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IBM WebSphere Hybrid EditionFormerly WebSphere Application Server
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What is IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition?
WebSphere Hybrid Edition from IBM is a collection of WebSphere application runtimes and modernization tools that provides support for on-premise and major public cloud deployments, in virtual machines, containers and Kubernetes. The user can choose any WebSphere edition and deploy…
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- Administration and management (29)8.181%
- Installation (28)7.979%
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What is IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition?
WebSphere Hybrid Edition is a comprehensive
collection of WebSphere application runtimes and modernization tools
that provides support for on-premise and major public cloud deployments,
in virtual machines, containers and Kubernetes. Any WebSphere
edition can deploy Liberty and application modernization tools to help
the user move to a cloud-native architecture, modernize existing
applications and supporting an existing WebSphere estate.
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IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition Technical Details
| Deployment Types | Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems | Unspecified |
| Mobile Application | No |
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WebSphere Hybrid Edition from IBM is a collection of WebSphere application runtimes and modernization tools that provides support for on-premise and major public cloud deployments, in virtual machines, containers and Kubernetes. The user can choose any WebSphere edition and deploy Liberty and application modernization tools to help move to a cloud-native architecture, modernize existing applications and support an existing WebSphere estate.
Reviewers rate Security management highest, with a score of 8.7.
The most common users of IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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February 16, 2024
A Platform to Uniting Cloud Environments, Scaling Seamlessly, and Ensuring Security.
- Seamless Integration across Hybrid Clouds.
- Resource Optimization and Scalability.
- Advanced Security and Compliance.
- Missing of Integration with Emerging Technologies like Containerization and Orchestration.
- Cost Management and Pricing Transparency.
- Complexity of Configuration and Documentation.
February 06, 2024
A great solution for Java applications.
- Scalability
- Integration with on prem and variety of cloud platforms.
- Easy deployment.
- Support and documentation.
- Suitable for larger organizations. May not be efficient for smaller teams.
- Logging
- Licensing costs are steep.
February 05, 2024
All-in-one IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition Solution with Robust Cloud Infrastructure and Essential Modernization Tools
- Scalable and Flexible tool
- Integrations are easy with modern DevOps
- Strong security features
- Enhanced development productivity
- Licensing cost is high
- Little complex
- Resource consumption is high
September 07, 2023
It is very efficient to connect website users with java applications.
- Now we can take advantage of microservices and modernize our application architecture/infrastructure, it's a great new, dynamic, lightweight, container-ready application server runtime solution.
- Developer Productivity has a fast startup time and a wide range of programming models.
- Best of all, the apps don't have to be online at the sa,e time to have the ability to identify and address my needs.
- Sometimes it can work very slowly, this has caused the implementation process of some applications to take longer than is really necessary.
March 21, 2023
Review of IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition
- I had use WebSphere hybrid edition to build an online store that integrates with payment gateways, inventory management systems and customer databases.
- Supply chain management application .
- Manufacturing application that integrates with sensors, machines and other machines on plant floor.
- Powerful hardware require for complex architecture
- When using with large-scale, high traffic apps it needs improvement in compiling.
- It has extensive customization flexibility but it's very complex to implement a simple thing
March 10, 2023
IBM Websphere helps with data integration
- Mapping
- Trading Partners
- Processes
- user interface
- upgrades
- documentation
March 08, 2023
One of the best and stable Java web app server products
- constant updates on communication between environment on prem and cloud
- very robust and resilient solution
- helps scale Java applications very well
- I would like for an easier integration with Apache Kafka
- I would also like for the business rules layer to be a part of this same tool rather than use another tool
- Provide memory usage reporting functionality and alerts
February 28, 2023
Liberty in the Clouds: A Journey with WebSphere Hybrid Edition.
- Containerization of our apps is effortless.
- Transformation Advisor (TA), which scans code to identify the suitability of using WebSphere Liberty, identifies what needs to change, provides an estimate on the effort required, and helps generate the server.xml file
- It is lightweight.
- Application of mono2Micro to refactor apps to microservices is very challenging complex.
February 14, 2023
The Ultimate Solution for Java Applications
- Flexibility of deploying and managing applications in both cloud and on-premise environments
- The user interface is well designed and easy to use
- Efficiency
- Nothing I dislike for now.
February 06, 2023
All-in-one, top-notch hybrid application server for development and modernization. Constant security updates.
- Support real-time visibility. A complete and clear view of our applications deployment and awareness.
- Flexible deployment options like on-premises and cloud save our hardware space.
- Through the Jakarta- EE and micro profile standards makes this tool more viable solution for applications development.
- Easy deployment of applications patches.
- The only dislike is the time it takes to maintain legacy apps while converting them into IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition.
January 31, 2023
A hybrid solution that's truly hybrid
- It has secure communication and data access between on-premises and cloud environments
- provides automation capabilities to deploy, manage, and scale applications and resources.
- just that IBM provides very little documentation for containerization and Kubernetes orchestration.
January 25, 2023
Revolutionizing healthcare with IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition.
- IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition can be used to develop and deploy systems that integrate with medical devices such as blood glucose meters that make that data available to healthcare professionals in good time.
- It can also be used to automate systems that manage the workflow processes in the hospital, such as patient appointments.
- It can be used in medical imaging systems by radiologists to view, analyze and share images.
- It is complex to use and therefore requires a lot of technical expertise to set up, configure, and also to manage.
- It has limited customization options due to its platform is already pre-built.
January 13, 2023
IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition: A comprehensive analysis of features, use case and impacts.
- IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition has done marvelous in building and deploying Java Enterprise applications.
- It also does well in automating deployment and scaling. This has made it easier for our organization to deploy updates to our applications.
- IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition does well in security by providing features that protect enterprise applications.
- Its licensing is complex giving organizations hard time to understand the costs and plans accordingly.
- Much effort may be required while integration with third-party tools and services.
- The cost of IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition can be higher especially to smaller organizations.
October 04, 2022
IBM WebSphere Hybrid edition is thoroughly custom-built to suit our business requirement.
- It is approachable on all systems and is marvelous.
- It authorizes rapid access to applications.
- Its user confluence is magnificent.
- It is well deliberated.
- We have fronted aftereffects in node syncing.
- Customer support sometimes takes further than predicted to respond to issues we are enduring.
- Deploying any application on this server is an overlong process.
September 02, 2022
WebSphere's scalability is easy to manage
- The management console is attractively laid up.
- It's great for carrying heavy loads.
- Is simple to expand to accommodate more nodes.
- The logging options have improved.
- A console that reveals which nodes are linked to which application servers.
- More effective load balancing alternatives.
- Is simple to scale up in the event that extra nodes are required.
- Management Console is smartly designed.
- This application server ensures that there is a high level of application availability in production environments.
- I do not like how, during deployment, there is often a slowdown in its speed.
- The rest is fine, I don't see anything to do differently.
May 03, 2021
WebSphere Application Server Review
- Management Console is well designed
- Handles large loads well
- Is easy to scale up if more nodes are needed
- Better options for logging
- Ability to see which nodes are connect to app servers in console
- Better options for load balancing
October 01, 2020
IBM Websphere - Java Developer’s Love
- Robustness
- Stability
- Cluster Management
- EJB Support
- Better and simpler Admin Console
- Auto Heap Management
- Email SMTP Connectivity
September 24, 2020
Websphere Application Server Real-life Review
- Websphere Application Server is highly secure and provides better security algorithms.
- This application server provides high availability of applications in production environment.
- WAS is used largely for web application deployments.
- Websphere Application Server has unique IBM support available 24/7.
- Websphere Application Server is accessible on all the operating system like Windows AIX Unix Solaris Zos etc.
- It's easy to integrate with other systems.
- In this era of cloud technology, Websphere Application Server required Integration with cloud technology.
- Troubleshooting tools need to included in Websphere Application Server package for better troubleshooting of issues.
- Websphere Application Server comes with some basic performance tools and these troubleshooting and performance tools need to be enhanced.
- It's available in all operating systems like Windows AIX Unix Solaris Zos etc.
September 23, 2020
IBM WAS Review for Tech
- Security-rich Java server runtime environment.
- WebSphere ND - Extensive support to containers.
- Is a perfect fit for B2B, B2C and B2B2C companies.
- More suitable for DevOps Environment.
- Easy Deployment from command line.
- Minimize the fixpack levels.
- It works out of the box. Its basic functionality is all there and everything works with no adjustments.
- The functionality is there for fine tuning, to allow applications to be easier to access and quicker with some tweaks, but again, these aren't necessary for basic running.
- Licensing costs can be quite steep, more so than some competitors.
- There's quite a steep learning curve with some elements and the support available online is fairly limited.
May 01, 2019
Deploy with Websphere Application Server
- Cluster - WebSphere Clustering (Horizontal & Vertical) provides powerful clustering feature that manages work-load and eliminates down-time during deployments
- User-Friendly GUI - WebSphere Console has a neat and clean user interface which makes easy to navigate around various settings
- Support - IBM provides great support, nearly all of the PMRs get solved within a week or two
- Downloading WebSphere Binaries from Passport Advantage can be made a little easier
- May be expensive from a licensing perspective
September 27, 2018
WebSphere use case
- Session Management
- Node Management
- Scalability
- High overhead (i.e. resource cpu/memory)
- Configuration can always be improved
February 21, 2017
One of the best application servers - IBM Websphere
- Robust application server
- Ability to create multiple nodes and clusters
- Very nice WAS console interface
- Ease of use in terms of deployment, give simple interface to do simple stuff like Tomcat.
- Some of the concepts are good for complexity that WAS can handle but could be simplified and better documented, like concepts of well and profile, context, etc.
- Takes long time to start the server.
June 20, 2016
Websphere Application Server :- A suite for everyone
- Deployment of application is pretty easy
- Easy maintenance
- IBM folks are always there to help with any issues
- Messaging functionalities are little bit complicated
- There should be more detailed tutorials for messaging and security
- Certification for expired notification should be automated