The software will run on IBM web servers and include WebSphere Application Server for z/OS and OS/390 and CICS Transaction Server V2.1. IBM unveiled its WebSphere Technology today, claming it allows software developers to create ebusiness...
Again, IBM would quite like to increase use of its servers, databases and particularly Websphere, but as long as they're implemented through IBM Global Services it is not that fussy. Microsoft's .NET vision is all about driving sales of Windows...
Contrast that installed base with the 35,000 customers IBM claims currently to have for just its web application server, WebSphere. Domino and WebSphere are the main IBM/Lotus contributions to the package.
Customers with multi-vendor software stacks or with recent upgrades to Solaris 8 (some already with back-ported Flash and Upgrade) should delay upgrading to year-end 2002 until ISV certification and customer references validate the benefits.
Big Blue is also expected to announce WebSphere-based industry specific integration plans and WebSphere Business Connection, which provides business-to-business integration capabilities for web services and EDI-based systems.
When running on a portable OS, it will erase all the files in the "My Documents" folder and copy itself to the start-up folder. If it is a Windows PC, it will jump to a handheld device as soon as it detects a connection using Microsoft's ActiveSync...