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Part of the project that I'm working on at the moment is going to be built on WebSphere 5.0 and although I've used other app servers (e.g. WebLogic, JBoss, etc), the IBM product set is new to me. As I understand it, WAS comes in 4 versions:

• Express (web apps only)
• Standalone (full J2EE but no clustering)
• Network deployment (full J2EE with clustering)
• Enterprise (as ND + additional features and integration adapters)

If you've ever looked at the IBM website then you'll know how much of a pain it can be to find stuff! Anyway, I found a great (short) overview of some of the additional features that are a part of WAS 5.0 EE, namely Async and Startup beans. Good stuff - thanks Billy.