IBM Announces New Business Integration Software

IBM said today that new software, customers and performance benchmark results demonstrate its leadership in the business integration market.

The greatest number of mobile users

To extend this experience to the greatest number of mobile users, the new software now as well supports a wide array of smartphones and tablets just as the iPad, iPhone, Droid and BlackBerry, ensuring that applications deliver a look, feel and user experience similar to the native device. This capability is vital for expanding businesses, with IDC reporting that the mobile workforce surpassed 1 billion last year.

There are currently more than 100,000 companies worldwide gaining business benefits from IBM business integration software, including USAA, Blue Cross Blue Shield, the State of New Jersey Department of Human Services and Homeloans Management Limited.

Competitive evaluation

After a competitive evaluation, USAA, a financial services provider serving members of the military, veterans and their families, chose IBM business integration software to expand delivery of its financial service portfolio across multiple market channels. USAA is now able to serve its members more rapidly by streamlining the product and service design and delivery process.

IBM client Homeloans Management Limited, a leading UK-based financial services firm, is using IBM software to improve business processes across its credit management, call center and customer mortgage departments. Market conditions and new regulations prompted HML to choose IBM to streamline and accelerate its existing business processes. HML needed an agile and flexible system that could be customized rapidly to meet ever-changing government requirements.

The first test of WebSphere Application Server V8

In the first test of WebSphere Application Server V8.0, IBM announced record-breaking performance results, and was named performance leaders in two out of three categories according to the SPECjEnterprise 2010 benchmark. By delivering the highest performance in the information innovation industry, WebSphere Application Server 8.0 gives companies more responsive business applications that can help them serve their clients more quickly and efficiently during delivering cost savings.

WebSphere has earned more than 700 patents earned across this portfolio since it was first launched in 1998, contributing to IBM's 18 year record topping the list of the world's most inventive companies. Beginning with WebSphere Application Server, these offerings parallel the evolution of the Web itself from static pages, sites and content to today's landscape of dynamic services, programs and real-time processing of all kinds of data and media. Among application servers, WebSphere has been a key driver in transforming the Web into a platform for business computing.

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