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# IBM WebSphere Reviews
**Vendor:** IBM  
**Category:** [Application Server Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/application-server)  
**Average Rating:** 4.1/5.0  
**Total Reviews:** 159
## About IBM WebSphere
IBM WebSphere Liberty and Application Server (WAS) are part of JSphere Suite for Java, a portfolio of products including application runtimes, modernization tooling, and developer productivity IDE extensions that enable you to rapidly modernize enterprise Java applications and create new cloud-native applications, with support for on-premise and major public cloud deployments; in virtual machines, containers and Kubernetes. IBM WebSphere Liberty is a next-generation, enterprise-grade application runtime that accelerates the delivery of cloud-native applications, allowing your team to rapidly deliver differentiating innovation. Whether you're running microservices in a serverless environment or a traditional always on application, Liberty requires less infrastructure, memory, and compute resources, providing the flexibility your organization needs to deploy on any cloud in a trusted, secure and open environment. Liberty empowers your development and platform engineering teams to continuously deliver code that meets and exceeds your customers' expectations. Adopt Liberty today and experience up to a 99% reduction in time to deploy code. Traditional WebSphere runtimes, include IBM WebSphere Application Server, IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty Core, IBM WebSphere Network Deployment (WAS-ND), Reviews for any of these components can be done here.





## IBM WebSphere Discussions
  - [What is IBM WebSphere hybrid edition?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-ibm-websphere-hybrid-edition) - 1 comment

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## IBM WebSphere Features
**Data Management**
- Data Redundancy
- Server Management
- Version and Profile Support
- Web-based frameworks
- Data exchange

**Application Support**
- Deployment
- Interface support
- Processor support
- Application Support

**User Features**
- Centralized offering
- Security updates
- Real-time visibility

**System Capability**
- Self Healing High Availability
- Orchestration
- Scalability

**Modernization**
- Cloud deployment
- Microservices development
- On-premises support
- Modular architecture

**Security**
- Automatic Security Updates
- Security updates

**AI Performance Improvement - Application Server**
- AI Application Scaling
- AI Error Prediction
- Intelligent Resource Forecasting
- AI Anomaly Detection
- AI Intrusion Detection

**Agentic AI - Application Server**
- Autonomous Task Execution
- Multi-step Planning
- Cross-system Integration
- Adaptive Learning
- Natural Language Interaction
- Proactive Assistance
- Decision Making

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