In an exclusive InfoQ article, IBM’s WebSphere CTO Jerry Cuomo outlines the 10 top technology direction he envisions for the WebSphere product line in 2009. The list consists of the following items:
- Business Mash-ups
- Business Rules
- Middleware-as-a-Service
- Rainmaker
- Extreme Scale
- WAS.NEXT
- Restful - Agile
- DataPower-lution
- POWERful Middleware
- Industry-savvy Middleware
Business Mashups refers to the idea of personalized, Web 2.0-style portals for business users; after the acquisition of iLog and AptSoft, IBM is busy integrating them into a consistent Business Rules strategy. Middleware as a Service refers to hosted Middleware, both supporting company-internal as well as public clouds. Rainmaker is Cuomo’s label for IBM’s general cloud support, including pre-built WebSphere AppServer images. Extreme Scale refers to high-performance transaction servers; WAS.NEXT is the next generation of IBM’s WebSphere Application Server, exploiting OSGi to enable a modular deployment. Cuomo also highlights REST support in WebSphere products such as CICS, WebSphere MQ, WAS, WSRR, Commerce, Portal, Process Server.
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