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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450496003321

Titolo

IBM Express Runtime V2.1 [[electronic resource] /] / Aleksandr Nartovich ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Rochester, MN, : IBM Corp., International Technical Support Organization, c2005

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xii, 444 p. : ill

Collana

Redbooks

Disciplina

005.36

Soggetti

Middleware

Application software

Computer software

Client/server computing

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"May 2005."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Mid-market companies are looking for complete solutions from the solution providers who know their businesses and specialize in a particular solution category such as warehouse management or supply chain integration, within their industry. In order to provide an environment for the business solution, either the solution provider or the end customer must obtain the software needed to run the provider’s application program. This software normally consists of a database, a Web server, and an application server. These components, which are not actually part of the business solution, but are required to support the application program, are called middleware. The process of obtaining, installing, configuring, and supporting the middleware components is a complex process for the solution provider, who currently has to absorb the cost of setting up the environment. The provider has to work with multiple suppliers who have multiple terms and conditions, different license structures, and multiple departments to work with on the contracts and support structures, all of which leads to added infrastructure costs and inefficiency. IBM designed the



Express Runtime offering to address the needs of the solution providers serving mid-market customers. The main design criteria were reducing complexity for the providers by offering a pre-integrated and pre-configured middleware solution with a single contract, one license, one set of contracts, and a very competitive price. With Express Runtime, you get WebSphere Application Server - Express, DB2 UDB Express, and IBM HTTP Server with a single install, one contract, and a significantly lower cost compared to purchasing the individual components. Express Runtime includes quick start samples and documentation to get you up and running quickly and easily. Please note that the additional material referenced in the text is not available from IBM.