About IBM and Softmart
Softmart is an IBM Premier Business Partner authorized to sell all five IBM Software Power Brands. These Brands include Lotus, Tivoli, Websphere, Information Management(DB2), and Rational. Softmart also sells an Express line of software products designed specifically for small to midsized companies.
Softmart provides IBM software products to Corporate, Federal Government, State & Local Agencies, Academic Institutions and Healthcare Organizations.
Lotus
E-mail, calendaring and collaborative application products
Flexibility and choice are key to determining the right advanced messaging solution
to meet your company's unique business needs. IBM provides a variety of security-rich,
multi-platform messaging products that can work together to build cost-effective solutions
to meet your varying requirements.
Instant Messaging, Web Conferencing and team collaboration products
Collaborate easily and quickly with colleagues, customers, business partners and suppliers
to make faster decisions, real-time. IBM offers security-rich instant messaging, Web
conferencing and team collaboration software to use stand-alone or integrate into many
other applications.
Application development and design products
Many choose Lotus software for its multi-platform application development features
beyond just email -- for discussion databases, dashboards, and people-driven applications
like customer relationship management, help desk or supply chain management. You can also
integrate Lotus Domino applications with IBM Workplace environments, WebSphere Portal
solutions and many third party applications to extend your investment even further.
E-mail, calendaring and collaborative application products
IBM Lotus Domino
Provides a world-class server platform for e-mail and scheduling, business applications or both.
IBM Lotus Domino Express
Provides a complete messaging and collaboration solution for companies with 1000 employees or fewer.
IBM Lotus Notes
Provides an integrated desktop client for Lotus Domino e-mail, calendar, group scheduling, and applications.
IBM Lotus Domino Web Access
Provides a rich Web client for Lotus Domino e-mail, collaboration and PIM functions.
IBM Lotus Domino Access for Microsoft Outlook
Extends security-rich and high availability features of Lotus Domino server to Microsoft Outlook users.
IBM Lotus Domino WebMail
Provides access to basic Lotus Domino e-mail capabilities from POP3 and IMAP clients.
Instant messaging, Web conferencing and team collaboration products
IBM Lotus Sametime
Converse online real-time with one or several people using instant messaging. Then launch a Web conference to share a document, application or your entire desktop.
IBM Lotus Web Conferencing
Extend the benefits of Web Conferencing across your organization with the same technology of Lotus Sametime, when instant messaging is not needed.
IBM Lotus QuickPlace
Provides instant creation and sharing of security-rich work spaces on the Web for instant team collaboration.
IBM Workplace Team Collaboration
Integrates business instant messaging and presence awareness, Web conferencing and customizable team spaces for the IBM Workplace environment.
Application development and design products
IBM Lotus Domino Designer
Helps rapidly build and deploy security-rich, collaborative applications in Lotus Domino environment.
Tivoli
IBM Tivoli Server, Network and Device management products
Allow you to manage an end-to-end view of your IT infrastructure an integrated
approach to resource allocation, monitoring and provisioning as well as problem
prevention and resolution. These products enable the automation of repetitive IT
tasks and processes, and deliver optimized resources in real-time to address changing
business demands and to meet service level agreements.
IBM Storage Management products
The IBM System Storage software family is a comprehensive, flexible storage software
solution that can help enterprises address storage management challenges today.
IBM File Backup
Don’t let important data fall through the cracks. Protect important files—continuously
and in real time.
IBM Tivoli Monitoring
IBM Tivoli Monitoring is an enterprise-class solution that optimizes IT infrastructure performance and availability. It manages the IT infrastructure including operating systems, databases and servers across distributed and host environments through a single customizable workspace portal.
- Provides common, flexible and easy-to-use browser interface and customizable workspaces
- Detects bottlenecks and potential problems in essential system resources and automatically recovers from critical situations to ensure that your business critical applications are up and running
- Offers lightweight and scalable architecture
- Easy to use warehouse with advanced reporting capability
- When combined with IBM Tivoli’s composite application, event, network and service-level management solutions, ensures IT resources and staff are operating efficiently and effectively
- Operating systems supported: AIX, HP Unix, OS/400, Sun Unix, Windows
IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment
IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment addresses these concerns and more, transforming what could have been a migration nightmare into a streamlined process that will get your employees up and running with the new OS quickly and cost-effectively.
IBM software works with Microsoft integration tools.
IBM has worked directly with Microsoft to create an easy-to-use application to deploy Windows Vista that is compliant with Microsoft's Business Desktop Deployment (BDD) migration methodology. When combined with Microsoft tools, Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment offers you an even more powerful way to manage your installation process.
IBM Tivoli Configuration Manager
IBM Tivoli Configuration Manager can help you gain total control over your enterprise software and hardware. Its software distribution capability enables you to rapidly and efficiently deploy complex mission-critical applications to multiple locations from a central point. After systems have been deployed, the inventory module lets you automatically scan for and collect hardware and software configuration information from computer systems across your enterprise. Tivoli Configuration Manager also has the ability to enforce adherence to your company’s policies by changing system configurations as needed to ensure compliance. And Tivoli Configuration Manager includes Microsoft software patch automation capabilities designed to save time, lower costs, and improve quality. Tivoli Configuration Manager can automatically:
- Obtain, package, distribute and install Microsoft software patches needed by client systems in distributed customer environments.
- Obtain software patch signature files and distribute them to client machines; scan clients, determine missing patches, package patches, build patch deployment plans, and distribute required patches to clients. Then rescan the client machines to verify successful installation and update the inventory.
IBM Storage Management Products
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager enables you to protect your organization’s data from failures and other errors by storing backup, archive, space management and bare-metal restore data, as well as compliance and disaster-recovery data in a hierarchy of offline storage. Because it is highly scalable, Tivoli Storage Manager can help protect computers running a variety of different operating systems, on hardware ranging from notebooks to mainframe computers and connected together through the Internet, wide area networks (WANs), local area networks (LANs) or storage area networks (SANs). It uses Web-based management, intelligent data move-and-store techniques and comprehensive policy-based automation that are working together to help increase data protection and potentially decrease time and administration costs.
IBM File Backup Products
IBM Tivoli Continuous Data Protection for Files
The newest phase in the evolution of file backup is Continuous Data Protection, and that's where IBM Tivoli Continuous Data Protection for Files comes in. It is a real-time, continuous data protection solution for file servers and users-endpoints. Instead of waiting for a scheduled interval, Tivoli Continuous Data Protection for Files backs up your most important files the moment they are saved, in real time. What's more, it does this effortlessly and transparently, in some cases eliminating the backup window.
WebSphere
Application and Transaction products
The application and transaction infrastructure delivers high-volume transaction processing for customers mission-critical applications, through two application enviroments with excellent security, and built on the latest technologies such as Web services standards.
Application Transformation products
IBM WebSphere Application Transformation provides solutions for reusing and extending legacy applications throughout the enterprise.
Business Integration products
IBM offers a comprehensive suite of Process Integration solutions… tools to model, assemble, deploy and manage processes.
Portal products
Deliver a point of personalized interaction with applications, content, processes and people.
Application and Transaction products
IBM WebSphere Application Server
IBM WebSphere Application Server is the foundation of the IBM WebSphere software platform, and a key building block for a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). As the premier Java™ 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE™) and Web services application platform, WebSphere Application Server delivers a high performance transaction engine that can help you build, run, integrate and manage dynamic, On Demand Business applications.
As the core configuration of the WebSphere Application Server family, WebSphere Application Server is optimized to ease administration in a scalable, single-server deployment environment. This configuration is recommended for organizations that need to build and deploy stand-alone, departmental applications and Web services, but don't require failure bypass or workload-distribution options. WebSphere Application Server supports an unparalleled range of platforms and can be deployed on servers of any size.
Application Transformation products
WebSphere Host Access Transformation Services (HATS)
WebSphere Host Access Transformation Services (HATS) converts terminal applications into HTML quickly and easily. This zero-footprint, zero-download Web-to-host solution extends 3270 and 5250 applications to most Web browsers, converting host screens to a Web look and feel.
Business Integration Products
IBM® WebSphere MQ
IBM® WebSphere MQ connects applications and Web services across virtually any commercial IT system, and provides full JMS (Java Message Service) support including Publish-Subscribe.
WebSphere Business Modeler
WebSphere Business Modeler products help organizations fully visualize, comprehend, and document their business processes. Rapid results can be obtained through the collaboration functionality, where subject matter experts team to clearly define business models and eliminate inefficiencies. You can model business processes, then deploy, monitor, and take actions based upon KPIs, alerts, and triggers for continuous optimization. Business processes then get tightly linked with strategic corporate objectives. WebSphere Business Modeler products can drive much more granular business insight and knowledge, where knowledge equates to competitive advantage.
Portal Products
IBM WebSphere Portal
Web portal software provides a single access point to Web content and applications, personalized to each user's needs. IBM WebSphere Portal software, the recognized market leader, extends the portal concept with support for workflows, content management, simplified usability and administration, open standards, security and scalability.
Information Management
Content Management products
Enterprise content management software and solutions support multiple information types - such as images, documents, e-mail, and e-records - and provide the appropriate content, based on user intent and relevancy. The IBM Enterprise Content Management portfolio is designed to help transform business with improved productivity and streamlined compliance.
Content Management
DB2 Content Manager
DB2 Content Manager manages all types of digitized content including HTML and XML Web content, document images, electronic office documents, printed output, audio, and video.
DB2 CommonStore for Exchange Server
DB2 CommonStore for Exchange Server manages e-mail archiving and retrieval. Helps trim size and storage costs of the Exchange database, improves e-mail system performance and provides mailbox space.
DB2 Records Manager
DB2 Records Manager is a records management engine and infrastructure tool. DB2 Records Manager can records-enable content, documents, and email using one central repository for all organizational records.
DB2 Document Manager
DB2 Document Manager delivers powerful, easy to use tools that manage the states and transitions that occur throughout a document's lifecycle from creation to final disposition. It provides deep application integration with common office and CAD applications, relationship and version management of complex documents, and integrated lifecycle and records management.
Rational
Rational Software products
Industry-leading architecture management tools for architecture and design modeling, model-driven development, component testing, static and runtime analysis activities.
Rational Software Products
IBM Rational RequisitePro
IBM Rational RequisitePro is a requirements and use case management tool. For project teams who want to improve the communication of project goals, reduce project risk and increase the quality of applications before deployment.
IBM Rational ClearCase
IBM Rational ClearCase provides management and control of software development assets. It provides controlled access to software development assets across the full lifecycle.
IBM Rational ClearQuest
IBM Rational ClearQuest automates and enforces development processes for improved effectiveness. Offers process automation, reporting, defect and change tracking, and lifecycle traceability for better insight, predictability and control of the software lifecycle.
IBM Rational Team Unifying Platform
IBM Rational Team Unifying Platform is designed to equip teams with the infrastructure tools, processes, and integrations they need to work together more effectively. This solution unifies your team by providing common access to development assets, communication alerts and processes to maintain project momentum and focus.
IBM Rational PurifyPlus
IBM Rational PurifyPlus is a runtime analysis solution designed to help developers write faster, more reliable code. Runtime analysis includes four basic functions: memory corruption detection, memory leak detection, application performance profiling, and code coverage analysis. Rational PurifyPlus packages support for all four of these functions in a single product with a common install and licensing system.
IBM Express Middleware
IBM Express Middleware
Designed, developed and priced to meet the needs of small to mid-sized companies.
Domino Messaging Express is a complete messaging and group scheduling solution, priced per user for smaller enterprises that need simple licensing options. It includes the full range of Domino e-mail, group scheduling, discussion forums and team workspaces. In addition, users have an IBM Lotus Sametime Limited Use license, so they can engage in online conversations with their peers in real time, helping to improve responsiveness and reduce e-mail overload.
Domino Collaboration Express includes all the capabilities of Lotus Domino Messaging Express and adds the capability to run Domino. Priced per user, Domino Collaboration Express provides support for thousands of existing third-party Domino applications—many of which are designed to support core business processes for small and mid-sized companies spanning a wide variety of industries.
IBM Workplace Services Express has been designed to effectively address the needs of mid-sized companies who need team room, chat and portal facilities for their employees, business partners or customers to facilitate collaboration on projects.
IBM WebSphere Application Server Express is a cost effective, easily approachable "on-ramp" to e-business, Develop, deploy and manage static and dynamic Web sites like a pro with wizards and templates that actually generate code for you. View information in databases. Perform simple updates. Create and use Web services. Do it all with this integrated, affordable, easy-to-use solution from WebSphere - the portal expert.
WebSphere MQ Express brings the power of enterprise class messaging to medium-sized organizations. Using industry standard messaging middleware, WebSphere MQ Express provides application-to-application connectivity making it easy for you to integrate legacy applications and plug in new ones - securely, reliably and quickly - without specialist level training and knowledge. Applications communicate easily in a distributed, mixed platform environment. The result, lower development costs, quicker deployments and more stable applications. Built on IBM's award winning WebSphere MQ technology, WebSphere MQ Express makes messaging middleware more affordable, easier to learn, and easier to use.
Tivoli Storage Manager Express delivers a low-priced, reliable solution that is easily upgradeable to the enterprise-level Tivoli Storage Manager offering. If you don’t have complex information technology requirements but need to be able to easily back up and restore key business data, the easy configuration and operation of Tivoli Storage Manager Express can help deliver significant improvements in employee productivity.
IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager Express for Software Distribution automatically distributes software applications and patches to help keep your PCs up to date, safe and secure. It can also help you identify users not in compliance with standard configurations, and can quickly deploy critical software updates and patches to minimize end user downtime and help desk support.
IBM DB2 Express is a flexible, cost-effective database platform for building robust business applications. It is a hybrid server optimized for managing both relational and pure XML data storage. It can help build your total business resilience—security and privacy, availability, reliability, scalability, disaster protection, compliance and governance. Its autonomic memory and storage management and self-configuration for SAP environments might mean cost savings for your business.
IBM Informix Dynamic Server Express Edition provides a superior, embedded-database platform for building midsize business solutions. The solution does not require local IT resources to support, can be embedded within a solution providing a single installation. IBM Informix Dynamic Server Express Edition supports a wide array of development paradigms, including Rapid Application Development capabilities to speed time to value. It requires low hardware overhead and is price-competitive.