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IBM provides WebSphere software on System z for enterprises who need superior quality of service, reliability, scalability, and flexibility in their SOA and non-SOA environments.

Updated 10 Jul 2008

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Downloads, CDs, DVDs
Asset Analyzer Migration Utility
Buy System z software online
Demos: WebSphere Application Transformation
e-kit: "Did you say mainframe?"
Feature Pack for Web Services
Kick-start Java applications
Online trial: Enterprise Modernization Sandbox
Open beta: WebSphere MQ V7
Trial: IBM CICS tools
Trial: IBM WebSphere HATS
Trial: Rational Business Developer Extension V7.0
Trial: Rational Developer for System z (formerly "WebSphere Developer for System z")
Trial: WebSphere Extended Deployment Compute Grid V6.1
Trial: WebSphere MQ for z/OS
WebSphere trial downloads
Learning resources
New to WebSphere on System z
Architecture
CICS COBOL seminars
Events
IBM Software for System z
InfoCenter
Info roadmap: WebSphere Developer for System z
Podcasts
Redbooks
Sample IT projects
Techdocs
Tutorials
Web-based training
WebShere Business Process Management resources page
WebSphere Developer Technical Journal
WebSphere education
WebSphere and SOA
WebSphere and zSeries tools
Workshops
Support
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ISV resources
IBM WebSphere Software Services (ISSW)
Guidelines for a Healthy WebSphere Runtime on z/OS
Techdocs Library
Community
Blog: Green z: Energy efficiency and the mainframe
Blog: Mainframe performance
Blog: Mainframe bloggers
Blog: System z tooling
Forum: Destination Z
The Mainstream newsletter
Meet the WebSphere experts
Technical Exchange Webcasts
Webcasts: IBM Software for System z
WebSphere forums
WebSphere user groups
More product information
CICS Transaction Server
COBOL for z/OS
WebSphere App Server for z/OS
Rational Developer for System z (previously, WebSphere Developer for System z)
WebSphere Extended Deployment for z/OS
WebSphere HATS
WebSphere Classic Federation Server for z/OS
WebSphere MQ for z/OS
WebSphere Message Broker for z/OS
WebSphere Portal Enable for z/OS
WebSphere Process Server for z/OS Version 6.1
WebSphere Studio Asset Analyzer
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Using Rational Developer for System z version 7.1 to work with COBOL programs
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