IBM Acquires Gluecode Software 10 May 2005 IBM today announced it has acquired Gluecode especially amongst SMB and departmental users," Software, a privately held company based in El said Robert LeBlanc, general manager, Application Segundo, Calif., and provider of software and and Integration Middleware, IBM Software Group. support services for open source application "With the Gluecode acquisition, IBM enables infrastructure software. Financial details were not customers and Business Partners to tap the low disclosed. cost of entry of open source technology to quickly develop and deploy applications, and migrate to Based on core open source technology from the WebSphere software as business needs expand." Apache Geronimo application server, Gluecode's software and related subscription support services With the acquisition, IBM will enable customers and provide a flexible and affordable infrastructure to Business Partners to download Gluecode organizations that need a reliable alternative to application server software and start development traditional commercial software offerings. and deployment at no cost, and then purchase Gluecode helps Java developers, small and mid- software support services as needed from IBM. sized businesses (SMB) and departmental users Gluecode's operations will be integrated into IBM's reduce the complexity of application development Software Group. by pre-integrating the most common services for building mainstream Java applications. "The acquisition of Gluecode by IBM recognizes the value of software solutions that are built in IBM will become an active contributor to the collaboration with the open community," said Chet Apache Geronimo open source project and will Kapoor, CEO, Gluecode. "We are pleased to expand the existing community of developers that enable a new business model for IBM that allows advance this project and innovate on top of it. IBM them to address a broader spectrum of business plans to contribute Gluecode-developed software needs." features to Apache Geronimo as well. In addition, IBM today also announced it will contribute Gluecode expands IBM's WebSphere application software to the open source community that allows integration middleware portfolio. A recent report developers to use Eclipse development tools for from IT analyst firm Gartner, Inc. again positioned developing, debugging and deploying Apache IBM as the number one application integration and Geronimo-based application software. middleware vendor based on license revenue in 2004. Gartner data showed IBM as the leading IBM is a long-time supporter of the Apache vendor across all key middleware areas including Software Foundation, as well as many other open application servers, integration suites, portals and source projects. IBM's WebSphere software the composite application platform suite incorporates Apache's open source HTTP server. marketplace. Last year, IBM contributed its Cloudscape data software to the Apache Derby project. Examples of other IBM collaboration with the open source community include its work relating to Eclipse application development tools technology and Linux. "IBM sees growing demand for a broad range of application integration middleware in the marketplace, including open standards-based and open source Java application server technology, 1 / 2 APA citation: IBM Acquires Gluecode Software (2005, May 10) retrieved 26 September 2021 from https://phys.org/news/2005-05-ibm-gluecode-software.html This document is subject to copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study or research, no part may be reproduced without the written permission. The content is provided for information purposes only. 2 / 2 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org).