IBM Mobile Portal Accelerator V8.0 enhances support for IBM WebSphere Portal and delivers exceptional multichannel mobile web experiences
IBM United States
Software Announcement 212-345
October 2, 2012
IBM® Mobile Portal Accelerator V8.0, when used with IBM WebSphere® Portal, gives you improved support for market-leading smartphones and tablets.
New features:
- Supports IBM WebSphere Portal V8.0
- Includes updated standard mobile theme
- Supports IBM Web Content Manager rich text
- Updated Multi-Channel V6.3.1
- Updated Media Access Proxy V6.3.1
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Refer to the Technical information section for details.
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October 2, 2012: Electronic availability
October 19, 2012: Media availability
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IBM Mobile Portal Accelerator V8.0 is an integrated, server-side infrastructure offering that enables the design and deployment of mobile solutions, including the enablement of mobile web technologies for:
- Multichannel access of portal content
- Write once, render on multiple devices
- Support of the mobile portal navigation model that enables more usable and flexible navigation on wireless devices
A mobile portal represents a set of pages with menu links that appear as text, icons, or both. These links allow end users to navigate to sub-menus or content pages. Mobile Portal Accelerator integrates with IBM WebSphere Portal platform services, delivering security-rich, scalable, and personalized mobile services including:
- Navigation, personalized experience, and multidevice rendering
- User registration and profile management
- Security, access control, and single sign-on
- Aggregation of a broad mix of applications into a unified display
- Portal logging services for mobile page monitoring and usage pattern analysis
The device-specific adaptation of the Mobile Portal Accelerator multichannel server enables separation of portlet development from page layout and branding. It also allows for the optimization of the content based on the device-specific capabilities. The diversity of mobile devices continues to increase, as do their capabilities. Devices differ in their physical characteristics (screen size and keyboard), viewing patterns (kiosks and television), as well as in the markup languages supported by their browsers.
Delivering a high-quality user experience is increasingly dependent on device-aware tooling and runtime device recognition that can optimize delivery based on device specific capabilities. Mobile Portal Accelerator can accelerate web content delivery that matches the specific capabilities of a broad array of mobile device types, thus enhance and improve the user experience.
Accessibility by people with disabilities
IBM Mobile Portal Accelerator V8.0 provides the following accessibility features for the following environments:
- Web applications
- Summarizes the content of each graph and chart or uses the longdesc attribute to link to the description or data.
- Provides a link to one that is directly accessible or provides alternate content for those which are not directly accessible when an applet, plug-in, or other application is required to be present.
- Delivers methods for skipping over navigation links to get to main content of page.
- Provides a title for each frame element and frame page, and provides an accessible source for each frame.
- Allows all information conveyed with color to also be conveyed without color.
- Avoids causing content to blink, flicker, or move.
- Helps assure accessibility using available, tested tools.
- Java™ applications
- Provides keyboard equivalents for actions.
- Does not interfere with keyboard accessibility features built into the operating system.
- Implements the Java accessibility API.
- Associates labels with controls, objects, and icons.
- Uses color as an enhancement, not as the only way to convey information or indicate actions.
- Supports system settings for high contrast for all user interface controls and client area content.
- Supports system settings for size, font, and color for all user interface controls.
- Provides an option to adjust timed responses or allow the instruction to persist.
- Avoids the use of blinking text, objects, or other elements.
- Verifies accessibility using standard accessibility test tools or through manual methods.
Section 508 of the US Rehabilitation Act
IBM Mobile Portal Accelerator is capable as of October 19, 2012, when used in accordance with IBM's associated documentation, of satisfying the applicable requirements of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, provided that any assistive technology used with the product properly interoperates with it. A US Section 508 Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT), containing details on the products accessibility compliance, can be requested on the following website
- http://www.ibm.com/able/product_accessibility/index.html
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Product description Language GA date
Mobile Portal Acc Device Upd Multilingual October 19, 2012
V8.0.0 (Korean,
English)
Mobile Portal Accelerator Multilingual October 19, 2012
V8.0.0 (Korean,
English)
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Program VRM Program name
number
5724-L24 8.0.0 IBM Mobile Portal
Accelerator
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Specified operating environment
Hardware requirements
The exact system and available disk space requirements will vary depending on the Mobile Portal Accelerator V8.0 components that are selected for installation and the number of users, applications, and resources to be supported in each customer environment.
For additional information, refer to
- http://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/portalwiki.nsf/xpViewCategories.xsp?lookupName=IBM%20Mobile
%20Portal%20Accelerator
Software requirements
Refer to the Hardware requirements section.
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Companion products
Mobile Portal Accelerator requires Mobile Portal Accelerator Device Update in order to receive ongoing updates to the device repository, such as new devices and device characteristics.
Planning information
Customer responsibilities
It is strongly recommended that each customer develop an integration plan for the Mobile Portal Accelerator V8.0. If implementation or integration help is required, the customer should consider an appropriate integration services agreement with IBM Global Services or other capable integration service provider.
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Contact your IBM software representative or IBM Global Services representative for more help with determining the best solution for your specific environment.
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Packaging
Mobile Portal Accelerator is available only through IBM Passport Advantage . The program is provided via electronic download from the Passport Advantage site and on CD-ROMs in the Passport Advantage media pack. There are no printed publications included with the program.
Security, auditability, and control
The customer is responsible for evaluation, selection, and implementation of security features, administrative procedures, and appropriate controls in application systems and communication facilities.
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Product information
Licensed function title Product group Product
category
IBM Mobile Portal Accelerator IBM WebSphere
Application
Integration
Middleware
Other
IBM Mobile Portal Accelerator IBM WebSphere
Device update Application
Integration
Middleware
Other
Program name PID Charge unit
number description
IBM Mobile Portal Accelerator 5724-L24 Per Processor
Value Unit for
Linux™ on System
z
IBM Mobile Portal Accelerator 5724-L24 Per Processor
Value Unit (PVU)
IBM Mobile Portal Accelerator Device 5724-L24 Per Processor
update Value Unit for
Linux on System
z
IBM Mobile Portal Accelerator Device 5724-L24 Per Processor
update Value Unit (PVU)
Charge metrics definitions
Processor Value Unit (PVU)
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- http://www.ibm.com/software/lotus/passportadvantage/pvu_licensing_for_customers.html
and the number of processors made available to the program. IBM continues to define a processor, for the purpose of PVU-based licensing, to be each processor core on a chip. A dual-core processor chip, for example, has two processor cores.
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ecific_virtualization_technologies.html
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Passport Advantage program licenses
IBM Mobile Portal Accelerator
Part description Part
number
IBM Mobile Portal Accelerator Device update
Mobile Portal Acc Device Upd Per Processor Value Unit E0266LL
(PVU) Annual SW S&S
Mobile Portal Acc Device Upd Per Processor Value Unit D55XLLL
(PVU) Lic + SW S&S 1
Mobile Portal Acc Device Upd Per Processor Value Unit D55XMLL
(PVU) SW S&S Reinsta
IBM Mobile Portal Accelerator
Part description Part
number
IBM Mobile Portal Accelerator
Mobile Portal Acc Per Processor Value Unit (PVU) Annual E0265LL
SW S&S Rnwl
Mobile Portal Acc Per Processor Value Unit (PVU) Lic + D55XJLL
SW S&S 12 Mo
Mobile Portal Acc Per Processor Value Unit (PVU) SW S&S D55XKLL
Reinstate 12 Mo
Passport Advantage supply
Program name/description Part
number
Mobile Portal Acc Device Upd V8.0.0
IBM Mobile Portal Accelerator Device Update V8.0 MP BS0CEML
Multilingual Media Pack
Mobile Portal Accelerator V8.0.0
IBM Mobile Portal Accelerator V8.0 Multiplatform BS0CDML
Multilingual Media Pack
Passport Advantage customer: Media pack entitlement details
Customers with active maintenance or subscription for the products listed are entitled to receive the corresponding media pack.
Mobile Portal Accelerator V8.0.0
Entitled maintenance Media packs description Part
offerings description number
IBM Mobile Portal IBM Mobile Portal BS0CDML
Accelerator Processor Accelerator V8.0
Value Unit Multiplatform Multilingual
Media Pack
IBM Mobile Portal IBM Mobile Portal BS0CDML
Accelerator per Processor Accelerator V8.0
Value Unit for Linux on Multiplatform Multilingual
System z® Media Pack
Mobile Portal Acc Device Upd V8.0.0
Entitled maintenance Media packs description Part
offerings description number
IBM Mobile Portal IBM Mobile Portal BS0CEML
Accelerator Device Update Accelerator Device Update
Processor Value Unit V8.0 MP Multilingual Media
Pack
IBM Mobile Portal IBM Mobile Portal BS0CEML
Accelerator Device update Accelerator Device Update
per Processor Value Unit V8.0 MP Multilingual Media
for Linux on System z Pack
Cross-platform products
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IBM Mobile Portal Accelerator
Part description Part
number
IBM Mobile Portal Accelerator Device update
Mobile Portal Acc Device Upd Per Proc VU for Lin Sys z E09TALL
Annual SW S&S Rnwl
Mobile Portal Acc Device Upd Per Proc VU for Lin Sys z D0ETSLL
Lic + SW S&S 12 Mo
Mobile Portal Acc Device Upd Per Proc VU for Lin Sys z D0ETTLL
SW S&S Reinstate 12
IBM Mobile Portal Accelerator
Part description Part
number
IBM Mobile Portal Accelerator
Mobile Portal Acc Per Proc VU for Lin Sys z Annual SW E09TBLL
S&S Rnwl
Mobile Portal Acc Per Proc VU for Lin Sys z Lic + SW D0ETULL
S&S 12 Mo
Mobile Portal Acc Per Proc VU for Lin Sys z SW S&S D0ETVLL
Reinstate 12 Mo
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Program name Program Form number
number
IBM Mobile Portal Accelerator 5724-L24 L-MJON-8WW54J
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Usage restriction
Yes. IBM Mobile Portal Accelerator (the program) includes other software products and components. The program and some of these components may include unique terms and conditions, in addition to the terms and conditions of the International Program License Agreement (IPLA) and IBM Passport Advantage . A separate license is required for each processor that utilizes the program.
Unique terms and conditions are included in the License Information (LI) that is provided with the IBM Mobile Portal Accelerator program. On or near the same date as the planned availability of the program, the basic IBM licensing agreement and the LI for the program will be available for review on the IBM Software License Agreement site:
- http://www.ibm.com/software/sla
For IBM Mobile Portal Accelerator: If a Customer acquires the IBM Mobile Portal Accelerator Device Update in connection with IBM Mobile Portal Accelerator Device Update, they must acquire IBM Mobile Portal Accelerator Device Update for all IBM Mobile Portal Accelerator Licenses.
The program includes an Image Server component. For each license of the Mobile Portal Accelerator that is acquired, the customer is authorized to install and use one copy of the Image Conversion Server (ICS) Media Access Proxy (MAP) component of the Program. For performance reasons, this copy may should be installed on a separate machine.
WebSphere Portal Server V8.0 (or WebSphere Portal Server, Enable, Extend and Lotus® Web Content Management V8.0) is a prerequisite for the Mobile Portal Accelerator V8.0 on a one-for-one basis. Customers must acquire a separate WebSphere Portal Server (or Enable or Extend) license for each processor on which IBM Mobile Portal Accelerator will be installed. The actual price each customer pays for each license depends on that customer's Passport Advantage Agreement terms and discount level.
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System i Software Maintenance applies
No
Educational allowance available
Not applicable.
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