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Chapter 2. WebSphere Commerce V5.6 Overview 13
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2.2.5 WebSphere Commerce Payments Server
The WebSphere Commerce Payments Server is a WebSphere enterprise
application that runs on its own application server within the WebSphere
Application Server.
After installation, the WebSphere Commerce Payments instance must be
created using the Configuration Manager. When creating a WebSphere
Commerce Payments instance using the Configuration Manager, the
WebSphere Commerce Payments instance application server is created and the
WebSphere Commerce Payments enterprise application is deployed.
The WebSphere Commerce Payments Server can be installed on the
WebSphere Commerce node or on a remote node.
2.2.6 Enablement software
There are several enablement software components included with WebSphere
Commerce that can be optionally installed. In addition, we have listed
WebSphere enablement software that can be leveraged by WebSphere
Commerce.
WebSphere Commerce enablement software
This section describes the functionality provided by the following enablement
software included with IBM WebSphere Commerce V5.6:
Personalization
There are two personalization solutions included with WebSphere
Commerce, Blaze Rules and LikeMinds collaborative filtering. The
personalization software can be used to improve the customer experience by
tailoring the site to a number of criteria, such as customer profile, shopping
cart contents, and purchase history.
Commerce analytics
WebSphere Commerce V5.6 has improved analytics capability through the
use of WebSphere Commerce Analyzer and IBM DB2 Intelligent Miner for
Data V8.1, and IBM DB2 UDB V8.1 warehousing features. There are many
business intelligence reports included with WebSphere Commerce, which
leverage the technology of the WebSphere Commerce Reporting Framework
and are accessible from the WebSphere Commerce Accelerator.
Messaging integration
WebSphere Commerce V5.6 includes messaging adapters for HTTP, e-mail,
MQ, InterChange Server (ICS), and file. Inbound messaging supports the
HTTP and MQ adapters and can be customized to support other protocols.