<s>
HCL	B-Application
Commerce	I-Application
(	O
formerly	O
known	O
as	O
WebSphere	B-Application
Commerce	I-Application
and	O
WCS	O
(	O
WebSphere	B-Application
Commerce	I-Application
Suite	O
)	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
software	O
platform	O
framework	O
for	O
e-commerce	O
,	O
including	O
marketing	O
,	O
sales	O
,	O
customer	O
and	O
order	O
processing	O
functionality	O
in	O
a	O
tailorable	O
,	O
integrated	O
package	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WebSphere	B-Application
Commerce	I-Application
is	O
built	O
on	O
the	O
Java	B-Device
-	O
Java	B-Language
EE	I-Language
platform	O
using	O
open	O
standards	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
XML	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
Web	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WebSphere	B-Application
Commerce	I-Application
is	O
sometimes	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
WCS	O
,	O
however	O
this	O
abbreviation	O
was	O
originally	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
reference	O
to	O
the	O
platform	O
when	O
it	O
was	O
named	O
WebSphere	B-Application
Commerce	I-Application
Suite	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Use	O
of	O
the	O
abbreviation	O
continued	O
with	O
users	O
after	O
the	O
platform	O
was	O
renamed	O
to	O
WebSphere	B-Application
Commerce	I-Application
with	O
the	O
announcement	O
of	O
WebSphere	B-Application
Commerce	I-Application
V5.4	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2001	O
,	O
Net.Commerce	O
was	O
renamed	O
to	O
WebSphere	B-Application
Commerce	I-Application
Suite	O
,	O
releasing	O
versions	O
V4.1	O
and	O
V5.1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2002	O
,	O
WebSphere	B-Application
Commerce	I-Application
V5.4	O
was	O
released	O
,	O
followed	O
by	O
V5.5	O
in	O
2003	O
,	O
V5.6	O
in	O
2004	O
and	O
V5.6.1	O
in	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
three	O
editions	O
of	O
WebSphere	B-Application
Commerce	I-Application
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IBM	O
provides	O
an	O
integrated	B-Application
development	I-Application
environment	I-Application
that	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
build	O
and	O
test	O
customizations	O
including	O
changing	O
the	O
design	O
of	O
storefronts	O
,	O
extending	O
business	O
logic	O
,	O
and	O
creating	O
new	O
business	O
logic	O
to	O
meet	O
business	O
requirements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developer	O
platform	O
is	O
called	O
IBM	B-Application
WebSphere	I-Application
Commerce	I-Application
Developer	O
for	O
which	O
there	O
are	O
also	O
3	O
editions	O
that	O
pair	O
with	O
their	O
runtime	O
environments	O
(	O
i.e.	O
</s>
<s>
WebSphere	B-Application
Commerce	I-Application
Developer	O
Express	O
,	O
WebSphere	B-Application
Commerce	I-Application
Developer	O
Professional	O
,	O
and	O
WebSphere	B-Application
Commerce	I-Application
Developer	O
Enterprise	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
other	O
customizable	O
IBM	O
products	O
,	O
the	O
WebSphere	B-Application
Commerce	I-Application
Developer	O
toolkit	O
runs	O
within	O
IBM	O
Rational	O
Application	B-Application
Developer	O
for	O
WebSphere	O
Software	O
(	O
RAD	O
)	O
as	O
the	O
foundation	O
Java	B-Device
IDE	B-Application
,	O
and	O
RAD	O
extends	O
the	O
Eclipse	B-Application
environment	O
with	O
visual	O
and	O
other	O
development	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
specific	O
WebSphere	B-Application
Commerce	I-Application
version	O
uses	O
a	O
specific	O
version	O
of	O
RAD	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
WebSphere	B-Application
Commerce	I-Application
consists	O
of	O
3	O
main	O
components	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Databases	O
which	O
are	O
supported	O
with	O
WebSphere	B-Application
Commerce	I-Application
V7	O
are	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
IBM	B-Application
Db2	I-Application
on	O
various	O
platforms	O
(	O
i.e.	O
</s>
<s>
Apache	B-Language
Derby	I-Language
(	O
for	O
developer	O
only	O
,	O
not	O
supported	O
in	O
WCS	O
v9	O
)	O
,	O
provided	O
with	O
the	O
WebSphere	B-Application
Commerce	I-Application
Developer	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Application	B-Application
server	O
which	O
is	O
supported	O
with	O
WebSphere	B-Application
Commerce	I-Application
is	O
IBM	B-Language
WebSphere	I-Language
Application	I-Language
Server	I-Language
,	O
is	O
also	O
provided	O
with	O
the	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
are	O
supported	O
for	O
WebSphere	B-Application
Commerce	I-Application
V7	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
WebSphere	B-Application
Commerce	I-Application
Developer	O
V7	O
supported	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
:	O
</s>
<s>
WebSphere	B-Application
Commerce	I-Application
Developer	O
v9	O
not	O
limited	O
to	O
Windows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rational	O
Application	B-Application
Developer	O
will	O
now	O
run	O
natively	O
on	O
IOS	O
and	O
Linux	B-Application
environments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WebSphere	B-Application
Commerce	I-Application
Feature	O
Packs	O
include	O
new	O
features	O
(	O
so	O
called	O
enhancements	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
