WebSphere Application Server

What is WebSphere Application Server  ? WebSphere is a set of Java-based tools from IBM that allows customers to create and manage sophisticated business Web sites. The central WebSphere tool is the WebSphere Application Server (WAS), an application server that a customer can use to connect Web site users with Java applications or servlets. IBM released WebSphere Application Server 8.5 in June 2012 and 8.5.5 in June 2013 A pplication Server provides the infrastructure to host enterprise application. It handles application operation between user request to backend business application like a database, messaging, etc. Enterprise application, which is usually transactional based or heavily used, must have an application server with built-in redundancy, high availability, and performance oriented like WebSphere Application Server. Application Server usually sits between Web Server and Database or another backend like messaging, etc. Below is the typic