Silverstream Software has enhanced its application server with
stronger support for Web services.
The application server vendor has touted its Web services strategy
for months, aiming to make its e-commerce stack a viable option in
a market that is led by BEA and IBM, and that also includes Sun
Microsystems/iPlanet, Hewlett-Packard/Bluestone Software, and
Oracle.
In April, SilverStream honed its product line in preparation for
Web services.
"This is the release in which the Web services functionality and
the J2EE [Java 2 Enterprise Edition] IDE [integrated drive
electronics] are integrated into the core app server technology,"
said Misha Davidson, product manager for SilverStream.
SilverStream has also upgraded its toolset, which works with other
vendors' application servers, namely IBM and BEA. "It can certainly
be extended to any platform," Davidson said.
Most application server vendors have tailored their toolkits to
work with other vendors' application servers over the past couple
of months.
A recent International Data Corporation report stated that BEA owns
18.2% of the market. IBM is catching up with 15.4% and Sun/iPlanet
weighs in at 8%.