application server the ibm in comment and analysis
The rise and rise of Infor
Comment For Oracle the answer seems obvious, it has made its own database and application server the core of its fusion strategy. It has a bit of blue tinge as one of IBM's largest partners for sales of IBM's System i mid-range servers, once known as AS... [06 Aug 2008]
Virtualisation gets trendy
Comment However, apart from server virtualisation you can also have storage virtualisation, network virtualisation, desktop virtualisation and even application (or service) virtualisation. IBM first announced VM/370 virtualisation in 1972 but had been... [15 May 2007]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Itanium - what's in a name?
Comment Those are big numbers by anyone's standards (double what IBM plans to spend on mainframes over the same period) and with so much at stake for both proponents and detractors the level of controversy surrounding Itanium is hardly surprising. [06 Nov 2006]
Opinion: 2006 - the year for open source
Comment Server choices are dictated by the application and TCO in particular doesn't properly examine the real savings and flexibility that one server platform or another may offer. This is a sentiment that can just as easily be applied to the TCO/ROI... [09 Jan 2006]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Grid's a 'no-brainer'
Comment Historically, applications have needed to be reworked to enable them to make the most out of a grid but new additions to middleware platforms (such as improvements to Oracle's Application Server platform and IBM's latest version of its WebSphere... [18 Nov 2005]
Leader: Open source to boom?
Leader The world has quickly changed from "no one ever gets fired for using IBM" to, Rimer said, "you can get fired if you're not coming up with at least an argument for why open source is not relevant for [a certain] type of application". [03 Mar 2005]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Hosted software - it's back
Comment No one is going to go through the process of contacting Intel and AMD to see which has the whizziest chip; HP, IBM and Dell to see who is selling the shiniest box; Microsoft, Red Hat and Novell to find the cheapest operating system; BEA, IBM and... [10 Dec 2004]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: The politics of enterprise applications
Comment But there is more to the news than this when viewed from IBM's side - the announcement has increased the stakes in the battle for domination of the application server market. IBM's WebSphere is the leading Java-based application server written to... [01 Oct 2004]
Analysis: The network is the security
Comment This was an era when standalone IBM mainframes and VAX minicomputers dominated the computing landscape. Symantec has a deep portfolio, momentum and a solutions-focused mindset driven by CEO John Thompson, a former IBM honcho. [14 Jul 2004]
Analysis: Enterprise portals - integration made easy?
Comment And because all the application logic is stored on the server, the enterprise portal could be considered the desktop of the future. The cost of trying to integrate clients with back-end systems is becoming horrendous," says Kevin Malone, technical... [06 Apr 2004]
Analysis: Choosing enterprise portal technology
Comment Standardisation will hasten the commoditisation of portal servers, like the application server and database markets before them," says Jim Murphy, an analyst with AMR Research. There is a dizzying array of companies in the enterprise portal space... [24 Mar 2004]
Where the growth of IM will take your business
Comment Although targeted enterprise IM solutions exist, such as those from IBM Lotus and Reuters, many users are still using the public IM networks. The progress seen by the leading enterprise IM players, AOL, FaceTime, IMlogic, IBM Lotus, and Yahoo! [23 Oct 2003]
The Bloor Perspective: Itanium 2, managing LANs and the Info Pro
Comment All of the leading server suppliers, including Dell, HP, IBM and NEC, are certain to announce new offerings based on these new DP systems. Dell, HP, IBM, Intel, Sun and the other suppliers now need to work on translating their technical... [16 Sep 2003]
The Bloor Perspective: IBM v BHAL, location-based services and ecommerce VAT
Comment Buying an application server, like WebLogic 7.0, used to be driven by the development community. It would much rather install WebLogic than WebSphere because that reduces the risk that IBM will capture some of the services. [11 Aug 2003]
Through the fog… Management of utility IT
Comment Network management was never enough, so server management, application management and database management were added to the pool. Buying an application server Today, several companies occupying front line positions of utility computing - BMC, CA... [01 Aug 2003]
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