[jtud] jTechUpdate Comment: "IBM's new WebSphere infrastructure - right strategy, wrong implementation"
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From: Chris Measures [mailto:cmeasures rainierco.co.uk]
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Subject: Comment: "IBM's new WebSphere infrastructure - right strategy,
wrong implementation"
Comment: "IBM's new WebSphere infrastructure - right strategy, wrong
implementation"
27 November 2002
IBM's announcement on Monday of WebSphere 5.0, its latest infrastructure
software, provides support for Web services and the latest Java 2
Enterprise Edition (J2EE) standards. However, according to messaging
vendor SpiritSoft it fails to deliver the necessary return on investment
organisations need in today's business climate.
Nigel Thomas, director of product management at SpiritSoft, said: "IBM's
new WebSphere infrastructure software has the right strategy but the
wrong implementation. IBM is right to focus on key standards such as
Java and Web services, but its legacy technology still places the cost
burden firmly at the feet of users. Instead, IBM should cut WebSphere
down to size and allow people to use it to generate return on
investment. Although entry level pricing for WebSphere Express is quite
competitive, users can expect to pay through the nose for the full
stack.
"After all the hype of the past year there is a pressing need for
pragmatic technology that delivers the benefits that Web services has
been promising. However, while IBM is talking about extending the
enterprise to encompass partners, suppliers and customers, WebSphere is
like an iceberg. Above the waterline it addresses key Java and web
services standards like J2EE and WSIF, but hidden under the surface is a
huge 'legacy' of pieces it has accumulated - like CrossWorlds and the
MQSeries family. These pieces predate the standards - sometimes by a
decade or more, so they cannot be opened up to the outside world to take
full advantage of improved Java and Web services productivity.
"The problem with relying on these proprietary products is twofold -
integration outside the organisation is more difficult and the user has
a high cost product: it is not only expensive to buy, but expensive to
own, with a large amount of proprietary knowledge required just to
manage WebSphere. Business processes built using this approach - even
when ostensibly based around standards like J2EE and Web services - are
still non-portable, as behind the scenes they are locked into IBM's
proprietary technology.
SpiritSoft advocates a much more lightweight approach that is based
entirely around open standards. The technology is cheaper to build,
faster to market, and easier for users to tailor to fit their own
requirements; so achieving rapid return on investment."
About SpiritSoft SpiritSoft develops open-standard enterprise
messaging-based technologies that enable dynamic business interactions
across diverse applications and devices. SpiritSoft's open,
standards-based approach leverages JavaT Message Service (JMS), XML and
Caching technologies to enable users to seamlessly integrate with legacy
systems and any proprietary middleware. The company provides the only
complete integration platform that meets the challenges of building,
deploying and managing distributed systems.
SpiritSoft is privately held and based in Boston, Mass., with offices in
New York and its European HQ in London, UK. Founded in 1997, SpiritSoft
is funded in part by Reuters Venture Capital and Catalyst Fund. Key
customers include Adeptra, Amazon.com, E*Trade, Hotels.com, Market Data
Corporation, Persistence, Prebon Yamane, Rabobank, Reuters, Sungard,
Tullet & Tokyo Liberty, The Vantra Group, and XXI Technologies. More
information is available at www.spiritsoft.com
Chris Measures Rainier Limited T: +44 (0)20 7494 6583 (direct dial) T:
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(0)20 7439 0800 cmeasures rainierco.co.uk www.rainierco.co.uk
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