On-Demand add-on for WebSphere

BANGALORE: The WebSphere Extended Deployment, an on-demand add-on for Websphere application server will be useful for organizations that require to process large volumes of data and have unpredictable spikes in demand. It can shift processing power dynamically as needed and can also prioritize jobs, informed IBM officials. The system includes a software console for administrators to monitor the performance of the product and handle system configurations. Officials at IBM informed that enterprises will be able to make more efficient use of their IT infrastructure like hardware and software servers as well as databases with this product.

Other than WebSphere the add-on can also work with IBM's Tivoli Intelligent Orchestrator, which is capable of managing a broader set of IT resources.

The product is slated for release later this year and will be of immense use for organizations operating in the medium-business space.

Companies like Hewlett-Packard and Sun Microsystems Inc., have been talking about on-demand computing for some time. Officials at IBM say that this is just one step to achieve an on-demand computing regime as the technology is still evolving.