Middleware components

Middleware and client application programming interfaces (APIs) complement the DB2® data server products. Middleware and client APIs help DB2 products to communicate and work together more effectively.

IBM® middleware components include a broad portfolio of WebSphere® products that help you achieve the promise of on demand business. The product families that comprise the WebSphere portfolio provide all the infrastructure software that you need to build, deploy, and integrate your on demand business. The WebSphere products fall into the following categories:

Foundation & Tools for developing and deploying high-performance business applications
Business Portals for developing scalable enterprise portals and enabling a single point of personalized interaction with diverse business resources
Business Integration for end-to-end application integration

WebSphere products run on the most popular operating systems, including z/OS®, AIX®, Linux, OS/390®, IBM i, Windows, and Solaris.

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DB2 Connect
DB2 Connect™ leverages your enterprise information regardless of where that information is. DB2 Connect gives applications fast and easy access to existing databases on IBM enterprise servers. The applications can be on demand business applications or other applications that run on UNIX or Microsoft Windows operating systems.
WebSphere Application Server
WebSphere Application Server is part of the Foundation & Tools WebSphere portfolio. This product enables organizations to move quickly from simple web publishing to secure on demand business.
WebSphere Studio
WebSphere Studio is part of the Foundation & Tools WebSphere portfolio. WebSphere Studio is actually a suite of tools that spans development for the web, the enterprise, and wireless devices.
WebSphere Host Integration
WebSphere Host Integration is part of the Foundation & Tools WebSphere portfolio. WebSphere Host Integration provides support for applications that rely on both the web and host environments.
Federated database support through WebSphere Information Integrator
The WebSphere Information Integration family of products is a key part of the information integration framework. The product components include a federated data server and a replication server for integrating these diverse types of data.
Data replication through InfoSphere Replication Server
InfoSphere® Replication Server for z/OS provides high-volume, low-latency replication for business continuity, workload distribution, or business integration scenarios.
WebSphere DataStage
IBM WebSphere DataStage® provides the capability to perform extract, transform, and load (ETL) operations from multiple sources to multiple targets, including DB2 for z/OS.
WebSphere QualityStage
IBM WebSphere QualityStage® provides a data quality solution that you can use to standardize customer, location, and product facts.

Parent topic: An overview of DB2 for z/OS and related products