Jim Kawanami

The explosive interest in application servers, particularly the Sybase Enterprise Application Server (EAServer), will no doubt result in their rapid adoption as organizations make full-fledged commitments to deploying transactional applications on the Web. Let's quickly snapshot where EAServer has been, and describe where the near term will take us. In 1999 companies began to take a hard look at EAServer, with early adopters implementing "Web-ification" strategies. Sybase generated much interest and enthusiasm from the "Build the Future" seminar series. In addition, many of you joined the ranks of card-carrying Web developers with exciting technologies such as the HTML DataWindow and the EAServer hosting of PowerBuilder nonvisual objects. A main characteristic that continues to distinguish EAServer from its competitors is openness, both in terms of client-applicatio... (more)

The Action is in the Middle

The explosive interest in application servers, particularly the Sybase Enterprise Application Server (EAServer), will no doubt result in their rapid adoption as organizations make full-fledged commitments to deploying transactional applications on the Web. Let's quickly snapshot where EAServer has been, and describe where the near term will take us. In 1999 companies began to take a hard look at EAServer, with early adopters implementing "Web-ification" strategies. Sybase generated much interest and enthusiasm from the "Build the Future" seminar series. In addition, many of you ... (more)