2 Chapter 2. Integrating WebSphere eXtreme Scale with other middleware This chapter provides an overview of eXtreme Scale integration with existing IBM products. Business applications are not the only way to take advantage of the features of WebSphere eXtreme Scale. Several IBM products are also capable of taking advantage of these performance and scalability enhancements: WebSphere Commerce WebSphere Portal Server WebSphere Application Server WebSphere Business Events Rational Jazz The plug and play features presently supported by eXtreme Scale on a integrated environment include: Scaling out the dynamic cache to a elastic, distributed and partitioned grid. Offloading session data from application servers to external grid containers. This chapter includes the following sections: 2.1, "WebSphere Business Events and WebSphere eXtreme Scale" on page 16 2.2, "Rational Jazz based products and WebSphere eXtreme Scale" on page 21 2.3, "WebSphere Commerce and WebSphere eXtreme Scale" on page 23 2.4, "WebSphere Portal Server and WebSphere eXtreme Scale" on page 27 © Copyright IBM Corp. 2011. All rights reserved. 15