IBM® WebSphere® Application Server is the leading software foundation for service-oriented architecture (SOA) applications and services for your enterprise. With IBM WebSphere Application Server, you can build business-critical enterprise applications and solutions and combine them with innovative new functions. The WebSphere Application Server family includes and supports a range of products that helps you develop and serve your business applications. These products make it easier for clients to build, deploy, and manage dynamic websites and other more complex solutions...

WebSphere® Application Server Community Edition is a pre-integrated, lightweight Java™ Platform, Enterprise Edition 6 (Java EE 6) application server built on Apache Geronimo technology. Available at no charge, it harnesses the latest innovations from the open source community to deliver a readily accessible and flexible foundation for developing and deploying Java applications.

This IBM® Redbooks® publication provides information about the concepts, planning, and design of IBM WebSphere® Application Server V8.5 environments. The target audience of this book is IT architects and consultants who want more information about the planning and design of application-serving environments, from small to large, and complex implementations.

IBM WebSphere Application Server V8.5 is a major release that offers dramatic run time improvements, plus simpler and easier ways to develop and deploy applications. This article presents a high level glimpse of some of the new technical features and enhancements that make these improvements possible.