IBM Service Management Framework, an implementation of the OSGi™ Service Platform specification, supports network delivery and management of applications and services independent of operating system and instruction set architecture (ISA). An integral part of the IBM WebSphere Everyplace embedded software platform, it provides a comprehensive, scalable solution for the deployment, maintenance, and removal of applications and runtime elements across millions of devices.

Technology overview

• Build smart devices using open software platform
  
  • Designed tmeet the needs of device manufacturers, service providers, developers, and gateway operators in supporting emerging new generations of smart devices
    
  • Optimized for embedded use tenable deployment on resource-constrained devices
    
  • Available as a plugin tWebSphere StudiDevice Developer
    
• Leverage OSGi compliance
  
  • Designed texecute properly under all OSGi-defined execution environments; conforms tthe specifications of the OSGi Alliance
    
  • Fully compliant with the OSGi Service Platform Release 3.0 specification (certification pending)
    
  • Certified tbe fully compliant with OSGi Service Platform Release 3
    
• Provide lifecycle management and control
  
  • Install, start, stop, update, and uninstall applications without affecting other applications executing within the framework
    
  • Designed for reliability, thandle large-scale deployments that deliver services tmillions of subscribers
    
  • Highly scalable, tallow the size of the implementations tvary over time
    
  • Dynamic, allowing configurations tadapt tuser and operator needs
    
  • Portable, tattract third party developers tcreate services for it
    
  • Supports fully connected, intermittently connected, and disconnected usage