Apparatus Engineers have extensive experience designing, implementing, and supporting the WebSphere Application Server. We currently work with clients using operating systems ranging from simple standalone installations to distributed installs requiring high availability.

We provide a full complement of WebSphere project and support services including:

	Requirements gathering Sizing environment for best fit Gathering environment requirements Solution design (standalone, clustering, and/or distributed) Design documentation Architecture diagram Licensing Create platform installation and configuration documentation Rolling out cell and standalone platform installations (physical and virtual) Platform and performance tuning Fix pack and SDK installation and upgrades Deployment of Enterprise Application Archive (EAR) and Web Application Archive (WAR) files Backup and restore of platform configuration Integration with local OS and Active Directory for authentication mechanisms Creation and configuration of clusters to provide high availability Platform hardening post installation Configuration of JMS for application integration and use Provide end-to-end secure communications via SSL configuration/integration to web servers Integration with various web server and load balancing technologies Creation and configuring JVM templates Assisting with implementing and applying declarative security Automation of the EAR and WAR file deployments utilizing the wsadmin utility Enforcing and manipulating security policies to restrict application access to the OS Performance/load testing of application environments Integration of WebSphere Edge Proxy components to provide application and dynamic file caching Provide tier 3 and tier 4 level support to existing clients environments Upgrades from WebSphere 4, 5.1, 6, and 6.1 Running co-existence installations of WebSphere 6.0 and 6.1 Application migrations Rolling out Fix Pack updates to resolve bug and security issues IBM Certified System Administrator WebSphere Application Server, Network Deployment 6.1 IBM Certified Advanced System Administrator WebSphere Application Server, Network Deployment 6.1