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WICA Automation Framework

WICA is now officially RAFW!!!  

Learn more about the RAFW offering here: RAFW 

 

Get the most out of your WebSphere™ investment by reducing operation costs associated with installations, version migrations, patching and application deployments. The WebSphere Installation Configuration Automation (WICA) solution automates these tasks, allowing you to focus on delivering business value from your WebSphere applications rather than operational overhead.

What is WICA?

WICA is an enterprise configuration management framework created by Ascendant Technology and designed specifically for the WebSphere Application Server product and its derivatives. WICA was developed from best practices, industry standards and years of combined experience our consultants have obtained in the field to address the needs of WebSphere clients.

Enterprise Build & Release with WICA and Rational Build Forge

WICA extends Build Forge’s enterprise software development lifecycle automation focus with the ability to manage WebSphere environments, providing customers a common, fully-automated interface for build and release processes. 

Learn more here!

 

When should you consider WICA?

  • Limited personnel and expertise for WebSphere Application Server (WAS) or WebSphere Portal (WP) administration
  • Aggressive timelines for WAS/WP installation or version migration
  • Lengthy and error prone application deployments causing delivery delays and quality issues

WebSphere Application Server (WAS) Benefits:

  • 200% efficiency improvement for WAS installation
  • 200% efficiency improvement for WAS version migration
  • 15% efficiency improvement in ongoing configuration management & application deployments

WebSphere Application Server (WAS) Features:

  • Automates creation of clustered WebSphere environments
  • Automates migration of WebSphere versions across clustered environments
  • Provides auditing and roll back of configuration changes
  • Configuration standardization across environments
  • WAS configuration change auditing
  • Environment consistency comparisons
  • Automates IHS and DB2 installation
  • Supports WAS versions 5.1, 6.0, 6.1

WebSphere Portal (WP) Benefits:

  • 200% efficiency improvement for WP installations
  • 250% efficiency improvement for WebSphere Portal version migration
  • 120% efficiency improvement in ongoing configuration management & application deployments

WebSphere Portal (WP) Features:

  • Automates creation of clustered WP environments
  • Automates migration of WP versions across clustered environments
  • Centralizes management, access and versioning of page, access control and URL mapping configurations
  • Provides auditing and roll back of configuration changes
  • Automates best practices for updating themes and skins through ear repackaging
  • Configuration standardization across environments
  • Automates IHS and DB2 installation
  • Supports WebSphere Portal Versions 5.1, 6.0, 6.1

Services:

  • WAS/WP Installation & version migration
  • WAS/WP Environment stabilization
  • Build & release process automation with WICA and Build Forge

Who to Contact:


Matt Pomroy
BUE Software Engineering
mpomroy@atech.com


Jim Whitehouse
WW Rational Sales Executive
jwhitehouse@atech.com

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