IBM (with WebSphere) and BEA (with WebLogic) currently dominate the Java application server market, while Microsoft dominates the non-Java market, with iPlanet a distant fourth. It is still primarily a server company and BEA WebLogic, for example...
US reports had suggested that iPlanet - the Sun/Netscape alliance - was trying to achieve this by leveraging its relationship with Sun and the fact that 66 per cent of BEA WebLogic deployment is on the Solaris operating system.
HP has struck a deal with middleware vendor BEA to resell its popular WebLogic application server software to its enterprise customers. BEA's WebLogic is already compatible with HP's two operating systems HP-UX and Tru 64, but the deal will see the...
BEA last year released its WebLogic Workshop, an application development application designed to simplify Java and web services programming. About 65 per cent to 70 per cent of BEA's Tuxedo customers also use BEA WebLogic, Gould said.
Then, if you opt for J2EE, you choose between one of the two market leaders, BEA’s WebLogic or IBM’s WebSphere. However, Sun is hedging its bets and also backing BEA WebLogic. No surprises that IBM recommends its own WebSphere but HP and Sun both...
IBM's WebSphere, BEA's WebLogic and Sun Microsystems' ONE Middleware Developer (formerly iPlanet) are currently the most widespread of these toolsets. To achieve this, CIOs will need to:
be able to list the target audience(s) for the portal...