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Websphere Host On-Demand

Websphere Screen Customizer

Websphere Host Publisher

WebSphere Host On-Demand 

IBM WebSphere Host On-Demand gives you secure access to your host applications and data, using a simple, Java-enabled Web browser.With secure access to your host data and with S/390, AS/400, and DEC/UNIX emulation, Host On-Demand requires no client installation or middle tier server. Centralized deployment means that you always have the latest version of code, and software maintenance costs are minimized, with only the Web server needing code installation. 

Quick, easy access to critical host data

The browser-based access of IBM WebSphere® Host On-Demand gives users a simple way to reach critical host data, without requiring any software to be installed on the client. IBM WebSphere Host On-Demand uses the power of Java™ technology to open the doors to your host data whenever you need it, wherever you need it, directly from your browser. Just click a hyperlink to launch IBM WebSphere Host On-Demand Java applet. This Web-to-host connectivity solution provides secure Web-browser access to host applications, so you can take existing host applications to the Web without programming.

With support for TN3270E, TN5250, VT52, VT100, VT220 and IBM CICS® Java Gateway access, users have a single interface to their key host data. Because IBM WebSphere Host On-Demand is Java technology-based, its interface has the same look and feel across various types of operating environments. IBM WebSphere Host On-Demand also provides a default graphical user interface (GUI) to help simplify the experience for users who are unfamiliar with traditional green screens.

A cost-effective approach

You can save money in product deployment and maintenance by installing IBM WebSphere Host On-Demand on a Web server, eliminating the need to manage individual user desktops. Users can connect directly to a host system, such as an IBM AS/400® system or an IBM S/390® system, eliminating the need for extra hardware and software required by three-tier solutions. IBM WebSphere Host On-Demand can be installed on nearly any server platform, accommodating various size organizations and branch offices.

The latest version of IBM WebSphere Host On-Demand is downloaded each time a user accesses the software, eliminating the need to install code on client workstations. With the Cache Client feature and the new SmartCache in IBM WebSphere Host On-Demand, Version 5.0, users download once. Then subsequent uses originate from their hard drives, while code updates are handled in the background through the Smart Cache. Users are always productive, and always have the latest version of code, with no distribution costs.

IBM WebSphere Host On-Demand can be installed on many platforms, including Microsoft® Windows NT® , IBM AIX® and Linux® , as well as AS/400 and S/390 enterprise servers.

Connect directly to any Telnet server

With IBM Websphere Host On-Demand, the emulation functionality is contained in the client applet. This eliminates the need for a middle-tier server—a performance and security issue. Once the applet is served to the client, it's easy to connect directly to any standard Telnet server that provides the best access to the required data. The Telnet connection can be changed as often as user requirements for new data change. You can access an unlimited number of host sessions concurrently. Because no middle-tier server is required, you are not restricted by its capacity.

Simplify Web connectivity

For organizations with AS/400 servers, IBM WebSphere Host On-Demand is the first choice for providing users with connectivity back to the AS/400 system, with features that include:

Create new e-business applications

A rich Java tool set, including Host Access Beans for Java™ , IBM Host Access ActiveX controls, and IBM Host Access Class Library application programming interface (API), help enable customers to rapidly create custom e-business applications to achieve competitive advantage. Because IBM WebSphere Host On-Demand is part of the WebSphere product family, applications developed using the tool set can be incorporated as part of other WebSphere software projects, preserving your IBM WebSphere Host On-Demand investment and helping provide a quick start to the Web and e-business.

The Host Access Class Library API provides access to 3270, 5250 and VT data streams. These class libraries allow you to use mission-critical information in new ways, such as integrating data from one application with another.

Host Access Beans for Java provide host connectivity and emulator functions through simple, component-based development tools, like IBM Visual Age® for Java. You can use these beans to rapidly create custom applications that allow you to deliver the specific functions you want to include in your host access applications. These object-oriented beans help minimize your development efforts through software reuse. Application developers who are familiar with ActiveX tools can use IBM Host Access Controls—a set of ActiveX controls used to provide the functionality found in Host Access Beans for Java.

Security enhanced access across the global Internet

Using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), Version 3.0, IBM WebSphere Host On-Demand extends host data access across intranets, extranets and the Internet with added security. Mobile workers can establish security enhanced communication with an enterprise host. With client and server certificate support, IBM WebSphere Host On-Demand can present a digital certificate (X.509, Version 3) to the Telnet server—such as IBM Communication Server for OS/390® —for authentication. Extending this support to certificate authorities, including Tivoli® SecureWay® Trust Authority, allows enterprises to benefit from industry standard public key infrastructure (PKI) methods.

Manage large numbers of users

With IBM WebSphere Host On-Demand, administrators can permit users to create their own IDs, so large numbers of users can manage themselves. By employing a combination of features—configuration migration from IBM Personal Communications and import and export from IBM WebSphere Host On-Demand—configurations can be shared, managed and distributed easily among groups defined by administrators. The administrator panel provides a familiar tree view, providing easy management for IBM WebSphere Host On-Demand users and groups, allowing all user and group information to be displayed on one screen.

For even greater enterprise management, IBM WebSphere Host On-Demand can utilize an LDAP server to store IBM WebSphere Host On-Demand configuration information. This includes LDAP storage of all user, group and session-configuration information, such as keyboard mappings, macro definitions, session parameters and a migration facility for existing IBM WebSphere Host On-Demand profiles.

IBM Screen Customizer

IBM Screen Customizer automatically converts host screens into a graphical presentation that is easily customizable without any programming. Designed with patented screen recognition, IBM Screen Customizer can be used with both IBM WebSphere Host On-Demand and IBM Personal Communications. There is no risk to the host application, and no impact on the host workload. Users can simultaneously access multiple hosts with multiple sessions running, without any degradation in host response time. After users install IBM Screen Customizer, they never have to see a green screen again.

International language support

IBM WebSphere Host On-Demand is multilingual and is available in 21 languages, including double-byte character set languages. Support for the European currency symbol 1 , as well as keyboard and code-page support for many more languages, is also provided. All language versions are available on the same media, and multiple language versions can be accessed concurrently, making it a truly international product.

AIX, AS/400, CICS, the e-business logo, IBM, OS/2, OS/2 WARP, OS/390, OS/400, S/390, SecureWay, SP1, SP5, VisualAge and WebSphere are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States, other countries or both.

Tivoli is a trademark of Tivoli Systems Inc. in the United States, other countries or both.

Microsoft, Windows and Windows NT are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States, other countries or both.

Java, all Java-based trademarks and logos and Solaris are trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States, other countries or both.

UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the United States and other countries.

Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.

Other company, product and service names may be trademarks or service marks of others.

1 EuroReady means that the IBM product, when used in accordance with IBM-associated documentation, is capable of correctly processing monetary data in the euro denomination and of respecting euro currency formatting conventions (including the euro sign), provided that all other products (for example, hardware, software and firmware) used with the IBM product are also EuroReady.

2 Windows 32-bit operating systems are also supported for local client installations.

3 These browsers have been tested on locally installed clients as well.

Screen Customizer

Websphere Host Publisher

WebSphere Transcoding Publisher

WebSphere Transcoding Publisher is a server-side, easy-to-use solution for bridging data across multiple formats, markup languages and devices. Transcoding Publisher adapts, reformats, and filters content to make it suited for pervasive computing, giving companies better access to customers, business partners and mobile employees on a variety of devices.

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