WebSphere Revolution

WebSphere and On Demand Business Today, disparate application programs running on graphically disbursed systems around the globe can exchange information in reliable ways. Many vital legacy applications have been integrated with new Web-savvy application programs to build out flexible, mission-critical, enterprise IT infrastructures that allow businesses to respond quickly and in meaningful ways to changing market conditions. But by 2002, the term e-business was six years old very old in the fast-paced Internet world. Though IBM had invented the term, the whole industry had been using it to the point that it was becoming diluted and difficult to control. IBM, always wanting to stay ahead of the pack, was looking for the next evolution of this idea. It wanted to build on the powerful e-business concept and take it to the next level. That’s when IBM developed the idea behind “e-business on demand.” e-business On Demand® added the concept of immediacy to the e-business notion. This was significant because change was already happening at breakneck speed and the rate of change itself was increasing. And keeping up with change was essential for a business to thrive or even to survive. The idea of e-business On Demand was to help customers integrate their business processes in such a way that the business could quickly and effectively respond to changing business conditions. This ability to change would give IBM customers a powerful competitive advantage over less nimble competitors. Lou Gerstner unveiled IBM’s sweeping But it wasn’t always like this Since 1996 the term “e-business” had been IBM’s mantra and it worked extremely well. e-business was the conceptual vehicle used to deliver the message that IBM was back in its traditional leadership position. IBM was leveraging its unique depth and breadth to deliver complete solutions that competitors just couldn’t match. IBM was going to help customers conduct real business on the Internet. It was the e-business vision that helped guide the re-integration of a splintering IBM back into a single solution provider with unmatched capabilities. In this way e-business helped save IBM. 2002 IBM announces a sweeping e-business On Demand initiative. 2002 The movie Spider-Man was the year’s box-office blockbuster. 2002 NASA’s Mars Odyssey space probe begins to map the surface of Mars. 35

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WebSphere Revolution Table of Contents The Rise of Internet Business WebSphere Takes the Stage WebSphere Application Server Evolves Beyond the Application Server WebSphere and On Demand Business New Flexibility through SOA An Eye Toward the Future

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