OPEN STANDARDS AND THE IBM PORTFOLIO The IBM portfolio of products and services is impressive. IBM strives to lead in the invention, development, and manufacture of the industry's most advanced information technologies, including computer systems, software, storage systems and microelectronics. With thousands of products—software, hardware, and services—it is vital to IBM's future success that it installs open standards wherever possible, practical, and beneficial for customers. Table 9.3 shows the IBM products that have open standards at this time. Table 9.3. IBM Products That Utilize Open Standards | Products/Books/Services | Open Standards Support | Advantages | | WebSphere Application Server V4.D ibm.com/software/webservers | XML. SOAP, WSDL, UDDI4J | WebSphere Application Server V4.D is the first-to-market SOAP-enables application server, enabling businesses to develop, publish, host, deploy, and manage Web services applications, including UDDI, SOAP, J2EE, and WSDL | | DB2 Data Management ibm.com/software/data | XML, SOAP | IBM DB2 relational database supports XML and SOAP. IBM DB2 Version 7.2 includes the DB2 XML Extender for conversion of data to XML | | WebSphere Studio Applicatin Developer ibm.com/software/webservers/studio | XML, SOAP, WSDL | Integrated development environment to build Web services and enterprise applications on J2EE. Includes WebSphere Studio Site Developer | | IBM Global Services ibm.com/services jStart ibm.com/softwarebusiness/jstart | IBM's services arm; supports all standards | Consulting and systems implementation including use of open standards technologies. jStart specifically focuses on Web services projects | | IBM Web Services Toolkit (WSTK) ibm.com/alphawork/stech/web servicestoolkit | Simple Markup Language (SML), SOAP, WSDL, Reliable HTTP (HTTPR), WS-Inspect, UDDI | Runtime environment, demos, and examples to design and execute Web service applications | | Web Services Process Management Toolkit (PMT) ibm.com/alphaworks/tech/wspmt | SML, SOAP, WSFL | Business process management technology using open standards Web services technologies including tools and examples | | IBM UDDI Registry ibm.com/services/uddi | SML, SOAP, UDDI | The IBM Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration (UDDI) registry | | Web Services Hosting Technology ibm.com/alphaworks/tech/wsht | XML, SOAP, WSDL, HTTPR, WS-Inspect, UDDI | Enables hosting support for Web services within a WSTK environment; Hosting Technology allows for the provisioning and metering of services | | Web Services Gateway ibm.com/alphaworks/tech/wsgw | SOAP/HTTP, Apache, SOAP, WSDL WSL | Middleware component providing intermediary framework between Internet and intranet environments during Web service invocations |
NOTE Open standard development at IBM is continually being updated and products will change. Check back with the IBM Web site for further open standards developments and announcements.
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