Modernize to Liberty
Learn how Discover proved out a WebSphere modernization path to Liberty
Overview
What is IBM WebSphere Liberty?
IBM® WebSphere® Liberty is a modern, standards-based runtime, ideal for building new cloud-native applications and modernizing existing applications. Liberty allows you to take advantage of cloud-centric environments with an optimized runtime that removes API and architecture constraints while leveraging developer-centric tooling and support for serverless or traditional deployments, in the cloud of your choice.
Liberty, offered as a part of WebSphere Hybrid Edition, extends open Java standards, including Jakarta EE and MicroProfile, enhances existing developer skills to deliver cloud-native applications quickly, reliably and securely through a unique set of developer-centric tools that has been shown to drive a 50% increase in developer productivity.¹
Cloud Native Apps for Java
Maximize IT budgets
40%
increase in infrastructure utilization
Optimize applications and operations to lower cost and increase efficiency.
Increase your ROI
195%
return on investment
Unlock savings and new value through modernization.
Cloud-enable your IT estate
70%
reduced revision cycles
Realize the benefits of cloud infrastructure with the right tooling.
Use cases
Cloud-native development
Cloud-native development
Take advantage of rapid developer experience, no Java development constraints and optimized deployment options in the cloud of your choice.
Cloud agility
Cloud agility
Avoid vendor lock-in by implementing technology that embraces cloud agility. Liberty is built specifically for agile, vendor neutral, cloud-native applications.
Operational efficiency without compromise
Operational efficiency without compromise
Optimize cloud performance by taking full advantage of your Java stack. Liberty InstantOn will enable your apps to start and respond in less than a few hundred milliseconds.
Customer success stories
BlueCross BlueShield
BlueCross optimizes computing resources and gives developers more flexibility and efficiency as a result of migrating to a modern WebSphere Liberty-based infrastructure.
FlowFactor
FlowFactor helped a transport provider modernize apps and cut deployment times more than 99% with WebSphere Liberty.
Hera
WebSphere Liberty helped Hera convert a monolithic application to a flexible microservice architecture.
Testimonials
IBM WebSphere Liberty is dynamic, lightweight, platform-agnostic, and container-ready. It checks all of the modernization journey boxes. It boasts the backbone/foundation of tWAS to instill confidence and stability in the technicians supporting it and the customers consuming it.
Technology owner
US enterprise with more than 1,000 employees
G2 review
Performance overall is much better. For one application, start-up time was around 10 minutes on traditional WebSphere and takes around 90 seconds on Liberty.
NPS review
Large bank in Germany
With WebSphere Liberty, it gives us the ability the refine some of our current footprint and enable to save money on licensing. We are working on migrating our traditional environment to a Liberty environment.
Administrator in Government Administration
Enterprise with more than 1,000 employees