IBM WebSphere sMash Overview

IBM® WebSphere® sMash addresses the increased pressure, in the market climate today, to build applications quickly to meet the situational needs of a business. Examples include applications to handle specific budget issues, users registering for an event, or the flow of an online transaction.

With Web 2.0, businesses are seeing real benefits in exposing their internal services and data sources to the Web in new formats that are easier for browser-based applications to use (for example ATOM, JSON, RSS, RESTful interfaces).

IBM® WebSphere® sMash consists of several components that work together to simplify building and deploying applications in a Web 2.0 environment. This article describes the basic components of WebSphere sMash and how you can use them.