Friday, February 25, 2011

How can I learn WebSphere Application Server 7 Network Edition?

You can download an evaluation copy of WAS 7 Base. However, IBM does not offer an evaluation download for WAS 7 ND. This poses a problem for those who want to learn WAS 7 ND. How to solve this problem?

My recommendation is to use the free download of  IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment 8.0 Beta.  WebSphere technologies are mature and stable. Even WAS 8 ND (Beta) release has reached a high level of stability. It has all the WAS 7 ND functions and more. I have found that WAS 8 ND (Beta) very helpful in not only learning how to use WAS 7 ND, but also practicing on the flexibility management features of WAS 8 ND with Job Manager and Administrative Agent.

Here is the download site for WebSphere Application Server 8 ND (Beta) for Windows.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

You can purchase course content from http://www.themiddlewareshop.com.

We will have WebSphere 8 content equivalent to IBM courses.

The site is earmarked to go live in June 2012, but there are modules becomming available for purchase immediately.

Regards,

Steve Robinson - Middleware Mentor

Anonymous said...

It is very nice & useful......