The figure below shows how all the products currently fit into the WebSphere Portal and IBM Workplace product set. You can use the content portlet to pull content and navigation from the Java editions. Java versions are available in the following languages: German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese Brazilian, Chinese Simplified, and Chinese Traditional.

IBM Workplace Web Content Management Global Architecture

Workplace Web Content Management

The IBM Workplace Web Content Management Java Edition consists of a servlet that resides on the WebSphere Application Server and runs as a normal WebSphere application. The following database repositories are supported: DB2 Content Manager, DB2, Informix, Cloudscape, Oracle, and Microsoft SQL Server.

A web client request can come through the Web server plug-in or directly to the embedded HTTP server within WebSphere Application Server. The page is rendered and passed back to the client. User authentication and management is currently managed internally with the option of integrating with an LDAP server.

Web Server Plug-In

This provides the front-end to WebSphere Application Servers. It allows you to separate the portions of the application providing static content (HTML pages, for example) from the dynamic content (JSPs, servlets, EJBs). This allows you to place the static content in a DMZ while placing the dynamic content in an internal network. With the network deployment and enterprise configurations, the plug-in provides load balancing among WebSphere Application Server clusters.

IBM Workplace Web Content Management components