Competitive Analysis: JBoss Enterprise Application Platform and IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment Edition

The application platform provides foundational technology for both Red Hat JBoss Middleware and IBM’s middleware offerings. Red Hat and IBM offer their application platforms—Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform and IBM WebSphere, both as standalone technology, and as the basis of other enterprise technologies for business rules, enterprise service bus, business process management, mobile devices, and more. This competitive analysis describes the strong similarities and significant differences between these two platforms, as well as some of the benefits you will gain when using Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform.