AWD is delivered as a JEE application for deployment onto an appropriate JEE Application Server. The code is written to JEE standards in order to support a wide range of platforms. Tested configurations include IBM WebSphere and Red Hat JBOSS. Databases supported include Oracle, SQL Server and DB/2.
As a JEE application, AWD supports a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). Integration to AWD can be requested via exposed Web Services through HTTPS while outbound integration from AWD is performed through the Orchestration design framework through the calling of external web services etc. For backward compatibility AWD offers an extensive list of pre-built technology adapters. (e.g. SOAP via Web Services, RMI using JNDI, EJB, JMS, TCP/IP, JDBC, ODBC, HTTP/HTTPS, File and EDI).
