IBM Software To Help Cos Reach New Mobile And Social Networks

IBM has unveiled new software that will allow clients to develop, deploy and manage new types of applications spanning all major platforms from the mainframe to mobile devices. The ability to expand the reach of their applications will allow businesses to grow revenue and increase their customer base by taking advantage of new and developing markets such as mobile and cloud.

Key among the offerings is WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 8, new software that is designed to speed the development of applications and services. The new version of WAS increases a client’s security and control, and delivers automated enhancements for the installation, maintenance, testing and problem resolution of business applications.

Complimenting these capabilities are new features that extend the reach of WAS to support applications from the desktop to mobile devices through support for popular smart phones and tablets such as iPad, iPhone, Droid, BlackBerry and others. WebSphere is IBM’s foundation for the layer of software known as middleware that enables Web applications and computer operating systems to interoperate.

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With this announcement, IBM is introducing more than 50 new products and services to its WebSphere portfolio. These products include:

• IBM Workload Deployer – allows companies to assemble customised cloud services with templates based on IBM best practices and features a wide range of IBM software, services and management capabilities;

• IBM WebSphere Virtual Enterprise – provides the ability to consolidate servers and enhance the utilisation of existing infrastructure;

• IBM WebSphere DataPower XC10 Appliance – improves response time and lowers the risk of data loss via automatic replication, delivering high availability;

• IBM CICS Transaction Server for z/OS – delivers a reliable environment for high value/high volume business transactions;

• IBM WebSphere Extended Deployment Compute Grid – collaboratively shares resources between batch and on-line transactions, lowering IT costs;

• IBM WebSphere Application Accelerator – gives global reach for critical application by utilising the internet to speed applications to customers anywhere/anytime and provides application optimisation service at the “edge of the network.”

“We are seeing sea changes in the way people demand access to their information and applications,” said Marie Wieck, general manager, application and integration middleware, IBM. “With today’s announcement, we are helping our clients to extend key business applications beyond their traditional networks to mobile, social, cloud and other new market opportunities.”