Professional IBM WebSphere 5. 0 Applicationa Server
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You should now have an initial understanding of what WebSphere Application Server is. We have defined the server configurations:
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WebSphere Application Server Express
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WebSphere Application Server
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WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment
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WebSphere Application Server Extended Deployment
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WebSphere Application Server Enterprise
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WebSphere Application Server for z/OS
We have also looked at the platform concept and the important role of the application server as part of the platform. A quick visit to the past and some projections for the future has also been provided.
Some key points from Chapter 1 include:
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Application Servers are central to solving today's and tomorrow's business problems
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Standards are important to the application server industry and will continue to be so in the future
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Application Servers represent the results of years of product development and standards evolution
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Application Servers provide a distributed operating system concept that encapsulates and abstracts details of individual platforms
With this introduction to WebSphere now in place, let's move ahead to the details.
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