Plumtree Beats IBM, BEA, Microsoft and Vignette in Network Computing Product Review
April 22 2004 - 10:00AM
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Plumtree Beats IBM, BEA, Microsoft and Vignette in Network
Computing Product Review Plumtree Enterprise Web Suite Gets High
Marks for Service Oriented Architecture and Openness to
Heterogeneous Environments SAN FRANCISCO, April 22
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Enterprise Web leader Plumtree Software
today announced that the Plumtree Enterprise Web Suite beat IBM,
Microsoft, BEA and Vignette portals in the April 15th Network
Computing "Portal Power" product review. Network Computing, a top
information technology publication, evaluated vendors' portal
frameworks on overall architecture and implementation, ability to
integrate with standards- based applications and services, security
features, price and development capabilities. Plumtree bested BEA
by 32%, Microsoft by 18%, IBM by 13% and Vignette by 10%, receiving
high marks across the integration, architecture, customization and
security categories. "Plumtree has embraced a Service Oriented
Architecture (SOA) and uses the model to create a highly
distributable and ostensibly scalable system. This was a marked
difference from IBM's and BEA's platforms, which support only
portlets developed within the J2EE architecture and require Java or
JSP," wrote Lori MacVittie of Network Computing in the April 15th
review. "Usually you can't run .NET within a J2EE architecture
because they're very different languages -- it's usually all .NET
or all J2EE. We liked the extensibility of Plumtree's architecture
because it lets you deploy portlets without regard for platform or
operating system." Plumtree also received highest marks for its
prebuilt integration, architecture manageability, identity
management, security and document management. Network Computing
noted that Plumtree's universal search capability was a significant
differentiator: "We were impressed with the [Plumtree Enterprise
Web] suite's search functionality, which lets users perform
federated searches and aggregates search results from within the
portal from a content-management system and from external sources,
such as Google and Inktomi sites. The platforms from IBM and Sun
don't provide any portlet searches." "This product evaluation
validates our view that we are the best solution for customers who
want a portal for building service-oriented applications based on
the application servers they already have," said Plumtree CEO John
Kunze. "Every portal vendor promises support for all sorts of Web
services, but this review makes it clear that the way an IBM or BEA
portal works is by hosting all the code on one application server.
This model works for a limited number of applications, but not for
applications that bridge different businesses, business units and
systems." About Plumtree Software Plumtree Software is the
Enterprise Web leader. Plumtree's mission is to create a
comprehensive Web environment for employees, customers and partners
across the enterprise to interact with different systems and work
together. Plumtree's Enterprise Web solution consists of
integration products for bringing resources from traditional
systems together on the Web, shared services such as collaboration,
content management and search for building new Web applications,
and a portal framework for delivering these Web applications to
broad audiences. Plumtree's independence and its Web Services
Architecture allow its solution to span rival platforms and
systems, helping maximize customers' return on their existing
technology investments. With offices in more than a dozen
countries, Plumtree has over licensed over 600 customers, including
Boeing, Ford Motor Company, Procter & Gamble and the U.S. Navy.
NOTE: Plumtree is a registered trademark of Plumtree Software, Inc.
and/or its subsidiaries in the US and/or other countries. All other
registered and unregistered trademarks in this document are the
sole property of their respective owners. The results noted in this
release contain only one subjective evaluation of a technology
market, representing marketplace characteristics at a given time
and are subject to change. The results and opinions expressed
should not be deemed to be an endorsement of Plumtree or any
company or product. The referenced publication is only one of many
information sources available and decision-makers should not rely
solely on any one evaluation. The results noted are not necessarily
an indication of any future results and do not constitute a
warranty either express or implied. We caution you not to place
undue reliance upon any evaluation or analyst report. CONTACT:
Carilu Dietrich of Plumtree Software, +1-415-399-7047, or .
DATASOURCE: Plumtree Software, Inc. CONTACT: Carilu Dietrich of
Plumtree Software, +1-415-399-7047, or Web site:
http://www.plumtree.com/
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