Windows Server 2003 - Application Server News, Reviews and Analyst Reports

Burton Group (August 2005, requires registration) A report analyzing the Microsoft application platform. Burton wrote: “The Microsoft superplatform compares very favorably with the other superplatforms, and in many ways it sets the bar in the superplatform arms race. Of all the superplatform vendors, Microsoft provides the most cohesive solution.”

Forrester (March 2005, requires registration) John Rymer of Forrester Research identified Microsoft as a leader in Application Server platforms. Mr. Rymer wrote, "Microsoft's biggest assets in the comparison […] were its productive development tools and its strong strategy."

The Middleware Company (October 2004): Written by David Herst with William Edwards and Steve Wilkes, this Microsoft-sponsored study finds that Microsoft .NET running on Windows Server provides better productivity, reliability, performance, and manageability than IBM WebSphere/J2EE running on Linux.

ObjectWatch (July 2004): "Interoperability Through Service-Oriented Architectures (SOAs)." This white paper outlines the service-oriented architecture approach to interoperability, which delivers excellent scalability, better ability to leverage existing systems and applications, lower IT costs, and improved user productivity.

Forrester (September 2003): This study found that the cost advantage to develop, deploy, support, and maintain custom applications on the Microsoft .NET platform was 28.2 percent less cost for large enterprises and 25 percent less cost for large to medium-sized organizations.

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ZDNet News (October 2005) Microsoft released long-awaited updates to its database and programming tools to developers.

CNET News.com (September 2005) Microsoft and JBoss said they'll work to make JBoss' Java application server software work well with Microsoft's Windows and higher-level software.

Port80 Software (May 2005) A survey of application servers and scripting platforms used on the main corporate Web sites of the Fortune 1000 shows that Microsoft ASP.NET and ASP are the leading option among those companies, with 43 percent of companies surveyed using the Microsoft platform.