According to Robert LeBlanc, general manager for WebSphere for IBM Software Group, Staples became an early adopter of SOA two years ago, working closely with IBM to build a scalable, integrated, multichannel retailing solution. They needed scalability, because the old system did not scale, ... and they started to grow and expand their business. And they really needed a new style of architecture. ... They wanted to go over the system once and reuse the pieces over and over again as they were bringing new services to their customer set.
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It's a product of itself based on Web services standards, built on top of WebSphere Application Server, ... We've always viewed ESB as a set of patterns and we still do. What we are hearing from the customers is there are certain patterns they like to see brought together and the WebSphere ESB handles that Web services open pattern.
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Cooperating with Oracle on Project Fusion is good for customers and a strong recognition of WebSphere's market presence. We've worked together on J.D. Edwards, PeopleSoft and other similar projects, so we welcome Oracle's Fusion applications on WebSphere.
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