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8 Keeping Commerce Applications Updated WebSphere Commerce 5.1 to 5.6 Migration Guide
2.1 Product overview
WebSphere Commerce V5.6 provides you with all the functionality that is needed
to have a fully functional e-commerce site. It runs on industry leading products
like DB2 and WebSphere Application Server. It is designed for security,
scalability and performance that any e-commerce site demands. It comes
pre-packaged with all the software required to have a fully functional
e-commerce site.
In this section we introduce the key components of the WebSphere Commerce
runtime architecture. We have categorized the components for the WebSphere
Commerce Server as follows (see Figure 2-1 on page 10):
WebSphere Commerce software components
We have listed the primary software components for WebSphere Commerce.
There are many additional software components included in the IBM
WebSphere Commerce V5.6 product packaging that have not been listed
here but that can be integrated with WebSphere Commerce.
–Web server
– WebSphere Application Server
– Database Server
– WebSphere Commerce Server
– WebSphere Commerce Payments Server
– Enablement software
WebSphere Commerce Server subsystems
The subsystems run within the WebSphere Commerce enterprise application
on the WebSphere Commerce Server, and provide the infrastructure to
support the features used by the administration tooling and stores.
– Member subsystem
– Catalog subsystem
– Trading subsystem
– Order subsystem
– Merchandising subsystem
– Marketing subsystem
– Inventory subsystem
– Messaging subsystem
Common server runtime (framework)
The common server runtime provides a framework in which the commerce
applications are deployed and executed.
Business interaction engine
