The goal of AFeb is to enable the quick design and deployment of a broad spectrum of robust, secure, scalable, manageable, interoperable and portable e-business applications. Thus, AFeb is a foundation framework for e-business application development at two levels. On the first level it defines an application framework for e-business applications in general. IBM has developed extensive software and hardware products based on AFeb. A platform for developing, deploying and managing e-business solutions.
Clients interact with the user to send and receive standard data formats.
The clients that are supported range from devices running standard Web browsers to pervasive devices with local programming models, such as personal digital assistants, set-top boxes, automotive telematics and digital wireless telephones. Middle-tier servers include a Web server that interacts with the client tier and that includes a Web application server for executing business logic independently of the client type and user interface style. The enterprise information-system tier includes internal and external applications, services and data. Application-integration software provides access to existing data and applications. Application services provide prebuilt, tested building blocks to facilitate the creation of e-business solutions.