Why platform matters
The platform you use matters. Some systems have greater reliability, flexibility, security, scalability and availability than others. That is why WebSphere Process Server is now available on a greater range of systems than ever before, including the IBM System z™ platform and now the IBM i5/OS operating system. Because we know that platform matters to you.
IBM System z
For many years, the mainframe has been associated with a set of traditional core values: availability, security and scalability. As a result, many enterprises around the world have chosen the mainframe as their deployment platform for mission-critical applications. It is no surprise that in industries such as banking, where factors like security are so important, there is a strong affinity to mainframe servers.
IBM WebSphere Process Server for z/OS Version 6.1 takes advantage of today's System z servers by taking the traditional values of the mainframe to the next level. It offers:
- Extremely high levels of application and data availability for business resiliency.
- Rock-solid security and privacy.
- Massive horizontal and vertical scalability features for nondisruptive growth.
- An optimized operating environment with higher utilization and balanced system design.
- Advanced multidimensional virtualization capabilities.
- Highly responsive, autonomic and intelligent workload management.
- Compliance with open and industry standards.
- Unmatched platform support for transformation and integration of existing applications and data.
- Specialty engines that are integrated with and leverage existing assets with a new set of economics.
- World-class integrated support.
These capabilities that the mainframe brings to the market are becoming very important for all industries. The cost that results from failures, whether downtime or security breaches, can be very expensive. Thus, resiliency is of growing importance. By choosing to run WebSphere Process Server on System z, companies across a range of industries can take advantage of these key capabilities to help address many of their business requirements.
IBM i5/OS
WebSphere Process Server, Version 6.1 can now run native under IBM i5/OS.
The IBM i5/OS integrated operating environment has a highly scalable and virus-resistant architecture with a proven reputation for exceptional business resiliency to provide the efficient IT infrastructure that companies rely on to support business-critical applications.
The i5/OS operating environment integrates a trusted combination of relational database, security, Web services, networking and storage-management capabilities. It provides a broad and highly stable database and middleware foundation for efficiently deploying business-processing applications.
The i5/OS operating environment has helped companies over many years to focus on innovation and delivering new value to their business, not just on managing their data-center operations. IBM i5/OS:
- Provides low total cost of ownership
- Runs a wide range of applications, from character-based and enterprise resource planning (ERP) to SOA.
- Delivers industry-leading customer and Business Partner satisfaction.
- Supports mixed workloads on a single server, with stability at high levels of system utilization.
- Delivers a secure design that provides natural defenses against viruses and the vulnerabilities that they attempt to exploit.
- Delivers reliability as a feature, not an option.
- Helps ensure the investment protection of IT assets.
