IBM Websphere
Application Server
as a Service
Table of Contents
IBM Cloud Overview ... 2
IBM/Sentinel PaaS ... 2
WAS ... 2
Main Product Features ... 3
Main Technical Features ... 4
Use Cases ... 4
Example use cases ... 4
Information Assurance and Security ... 4
Service Options and SLA's ... 5
Pricing Structure ... 5
Overview of pricing structure ... 5
Free trial options ... 5
IBM
C
LOUD
O
VERVIEW
The demands of your applications are unique, so IBM offers a variety of Cloud options on G-Cloud. Our Clouds are located in the UK and are suitable for both OFFICIAL and OFFICIAL SENSITIVE data.
For applications that need a low-cost highly scalable Linux or Windows self-service platform that can be provisioned within hours, then our SoftLayer public cloud is an attractive option. Softlayer is unusual in that you can optionally enhance both performance and security by specifying bare metal servers that are dedicated to you on your own VLAN.
For organisations needing additional levels of security and monitoring, IBM offers a Community
Cloud for UK Public Sector clients. This builds upon the Softlayer public cloud but adds
additional dedicated security and proactive monitoring to meet public sector client needs.
For applications that must be kept in a Government-only Cloud then IBM/Sentinel PaaS is an alternative option. IBM recognises that moving from traditional outsourced environments to managing your own Cloud environments can be difficult, so to smooth the path we offer PaaS Services in partnership with SCC on their Sentinel Cloud. These can be used as building blocks to deliver your system - whether it be a single web server or a complex system built of 50 or more interconnected servers.
IBM/S
ENTINEL
P
AA
S
This offering is one of a set of Platform as a Service offerings which IBM has created in collaboration with SCC. The combination of the SCC Sentinel cloud infrastructure (which has been proven to be robust and secure) with the addition of an OS and software layer which is delivered and managed by IBM, gives you a sound platform on which to build your system.
IBM has put together a set of over 20 basic PaaS offerings, giving everything from a basic Web server, through to advanced components such as Analytics. The offerings include standard Open Source products, alongside robust COTS products. If the product you need isn’t there, then not to worry – we have a ‘Generic Platform as a Service’ too – you supply the license, we will build and manage the server for you.
The offerings can be provided individually to complement an existing system, or can be put together to form a new system – the choice is yours.
WAS
IBM® WebSphere® Application Server offers options for a faster, more flexible Java application server runtime environment with enhanced reliability and resiliency for building and running applications, including cloud and mobile. It supports environments from single server and medium-sized configurations to large deployments requiring web tier clustering over multiple application server instances.
M
AIN
P
RODUCT
F
EATURES
Increase developer productivity
Provides Java Enterprise Edition (Java EE) support and certification and includes the Liberty profile.
Includes the Liberty profile that delivers faster restart time and is small in size for building applications that do not require the full Java EE environment.
Supports IBM WebSphere SDK Java Technology Edition V7.0 as an optional pluggable
JDK. Java 6 is installed with the product and used by default.
Supports Web 2.0 and Web Mobile, Java batch, XML, Service Component Architecture
(SCA), Communications Enabled Applications (CEA), Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) and dynamic scripting languages.
Continues to grow the Liberty profile ecosystem with how-to samples and blog entries about integrating third-party lifecycle tools.
Tool bundles available that include WebSphere server adapters and IBM Rational Application Developer.
Deploy and manage applications and services
Enables you to modernize and reuse existing, packaged and legacy applications and extend them to the web.
Lets you migrate applications from non-IBM servers such as Tomcat, JBoss and Oracle. Includes developer tool options to meet project development needs, enhanced migration
toolkit support and support for the Web 2.0 and mobile toolkit.
Includes the Liberty profile
Offering highlights
WebSphere Application Server helps you:
Increase developer productivity with open standards and broad programming
models, including lightweight options for web deployments.
Deploy and manage applications and services without the constraint of time,
location or device type.
Includes the Liberty profile, a dynamic web application server profile.
Enhance security and control using integrated management and administrative
Provides Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) token support.
Uses automatic resource management, where the Java framework closes statements and
connections to external resources.
Filters records based on the content of log and trace record extensions. Also tracks the unique identities of requests.
Enables you to audit changes made to your application server configuration using repository checkpoints.
M
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T
ECHNICAL
F
EATURES
This offering includes the following:
Websphere Application Server capability layered on top of the SCC Sentinel cloud – you
purchase a ‘Silver’ server from SCC, alongside this offering.
All of the flexibility of the SCC Sentinel Cloud, with the additional benefits of the WAS software
and IBM Systems Management
Pay as you go model
Flexible environments
Built upon industry standard components and services.
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SE
C
ASES
Example use cases
Home Office
Challenge: A large Border system required a web services platform.
Solution: IBM’s Websphere Application Server was deployed to provide this capability. Benefits: Delivery of a robust web platform which was extensible and performant.
HMRC
Challenge: A system was delivered for HMRC which required web services to be deployed. Solution: IBM’s Websphere Application Server was used to provide this capability.
Benefits: Rapid delivery of a robust web platform.
I
NFORMATION
A
SSURANCE AND
S
ECURITY
This offering is suitable for assets classified as OFFICIAL or OFFICIAL-SENSITIVE under Government Security Classifications.
IBM staff which work on the system are Security Cleared and based in the UK.
S
ERVICE
O
PTIONS AND
SLA'
S
This offering includes;
Proactive monitoring of the platform from 8am-6pm Mon-Fri and 9am-5pm Sat/Sun and UK
Bank Holidays
Initial response to system alerts – e.g. restart of failed process or node using procedures
provided by the client
Escalation of any issues which are not resolved to the individual or organisation nominated by
the client.
This offering provides a single non-clustered WAS server. This can be subsequently configured using the standard features provided within the product.
This offering is designed to provide a WAS platform which comes deployed on a secure cloud. An established and experienced team will build and monitor your server and will provide an initial response to an alert, along with a mechanism to get the client team involved should the issue be more complex.
Additional services can be provided over and above the basic offering.
P
RICING
S
TRUCTURE
Overview of pricing structure
This offering layers on top of SCC’s ‘Silver’ Sentinel Cloud IaaS servers. They require the Red Hat Linux and GPG13 options to also be purchased. The pricing for the additional PaaS layer is dependent on the number of virtual cores which are configured on the IaaS server.
Build price - one off per server- £3,803.80 Uplift per vCPU configured - £1,049.90 Price per server per month - £227.59
Uplift per month per vCPU configured - £17.34
Any additional services will be priced based on the IBM GCloud Rate Card.
Free trial options
Not available.
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