InformationWeek

June 19, 2000

A Sampling Of Popular Application Servers
Vendor	Product	Description
Allaire 888-939-2545 www.allaire.com	ColdFusion JRun 3.0	Started as a fourth-generation language for building Web applications, but has added advanced application server capabilities with JRun.
Apple Computer 800-879-6398 www.apple.com	WebObjects	WebObjects Runs on Unix and Windows NT and is expected to run on the new Mac OSX when it arrives.
BEA Systems 800-817-4232 www.beasys.com	BEA WebLogic	Extends BEA's middleware and transaction-monitoring capabilities into the application server arena. Integrates with Visual Caf� for Java development.
Bluestone Software 856-727-4600 www.bluestone.com	Sapphire/Web	Has evolved into a "universal business server." Bluestone has developed extensive XML capabilities and XML tools to accompany the application server.
IBM 800-426-4968 www.ibm.com/software/	WebSphere Application Server	IBM is rapidly adding capabilities to WebSphere to evolve it from an application server to an E-business application platform. It offers a rich set of legacy integration webservers components and the Visual Age for Java IDE.
Iona Technologies 800-672-4948 www.iona.com	iPortal Application Server	Iona provides an integrated development, assembly, and deployment environment for Enterprise JavaBeans and Corba; part of the Iona iPortal Suite.
Lutris Technologies 831-471-9753 www.lutris.com	Enhydra Java/XML Application Server	Open-source Java/XML application server without all the features of commercial application servers, but with new pieces showing up all the time.
Microsoft 800-426-9400 www.microsoft.com/ntserver/appservice	Microsoft Transaction Server, Internet Information Server	IonConsists of the Microsoft Transaction Server, a component-based transaction processing system (part of Windows NT), and Internet Information Services 5.0 (integrated with Windows 2000-Server). These are Windows-platform servers.
Oracle 800-672-2531 www.oracle.com	Oracle Application Server	Full-function, standards-based application server that's integrated with and provided as part of Oracle's development products.
SilverStream Software 978-262-3000 www.silverstream.com	SilverStream	Combines a Java-based enterprise application server with an easy-to-use application development environment.
Sun-Netscape Alliance 888-786-8111 www.iplanet.com	i-Planet	Combination of products from Sun and Netscape provides an enterprise application server and an extensive set of E-business infrastructure pieces and applications.
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