  February 2004
Updated July 2005 No business, big or small, can ignore the Web these days. The decision to become an e-business can result from any number of challenges, such as needing to adopt new technologies imposed by large customers who drive the company's business. In increasing numbers, small- and medium-sized companies find that they must meet the IT requirements of the bigger companies they supply, or lose business to competitors who have already made the transition. IBM offers many products that can be used to craft highly available solutions. But because you are not necessarily going to purchase the products together, you cannot assume all the other pieces are going to be readily available. This means you must configure each product out-of-the-box to run independently. The challenge is to build a ready-to-go solution that will meet the performance and scale requirements of enterprise-class organizations. Link to project implementation.
Integrating IBM middleware to develop business solutions
February 2005
Deciding which products to use when developing solutions can be a daunting task. Integrating and configuring the products to meet business needs is another challenge. This series of articles shows you which products were used, tested, and validated for compatibility and integration by the Software Group Horizontal Integration Analysis Team during the development of several solutions. Read about the small-to-medium business scenario to get more information about this solution.
Simplify mid-market solution development
February 2005
Discover IBM Express Middleware and an approach for building solutions on an open foundation that can bring together software, hardware, and your services capabilities for the mid-market. And find out how the design architecture for IBM Express Middleware, IBM Express Runtime, and Solution Building Blocks can help simplify development of your business solutions.
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