IBM To Standardize Middleware, Software Tools On Eclipse Framework

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IBM also plans to disclose that five new tools vendors, Instantiations, MERANT, Parasoft, Rational Software and Serena Software, have been approved by the Ready for WebSphere Studio program, said Bernie Spang, director of marketing for IBM's WebSphere Studio tools. The program ensures that ISV solutions can integrate seamlessly into WebSphere studio according to set criteria, he said.

IBM brands that now will have Eclipse-based tools are Lotus Domino, CrossWorlds, DB2, Tivoli, MQ Integrator and IBM eServer iSeries, Spang said.

In addition, IBM also will release two new Eclipse-based WebSphere tools--Business Components Composer for building retail banking applications, and WebSphere Commerce for delivering B2B and B2C transactional-based Web sites, Spang said.

The vendor's goal is to make it easier and faster for developers to build WebSphere solutions by giving them an integrated development platform for all of IBM's middleware and software tools, Spang said.

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"By unifying our tools around a common development environment, we're providing the broadest set of developers [with a highly productive environment, shortening the time of app development and deployment," Spang said.

The Eclipse-based Tivoli and WebSphere Business Components Composer tools are scheduled for immediate availability, Spang said. IBM will release iSeries tools on Eclipse next month, with Lotus Domino, CrossWorlds, MQ and WebSphere Commerce to follow later this year, he said.

Spang declined to disclose pricing information for the tools.

IBM first launched Eclipse in November 2001 as an open-source framework into which developers can plug proprietary tools and run them simultaneously without having to toggle between different tool GUIs.

In November, the company also unveiled WebSphere Studio, its first Eclipse-based application-development environment.

In addition, IBM in March also rebuilt its VisualAge for Java tools on Eclipse and rebranded them under the WebSphere name, integrating them into WebSphere Studio.