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News
Issue #2002 - 14
(April 2002)
(Updated Apr.
10, 2002)
INFRASTRUCTURE, PRODUCTS & SERVICES
IBM’s WebSphere Everyplace
Access Makes Wireless Easy
Building on its pervasive
computing initiative, International Business Machines has introduced
WebSphere Everyplace Access (WEA), which allows remote workers to
access e-mail to e-business applications using virtually any device
on any network.
WEA is designed to deploy applications to multiple wireless
devices, including PDAs, mobile phones, and other appliances,
running on any network, from CDMA-based digital cellular networks to
802.11-based wireless LANs, from a single platform.
The software leverages the rest of the WebSphere suite, including
WebSphere Application Server, WebSphere Portal, DB2, Lotus and
Tivoli. It also provides the core services necessary to build,
deploy, manage and extend existing e-business applications to mobile
devices. WEA is compatible with key industry standards, including
SynchML, WAP and LDAP.
The first release, available during the second quarter, offers a
core set of capabilities including synchronization technologies that
address a wide range of connectivity modes, including disconnected,
always-on, and intermittently connected devices. With a single IT
infrastructure, enterprises can provide remote workers with tethered
and untethered access to e-mail, personal information management
applications, customer relationship management, sales force
automation, and supply chain applications.
For more information: http://www-3.ibm.com/pvc/index.shtml
Mobileinfo Comments & Advisory: IBM's
WebSphere platform has become a strategic platform for e-commerce and m-commerce. While
we support the sophistication of WebSphere for large enterprises, we
would urge IBM to reduce the complexity of WebSphere and create a
"plug and play" version for SMEs with configured horizontal
and vertical applications .
Note: This news release may contain
forward-looking statements. Readers should take appropriate caution in
developing plans utilizing these products, services and technology
architectures. All trademarks used in this summary are
the property of their respective owners.
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