This section lists the components of the Web server.

Web server

M-Business Anywhere supports the use of the following Web servers for third-party software applications: Apache, IIS, IIS.Net, Tomcat, WebLogic (BEA), and WebSphere (IBM).

SQL query submitted form data

Web servers query data using ADO, ADO.NET,.NET, ODBC, OLEDB, PBI, and SQL connectivity, among others, to the back-end database.

Query results data

A Web server may use ADO, ADO.NET,.NET, ODBC, OLEDB, PBI, and SQL connectivity to retrieve data from the back-end database. This is abstracted from the Web server. The results data is incorporated into HTML or saved as XML.

Web pages: supporting data

The supported Web servers listed above can use a variety of databases, including: SQL Anywhere, Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE), DB2, Oracle, and SQL Server.

Back-end application

Application servers can be used to support back-end applications, such as: Lotus Notes, Oracle, PeopleSoft, Salesforce.com, Siebel, SQL, SQL Server, and SOAP.

Submitted form data

A Web server or back-end application can use ADO, ADO.NET,.NET, ODBC, OLEDB, PBI, and SQL connectivity to the back-end corporate database.

Results data

A Web server can use ADO, ADO.NET,.NET, ODBC, OLEDB, PBI, and SQL connectivity to retrieve data from the back-end database.

Corporate database

The supported back-end applications listed above can use a variety of databases, including: SQL Anywhere, Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE), DB2, SQL Server, and Oracle.