Business Webs involve buyers, sellers, partners, suppliers, distributors, service and infrastructure providers focused around a common interest.

The WebSphere Solutions Web's mission is to become the primary information and communications resource for the WebSphere community. It will substantially help the community to expand and internetwork.

The WebSphere Solutions Web covers the WebSphere marketplace and affiliated technologies, including Messaging, Applications, Databases, Tools, Operating Systems, Systems Management Groupware, EAI, Legacy integration... and more - from IBM and 3rd party product and service companies.

The core of the WebSphere Solutions Web is the smart eCatalog, a rich knowledge base of products, services and solutions. The information is fully searchable and includes marketing and sales information in text and rich media formats where appropriate, to accelerate buying decisions. Valuable support services such as News and "Ask the Expert" are available now and new ones will continue to be added.