application Server on the same z/OS system.
  • Use of optimized local adapters is now available with Information Management System (IMS) applications.
  • Extensive Web services support, which makes it easier to integrate applications inside the enterprise as well as externally with customers, partners, and suppliers
  • Powerful messaging engine. Java Message Service (JMS) support enables applications to exchange messages asynchronously with other JMS clients by using JMS destinations (queues or topics)
  • Tight integration with WebSphere MQ for diverse environments
  • Ability to plug in the WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus for service mediation
  • Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) servlet support for real-time collaboration
WebSphere Application Server, Version 7.0 highlights include:
  • Web services programming model enhancements, including WS-I Reliable Secure Profile support and Policy Sets for simple quality of service definition
  • Fast new Java API for XML Web Services (JAX-WS) engine with improved administration for Web services applications
  • Simplified administration of messaging engine with new wizards and administrative tasks
  • Enhanced integration with WebSphere MQ
  • Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) infrastructure enhancements

Effective application management

Focus resources on innovation instead of maintenance and reduce the costs of managing your environment, with effective, easy-to-use management tools.
  • Industry-leading, flexible, and scalable systems management capabilities
  • Web-based administrative console
  • Java Management Extensions (JMX)
  • Tight integration with Tivoli® software
WebSphere Application Server, Version 7.0 highlights include:
  • Reduced overhead of standalone server administration through the administrative agent console
  • Increased scale of administration through the job manager console
  • Library of sample scripts to perform common administrative actions on Version 6.1 and Version 7.0 systems
  • Business-level applications: new administration model that captures entire model of application
  • Management of DataPower® appliances through the administrative console



Subtopics
Overview and new features for administering applications and their environments
Overview and new features for securing applications and their environment
Overview and new features for developing and deploying applications
Overview and new features for monitoring
Overview and new features for tuning performance
Overview and new features for troubleshooting
Related concepts
Release notes - IBM WebSphere Application Server
Guided activities for the administrative console
Related reference
Specifications and API documentation
Deprecated, stabilized, and removed features
What is new for administrators
What is new for security specialists
What is new for developers
What is new for troubleshooters
What is new for installers
What is new for installers
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