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We pay around $200,000 annually. The price of this product is higher than that of competitors. I don't remember the price, but there are no additional costs. More IBM WebSphere Application Server Pricing and Cost Advice » | Information Not Available |
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Views 5,324 Comparisons 4,359 Reviews 6 Average Words per Review 366 Avg. Rating 7.8 | Views 161 Comparisons 124 Reviews 0 Average Words per Review 0 Avg. Rating N/A |
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| WebSphere Application Server | |
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| IBM WebSphere Application Server provides a range of flexible, secure, Java EE 7 runtime environments available on premises or across any public, private or hybrid cloud. | Windows Server AppFabric extends Windows Server to provide enhanced hosting, management, and caching capabilities for Web applications and middle-tier services. The AppFabric hosting features add service management extensions to Internet Information Services (IIS), Windows Process Activation Service (WAS), and the .NET Framework 4. This includes Hosting Services and Hosting Administration tools that make it easier to deploy, configure, and manage Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) and Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) based services. The AppFabric caching features add a distributed, in-memory object cache to Windows Server that makes it easier to scale out high-performance .NET applications, especially ASP.NET applications. |
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| TalkTalk, Property management group, E.SUN Bank, Ohio National Financial Services, Aviarc, Cincom Systems, FJA-US, D+H, Staples, Michigan Municipal League | OSIsoft |
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Government29% Manufacturing Company29% Financial Services Firm14% Healthcare Company14% Computer Software Company45% Comms Service Provider15% Government8% Media Company5% | No Data Available |
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IBM WebSphere Application Server is ranked 6th in Application Infrastructure with 7 reviews while Windows Server AppFabric is ranked 27th in Application Infrastructure. IBM WebSphere Application Server is rated 7.8, while Windows Server AppFabric is rated 0. The top reviewer of IBM WebSphere Application Server writes "Valuable connection management and scalability but is quite expensive". On the other hand, IBM WebSphere Application Server is most compared with JBoss, Tomcat, IBM BPM, Oracle WebLogic Server and IIS, whereas Windows Server AppFabric is most compared with IIS.
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