About WebSphere

WebSphere is the market-leading Internet infrastructure software, or middleware, for creating, running, and integrating e-business applications across a variety of computing platforms.

The WebSphere family of products fall into the following categories:

Business Integration Connect is part of the Business Integration family of products, which allows companies to realize the benefits of end-to-end integration through six core capabilities:

As its name implies, Business Integration Connect helps fulfill the Integrate capability. Not only does it allow you to communicate with your trading community, it extends the business integration of your enterprise to trading partners and customers.

Figure 4 shows how Business Integration Connect fits into the WebSphere Business Integration product family.

Figure 4. Business Integration Connect's role in the WebSphere Business Integration product family.


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