Rational Automation Framework: Difference between revisions

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'''IBM Rational Automation Framework''' is a [[computer software]] product in the [[Application Release Automation]] category, providing automation for [[middleware]] installation, middleware management, middleware operations, and application deployment.

The product was initially released in May 2009 as IBM Rational Automation Framework for WebSphere <ref name="eweek">http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Cloud-Computing/IBM-Bridges-SOA-Cloud-Computing-645936/</ref>, based on technology developed by Ascendent Technology <ref name="bare_url">http://atech.com/process/accelerators/rational-automation-framework</ref>. With release 3.0 in 2011, IBM generalized the name of the product to IBM Rational Automation Framework to recognize the work done by MidVision to extend the functionality to products other than those from [[IBM WebSphere]] <ref name="midvision">http://www.midvision.com/wordpress/products/midvision-extensions-to-ibm-raf/</ref>.

==Architecture==

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The product uses an automation engine to automate any of those tasks <ref name="ibm">http://www.ibm.com/software/rational/products/framework/</ref>.

==PureApplication System==

IBM PureApplication System contains the Rational Automation Framework functionality in the form of a workload named Advanced Middleware Configuration. Advanced Middleware Configuration is typically used in this context for onboarding existing applications to the cloud <ref name="ibm_a">http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/websphere/library/techarticles/1204_akeley/1204_akeley.html</ref>.

== References ==

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'''IBM Rational Automation Framework''' is a [[computer software]] product in the [[Application release automation]] category, providing automation for [[middleware]] installation, middleware management, middleware operations, and application deployment.

The product was initially released in May 2009 as IBM Rational Automation Framework for WebSphere <ref>[http://www. name="eweek.com" /c/a/Cloud-Computing/IBM-Bridges-SOA-Cloud-Computing-645936/]</ref>, based on technology developed by Ascendent Technology <ref>[http: name="bare_url" //atech.com/process/accelerators/rational-automation-framework]</ref>. With release 3.0 in 2011, IBM generalized the name of the product to IBM Rational Automation Framework to recognize the work done by MidVision to extend the functionality to products other than those from [[IBM WebSphere]] <ref>[http://www. name="midvision.com" /wordpress/products/midvision-extensions-to-ibm-raf/]</ref>.

==Architecture==

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The product uses an automation engine to automate any of those tasks <ref>[http://www. name="ibm.com/software/rational/products/framework/]<" /ref>.

==PureApplication System==

IBM PureApplication System contains the Rational Automation Framework functionality in the form of a workload named Advanced Middleware Configuration. Advanced Middleware Configuration is typically used in this context for onboarding existing applications to the cloud <ref>[http: name="ibm_a" //www.ibm.com/developerworks/websphere/library/techarticles/1204_akeley/1204_akeley.html]</ref>.

== References ==