This white paper outlines the advantages of WebSphere Portal for System z software and provides essential information to those considering adding Web-facing workloads on their mainframe hardware. Also, with these WebSphere Portal for System z options, IBM illustrates its ongoing commitment to mainframe computing and underscores the business value that remains inherent in the System z platform. Learn more today!
Enterprise Web 2.0 application support White paper December 2008
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Introduction Contents Users all over the world rely on the IBM System z® platform as their strategic computing solution and value its reliability, availability, serviceability and 2 Introduction 3 About WebSphere Portal superior security infrastructure. However, a new generation of mission-critical software applications with Web-facing front ends presents new challenges to strategic 3 About WebSphere Portal System z clients. System z clients are understandably leery of adding Web-Enable for z/OS software facing workloads because of a deserved reputation for unpredictability and for 5 About WebSphere Portal causing peak processor utilization. To run Web-facing workloads that take full software for Linux and advantage of the strengths of System z technology, a stable environment is System z platforms 5 Leverage the System z required. platform for server Enter IBM WebSphere® Portal for System z software. WebSphere Portal consolidation to save energy and ?oor space software already provides a premier Web portal interface, both in terms of 6 Representative WebSphere marketshare and the number of organizations using it for critical, enterprise-Portal workloads for the scale Web applications. On the System z platform, users can leverage the System z platform two variants of WebSphere Portal for System z software as appropriate- 11 Summary IBM WebSphere Portal Enable for IBM z/OS® and IBM WebSphere Portal software running under the Linux® platform on the System z mainframe. The former leverages traditional z/OS resources such as IBM RACF® and IBM z/OS Workload Manager technology, and the latter takes a multiplatform approach.
This white paper outlines the advantages of WebSphere Portal for System z software and provides essential information to those considering adding Web-facing workloads on their mainframe hardware. Also, with these WebSphere Portal for System z options, IBM illustrates its ongoing commitment to mainframe computing and underscores the business value that remains inherent in the System z platform. Enterprise and Web 2.0 application support in a modern mainframe environment Page 3
About WebSphere Portal software WebSphere Portal software contains a broad set of features and functions that users can select from in order to develop a Web presence tuned precisely for their needs. Core and optional features include: ? Customization, personalization, branding and site navigation. ? Web and enterprise content management. ? Business process management. ? Business dashboards. ? Electronic forms. ? Collaboration using instant messaging, team workplaces and e-mail integration. ? Departmental, enterprise and wide-area search options. ? Web 2.0 capabilities such as blogs, wikis, activity management, social bookmarking and employee pro?les. ? Full service-oriented architecture (SOA) support, including tooling and IBM WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus software. ? Integration tools for corporate applications. ? Single sign-on; ?ne-grained access control over portal resources. ? Tooling for quickly deploying portlets in composite applications and/or business mashups. ? Tooling and support for the creation of "write-once, deploy anywhere" Web pages and portlets to mobile devices.
About WebSphere Portal Enable for z/OS software Designed and optimized for the z/OS platform, WebSphere Portal Enable for z/OS software exploits the System z platform's availability, reliability and serviceability, and provides a virtually unmatched platform for the transformation and integration of legacy applications and data. In addition, users bene?t from horizontal and vertical scalability features, which support nondisruptive growth, optimized utilization, and highly responsive, autonomic workload management. Using IBM WebSphere Portlet Factory software, these Enterprise and Web 2.0 application support in a modern mainframe environment Page 4
services can be leveraged to deliver SOA-based portal applications. Because WebSphere Portal software utilizes an SOA, these applications can use existing assets and can be quickly modi?ed to meet changing roles and business conditions.
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