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IBM WebSphere

Brand of computer software

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 26, 2026
Entity authorityQ2536917 ↗
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IBM WebSphere refers to a brand of proprietary computer software products in the genre of enterprise software known as "application and integration middleware". These software products are used by end-users to create and integrate applications with other applications. IBM WebSphere has been available to the general market since 1998.

History

In June 1998, IBM introduced the first product in this brand, IBM WebSphere Performance Pack. As of 2012 this first component formed a part of IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment.

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Editorial reviewUseful for establishing the present vocabulary of the subject while preserving a route back to the evidence on which that vocabulary rests. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1998, 2012—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where WebSphere, Brand and computer can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the science & nature register because the source frames it as brand of computer software. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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This entry incorporates text from “IBM WebSphere” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.