(June 3, 2002) - TALPX Inc., a service provider in the building supplies industry, has selected IBM WebSphere as the foundation for its online trading system application for buying and selling of lumber.

IBM has announced new software to help enterprises in multiple industries integrate core business processes that are essential to increasing revenue, reducing costs and improving productivity.

(June 19, 2002) - Expanding a long-standing partnership, J.D. Edwards and IBM have announced powerful new pre-configured server offerings and industry-specific bundled solutions for customers looking to reduce the risk, complexity, and cost of running a collaborative e-business.

(June 19, 2002) - Parasoft, a leading provider of automatic error prevention software, signed an agreement with IBM to provide Java application development testing, support, and service for IBM software products. Under the terms of the licensing agreement, Parasoft will provide global use for its Jtest product as well as in-person and Web-based training for IBM developers, which includes IBM Global Services (IGS). Parasoft's award winning Jtest provides Java developers with the intelligence necessary to gauge success for software rollouts and upgrades. It is the first development tool of its type to automate all aspects of Java unit testing. Jtest supports static analysis, white-box (construction), black-box (specification), and regression testing, including added support for Enterprise JavaBean (EJBs), DbC, servlets, and project metrics. Jtest also automates integration with WebSphere Internet infrastructure software, and WebSphere Studio development tools, which are based on the Eclipse open-source platform for easy, multi-vendor tool integration.

(May 2, 2002) - IBM and Siebel Systems, Inc. have announced plans to deliver IBM's CrossWorlds integration software for Siebel Application Network. The IBM CrossWorlds technology is an integral part of IBM's WebSphere platform.

(May 2, 2002) - IBM has announced new WebSphere Studio application development products for Linux and Web site development, as well as new toolkits for building wireless, portal, and voice applications. They're all based on the Eclipse platform, which is supported by an open-source community for multivendor software tool integration. Using Eclipse-based tools, developers can integrate tasks easily and quickly to improve the quality of applications and time to market.

(May 3, 2002) - IBM has announced new WebSphere Studio application development products for Linux and Web site development, as well as new toolkits for building wireless, portal, and voice applications. They're all based on the Eclipse platform, which is supported by an open-source community for multivendor software tool integration.

(May 7, 2002) - At the annual IBM DeveloperWorks Live conference, Altaworks Corporation announced the release of PanoramaTM1.5. With this latest version, Altaworks advances its leadership in managing J2EE application server environments by pioneering the industry's first capability for automating the detection of probable causes of performance problems down to the method level.

(October 22, 2002) - Wal-Mart has selected IBM to help its thousands of domestic and international suppliers adopt a standardized Internet-based system that will enable them to exchange vital data, such as purchase orders, invoices, and advanced shipping notices, faster, at lower cost, and with greater reliability and improved security.

(October 22, 2002) - IBM has released new software designed to help telecommunications service providers develop and deploy new, revenue-generating services quickly and cost effectively. Big Blue estimates that its IBM WebSphere Telecom Application Server Version 1.2 can potentially cut telecom application development and deployment costs 30% to 50%, and help bring new revenue-producing services to market in months, as compared to traditional, proprietary platforms that can take a year or more.

(May 10, 2002) - Versata Inc., has released a new business logic product for WebSphere* that is built on Eclipse, IBM's open source development framework, to integrate with IBM WebSphere Studio and the WebSphere Application Server. The business logic designer will provide users with a business logic perspective that enables them to build an adaptable and re-configurable software infrastructure based on business logic to drive distributed applications and legacy extensions. The new business logic engine extends the WebSphere Application Server to execute and manage business logic.

(May 17, 2002) - IBM has just launched its 'Web services Demos', a collection of Web services examples built with IBM technologies on IBM developerWorks. The 'Web services Demos' collection demonstrates how Web services can be used in applications. Developers are provided with complete Web services examples including code, tools, and documentation to help them build Web services projects.

MRO Software and IBM announced a strategic alliance that will enable customers to realize increased returns on existing and planned enterprise asset investments. The companies will jointly market and sell e-business solutions that address Enterprise Asset Management business needs worldwide and initially target companies in the energy and utilities and public sector markets, followed by other industries. The solutions will be co-marketed and sold based on IBM platforms and implemented cooperatively with IBM Global Services.

Wouldn't it be great if we could use WebSphere to benefit all within the walls of the enterprise? SiteTelligence can make that happen. SiteTelligence is another layer between WebSphere and business users that enable them to build and maintain their own Web applications. The obvious benefit is a dramatic decrease in development costs and a huge improvement in ROI. When delivered effectively, this concept radically changes the ROI model so that sites that previously were out of the question financially now become justifiable. Business users can maintain sites themselves with SiteTelligence, eliminating the cost associated with IT involvement in recurrent tasks while freeing technical resources for more mission critical work.

(November 26, 2002) - The newly released version of IBM's WebSphere infrastructure software is squarely aimed at the requirements of on-demand e-business. IBM WebSphere Application Server, Version 5, and its development environment, WebSphere Studio, Version 5, provide the standards-based infrastructure to integrate business processes across the enterprise and with partners, suppliers and customers. IBM WebSphere Version 5 is J2EE 1.3-certified, and is J2EE 1.4-ready since it supports the majority of technologies that will be part of future releases of J2EE.

(March 26, 2002) - Who can rightly be said to be at the head of the pack, in the steeplechase towards Web services? Who's the current race leader?

(Monday April 1, 2002) - IBM is hosting a technical soirée for the purpose of making it perfectly clear why WebSphere is and will be beating the competition in the marketplace. The full-day event is offered on May 1st and 2nd at 590 Madison Avenue, New York City.

(April 2, 2002) - Aiming directly at the needs of its enterprise customers, IBM announced the newest version of its popular WebSphere software family, WebSphere Everyplace Access. The new software will give employees access to data over any device on any network. Part of IBM's pervasive computing initiative, the announcement is the latest in a string of moves by IBM to help companies extend e-business to a growing number of emerging devices across a variety of networks and connectivity.

(April 2, 2002) - At JavaOne 2002, Precise Software Solutions launched version 2.0 of Precise/Indepth™ for IBM WebSphere, the J2EE application component of Precise i3™, Precise's comprehensive solution for Application Performance Management. This release sets the standard for J2EE Application Performance Management by enabling IT operations to quickly and easily isolate performance problems. This development significantly expands Precise's reach of J2EE Application Performance Management by optimizing enterprise applications as they are deployed through QA and preproduction into business critical production systems on IBM WebSphere servers.

(May 13, 2002) - The content delivery service provider Akamai Technologies Inc. has chosen IBM's WebSphere to deliver Java-based Web services applications from its network of edge-of-Internet servers.

(April 15, 2002) - TD Bank Financial Group is using IBM software and servers to host the next-generation infrastructure for its primary customer Web sites and e-business applications including Web-banking and online discount brokerage. TD Bank has migrated its entire e-business infrastructure, choosing to run its high-volume applications on IBM software and hardware to support the Canadian component of its more than 3.8 million on-line customers.

(August 27, 2002) - StellentTM, Inc., a global provider of content management solutions, has updated its portlets to support the IBM WebSphere Portal Version 4.1. Stellent's portlets use JSP tag libraries, J2EE, JavaBeans, and J2EE EJBs to provide a flexible and rapidly deployable environment for IBM WebSphere Portal customers. The Stellent tag libraries simplify content management integration within WebSphere, allowing developers to quickly deploy content-rich portals and Web sites.

(May 2, 2002) - IBM Corp. and Macromedia, Inc. announced a strategic relationship that brings the Macromedia ColdFusion MX rapid server scripting environment to the IBM WebSphere Internet infrastructure software platform. As a result, the large Macromedia developer community will have the option of developing and deploying ColdFusion MX applications on WebSphere. The agreement includes joint development, sales, marketing, and technical support activities to serve customers using the integrated platform.

On December 5, 2001, Rave Software Solutions opened the first WebSphere Innovation Center (WIC) in New York City. Located in the Information Technology Center Building at 55 Broad Street in the heart of the financial district, the center expects to draw clients from Boston to Philadelphia. The WebSphere Innovation Center is designed to provide important services for resellers and end users, including WebSphere software-based 'test drives' on a variety of hardware platforms and operating environments, and proof-of-concept support and technical briefings. This customer-centric showcase will offer a wide range of technology-based solutions for several industry sectors, including financial services. Originally scheduled to open sooner, the Center was set back by the Sept. 11 attacks.

(Napa Valley, CA) – What a fine combination it would be if your favorite e-commerce suite and your favorite wines all came from one and the same source… Alas, IBM doesn’t (yet) sell vineyards; but it does sell the WebSphere Commerce Suite, and also WebSphere Application Server. And if your interest in wine extends to needing to manage a huge stock of rare vintages from around the world, then IBM’s DB2 Universal Database and IBM’s Net.Data might be handy to purchase, too.

During a fixed date, two week tournament in January 2002, the Australian Open tennis Grand Slam event needs the best technology infrastructure available. That is why Tennis Australia works so closely with IBM, its official Information Technology and Internet Supplier.

(Armonk) – IBM recently announced fourth-quarter 2001 diluted earnings per common share of $1.33, a 10 percent decrease compared with diluted earnings per common share of $1.48 in the fourth quarter of 2000. Fourth-quarter 2001 net income was $2.3 billion, a 13 percent decrease from $2.7 billion in the year-earlier period. IBM's fourth-quarter 2001 revenues totaled $22.8 billion, down 11 percent (8 percent at constant currency) compared with the fourth quarter of 2000.

(June 19, 2002) - IBM's newest software tools, built on the Eclipse open source platform, support IBM's entire portfolio of middleware. As a result, software programmers can now use a single, integrated set of tools to reduce development costs and increase productivity. The new tools work with IBM's software for deploying, securing, integrating and managing e-business data and applications, including Web services. Specifically, the tools support WebSphere, Lotus Domino, CrossWorlds, DB2, Tivoli, MQ, and IBM eServer iSeries.

(September 9, 2002) - Macromedia, Inc. brings the ease and productivity of ColdFusion to the highly scalable, standards-based Java technology architecture with its new Macromedia ColdFusion MX for J2EE Application Servers. Versions of Macromedia ColdFusion MX, the rapid server scripting environment for creating rich Internet applications. have been specifically optimized for IBM WebSphere Application Server, Sun ONE, and Macromedia JRun.

(October 22, 2002) - Wily Technology has further extended its ability to monitor mainframe Java applications with the addition of Introscope PowerPack for IBM WebSphere for z/OS and OS/390. Wily Technology is the only application management provider to offer comprehensive operations support for mainframe Java applications and application servers running in live production environments.

(February 6, 2003) - Wily Technology has integrated Introscope 4.0, the newest version of Wily's Enterprise Java Application Management solution, with IBM WebSphere Application Server Version 5.0. Together, these solutions create a robust platform for building, deploying, and managing enterprise Java applications.

(May 14, 2003) - Gartner, Inc. has positioned Wily Technology in the leader quadrant in its most recent J2EE Application Server Management Magic Quadrant report. Gartner, Inc.'s Magic Quadrant positions vendors in a particular market segment based on their vision and ability to execute that vision. According to Gartner, Inc., leaders are vendors who are performing well today, have a clear vision of market direction and are actively building competencies to sustain their leadership position in the market.

Dirig Software, a developer of adaptive application performance management solutions, has announced that its J2EE application performance management solution is available for IBM WebSphere for z/OS and S/390 environments.

(January 14, 2004) - Context Media, Inc.'s Interchange Suite content integration software now provides additional support for multiple IBM platforms. As part of the expanded support, Context Media Interchange Suite is now powered by IBM WebSphere Application Server, IBM Tivoli Directory Server, and IBM DB2 Information Management platforms.

(January 14, 2004) - Insignia Solutions has signed an agreement with IBM to port its Secure System Provisioning server software product onto the IBM WebSphere platform and tightly integrate it with IBM's device management software. The two companies plan to co-sell and co-market the solution to mobile operators and phone manufacturers worldwide.

(January 14, 2004) - Transactionware Enterprise now supports the IBM 4690 operating system, allowing Triversity's enterprise POS solution to be deployed on legacy 46XX hardware and peripherals.

(January 14, 2004) - RealNetworks, Inc., and IBM will develop and bring to market a solution that will enable media companies, network operators, and other businesses to create, protect, and deliver on-demand consumer digital audio and video services based on open standards.

(December 29, 2003) - IBM invites developers to download an evaluation version of WebSphere Application Server Technology for Developers V6. The code provided is an early release of the WebSphere Application Server with the latest J2EE Version 1.4 for Windows specifications.

(December 17, 2003) - IBM and Akamai Technologies, Inc. have collaborated on new software that makes it easier to deploy J2EE Web applications built on IBM's WebSphere software across Akamai's global computing platform.

(December 17, 2003) - Red Hat Enterprise Linux v.3, Red Hat's newest offering, is now available across the entire IBM eServer product line.