Features and benefits
IBM WebSphere Portal for z/OS helps you deliver more reliable, security-rich enterprise portal solutions
IBM WebSphere® Portal Enable for z/OS software provides an enterprise portal solution for organizations that want to improve the effectiveness of their operations. IBM WebSphere Portal software is an industry-leading portal platform designed to deliver a comprehensive set of portal platform services with the availability and scalability demanded by top global companies. WebSphere Portal Enable for z/OS provides the following business benefits:
Exploits the high availability, serviceability, scalability and security features of IBM System z and IBM z/OS platforms
Modernizes user access to legacy applications by providing a unified, protected and personalized front end to your back-end systems, applications and data
Provides optimized access to System z resident systems, such as IBM DB2 data, IBM CICS and IBM IMS transaction systems
Enables the creation of more intuitive, responsive and participatory SOA based composite business applications
Supports fast time to value by speeding installation, configuration and deployment
Delivers responsiveness and reliability from a leader in the enterprise portal market - IBM.
What's new in IBM WebSphere Portal Enable for z/OS
IBM WebSphere Portal Enable for z/OS software provides core portal services that aggregate applications and content and deliver them as role-based applications. New features include:
Portal site wizard, which enables self-service creation of independent virtual portals.
Theme customizer portlet, which delivers wizard-driven branding and in-place customization.
Improved server reliability, manageability and performance, which enhances scalability, security features and time to value.
Simplified portlet deployment, management and new resource monitoring features via IBM WebSphere Application Server, Version 6.1 support.
Simplified security configuration.
One-click site management application, which simplifies control of staging to production capabilities with rollback and versioning.
Remember me cookie support for personalized content delivery without login.
Step-up authentication, which challenges users to reauthenticate with a stronger authentication method (step-up) for multiple levels of security.
IBM WebSphere Portal Enable for z/OS utilizes the power of z/OS
In addition to the core portal services provided by WebSphere Portal Enable for z/OS, this enterprise portal platform is optimized for the IBM z/OS operating system and exploits the platform’s high availability, serviceability, scalability and security features.
Close proximity and tight integration with IBM DB2®, IBM CICS® and IBM IMS™ subsystems provide highly optimized, security-rich access to data and transaction systems.
Optimized for running mixed workloads; IBM z/OS Workload Manager software supports high scalability and provides guaranteed results on service-level agreements.
Exploiting IBM z/OS Communications Server technology provides a high-speed, enhanced-reliability and fault-tolerant environment for running WebSphere Portal software.
Utilizing the IBM System z™ Application Assist Processor (zAAP) specialty engine for Java workloads helps improve price performance.
Industry Leadership
The features and benefits listed above have made WebSphere one of the leading solutions in the portal market as verified by industry analysts and press.
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