Asset-Analysis Software accelerates on-demand development.
Press Release Summary:
WebSphere® Studio Asset Analyzer for Multiplatforms v3.1 provides functions for analysts and developers to understand enterprise assets, enhance them, and enable enterprise applications for on-demand environment. It assists with maintenance and extension of existing assets through impact analysis, connector building assistance, and application understanding. Software supports mainframe artifacts with DB2 and MQ support and includes searchable text fields for customization.
Original Press Release:
IBM WebSphere Studio Asset Analyzer for Multiplatforms V3.1 Can Help Accelerate Your On Demand Development Efforts
At a glance
WebSphere Studio Asset Analyzer V3.1 provides:
More flexible WebSphere Application Server deployment
Expanded support of mainframe artifacts with DB2 and MQ support for more complete application understanding
Searchable text fields for customization flexibility
For ordering, contact:
Your IBM representative, an IBM Business Partner, or the Americas Call Centers at 800-IBM-CALL (Reference: LE001).
Overview
IBM WebSphere® Studio Asset Analyzer for Multiplatforms V3.1 provides functions for analysts and developers to understand enterprise assets, enhance them, and enable their enterprise applications for their on demand environment.
Working applications can be an IS organization's biggest asset. Reusing application constructs helps accelerate application development through the life cycle by requiring less new code and reusing previously tested code. WebSphere Studio Asset Analyzer assists IT personnel with the maintenance and extension of existing assets through impact analysis, connector building assistance, and application understanding. It helps enterprise customers modernize their existing enterprise assets and skills for on demand development by providing knowledge about their static environment (finding and reusing application code and the componentry that connects that code) and their dynamic environment (understanding what code is executing in runtime environments). WebSphere Studio Asset Analyzer can help IT customers build and deploy mixed-workload on demand applications.
V3.1 provides new enhancements, including:
Support for WebSphere Application Server V5 on the z/OS®, Windows NT(TM), Windows(TM) 2000, and Windows XP Professional platforms
Usability enhancements
Addition of searchable text fields associated with artifacts
Addition of inventory data from the DB2® system catalog
Support for WebSphere MQ
Support for DB2 V7 syntax support
Improvements to the distributed artifact support
Key prerequisites
Refer to the Software requirements section.
Planned availability date
December 26, 2003
Description
When using WebSphere Studio Asset Analyzer your first step is to scan the artifacts (such as source code (Java(TM), COBOL, and so on), copybooks, CICS® regions, IBM subsystems, Enterprise Java Beans (EJBs), Windows-based WebSphere Application Server V4 systems, and JCL) that you want WebSphere Studio Asset Analyzer to know about. These artifacts can reside in distributed libraries (such as file systems, Rational® ClearCase®, or WebDav Server), or in PDS libraries. Support for other S/390 library systems is provided via an exit.
After collection, the tool stores information about the artifacts in a database that can be shared across development teams and the enterprise. As your development teams change the artifacts through normal maintenance, the information can continue to be updated. The tool does not store the actual code, but you can view the source and information about the source while in WebSphere Studio Asset Analyzer.
Through a Web browser, you have easy access to useful information about core assets.
