SilverStream Teams With IBM to Develop and Market Enterprise Web Applications

Business Wire, August 5, 1998

BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 5, 1998--

Initiative Integrates SilverStream Application Server with IBM's

Middleware and Database Software; Enables Customers to Build Web

Applications that Leverage Host Systems

SilverStream Software today announced an ISV agreement with IBM(R) to co-develop and co-market enterprise Web applications based on SilverStream's award-winning Application Server, which has been optimized to support IBM's industry leading middleware and database software, including DB2(R) Universal Database, CICS(R), and MQSeries(R). The relationship enables IBM's customer base to develop sophisticated enterprise Web applications that leverage existing data in host systems.

The relationship is based on the capabilities of the SilverStream(tm) Application Server Release 2.0, which uses a Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) link to support DB2 Universal Database on NT, S/390(R), AS/400(R) and leading UNIX platforms. Connections to data on AS/400 and S/390 platforms are made using IBM's DB2Connect product. Additionally, SilverStream will link with IBM's transaction software applications, CICS and MQSeries, using the Interspace(R) product from Planetworks. In a separate development effort, SilverStream will also deliver Lotus Notes(tm) connectivity with the 2.0 release.

According to Bill Critch, SilverStream's director of Alliance Marketing, "The alliance between IBM and SilverStream is a winning combination. SilverStream's scalability enables companies to create leading-edge Web applications on an NT system and then link those applications to data on any platform including System 390, AS/400, UNIX, and OS/2(R)." He added, "With these applications in place, companies can build enterprise solutions that utilize the Web to optimize business practices."

"IBM customers now have the power to develop both sophisticated Java and HTML-based Web applications that contain a mix of DB2 Universal Database, CICS, MQSeries and Lotus Notes sources. Data from these and other leading data and application sources can be used or combined in the same application, on the same page, or even in the same form. This is a unique proposition that benefits users by enabling them to quickly and easily develop and deploy sophisticated Web applications that leverage existing data," said Steve Solazzo, IBM Software Group, vice president of Sales and Marketing, Solution Developers and Small/Growing Businesses.

SilverStream, and co-participants, IBM, PlanetWorks and Mecklermedia, will conduct a multi-city EarthTour to introduce the combined solution to IBM customers worldwide, showcasing the solution's ability to preserve - and increase - a company's investment in IBM technologies. This program will include an industry perspective from Forrester Research. Sales of joint product bundles will be offered to end-users and resellers via IBM's VAD partner network and SilverStream's worldwide distribution channels. The EarthTour kicks off in September in North America and travels throughout the globe.

The EarthTour is an educational forum for corporate IT executives, IT project leaders, Web developers, etc. to learn about building and deploying Web applications for the Enterprise. The EarthTour is a full day event consisting of "real world" testimonials, high level presentations and product demonstrations. The cost to attend is $199 for the day, and offers attendees more than $1,000 in valuable products, including SilverStream's Version 2.0 Single Developer Pack, the IBM DB2 Universal Database Version 5.0 60-day trial CD-ROM and Interspace Developer Pack from Planetworks. There will also be special promotional bundles and giveaways for attendees. For more information, visit the EarthTour Web site at www.earthtour.com.

About SilverStream

SilverStream Software, Inc. is the pioneering developer of the SilverStream Application Server, the industry's most comprehensive enterprise application server with unmatched integrated development tools, a high-performance server and complete Web functionality. SilverStream empowers users to build and deploy Web applications for the Enterprise. Users can design secure, enterprise-level, three-tier Intra/Inter/Extranet applications for deployment in Java and HTML - providing an optimized, appropriate weight client. SilverStream uniquely combines traditional transaction processing features with newer Web functionality such as content management, dynamic publishing, communications, collaboration and agent-based push technology.

Led by an accomplished management team, SilverStream Software includes founders, executives and developers from some of the software industry's most influential organizations such as Powersoft, Lotus and Watermark. In addition to strong leadership and an award-winning product, the company has assembled a global network of ISV, VAR, consulting and training partners. SilverStream Software (www.silverstream.com) is a privately held global company based in Burlington, Massachusetts.

About IBM

IBM creates, develops and manufactures some of the industry's most advanced information technologies, including computer systems, software, networking systems, storage devices and microelectronics. IBM offers information about the company and its products through the World Wide Web. The fastest, easiest way to get information about IBM software is through the IBM software home page at http://www.software.ibm.com.