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Re: IBM Aims To Eclipse BEA, Sun with New WebSphere
Posted by: Teri Robinson 2002-05-09 15:10:38

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With the announcement of its new WebSphere application server, IBM clearly is attempting
to gain a bigger share of the $2.19 billion market for e-business software. In the
process, the tech giant also is aiming to break out of a dead heat with rival BEA
Systems and stay ahead of challengers Sun and Oracle. "It used to be the case that BEA
won any bake-off," Giga research fellow Mike Gilpin told the E-Commerce Times, noting
that relative newcomer IBM has made great strides.

Re: IBM Aims To Eclipse BEA, Sun with New WebSphere
Posted by: bigbear 2002-05-10 12:37:58 In reply to: Teri Robinson

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Re: IBM Aims To Eclipse BEA, Sun with New WebSphere
Posted by: jobiz 2002-05-09 16:07:02 In reply to: Teri Robinson

I have worked on 2 b2b e-commerce projects recently using both BEA weblogic 6.1 App server and WebSphere App server 4.0. I could see the dominance of IBM coming. IBM's release of its "WebSphere studio application developer," and its seamless intergration with the 4.0 app server, takes development of robust enterprise solutions to a new level. I speak for the 32 java developers that work with me. The time and money savings gained when we have used the WebSphere platform is significant. We are talking doing 3 months' development in 1. It's only a matter of time before Big Industry recognises this. The lack of a tool like WSAD was always going to expose BEA to giants like IBM. On the plus side for BEA, many users feel that Weblogic's J2EE implementation is the most robust in the market, but it still struggles against WebSphere in the area of Web services support.