The Sum Of Its Parts

摘要

The team of engineers and executives working for iPlanet E-Commerce Solutions has had a lot to adapt to during the last year. IPlanet, an alliance between Netscape and Sun Microsystems, has weathered the integration of two distinct teams of developers, several sets of technology, new pricing models, and new employees—and has had to prove to its established customer base of Netscape and Sun accounts that things were moving along smoothly. What's more, iPlanet set itself the unenviable task of squaring off against IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, and other industry heavyweights in the fast-growing market for Internet application servers, which promise to be the underpinnings of most sophisticated Web sites and business-to-business marketplaces in the coming years.