Talk:NetDynamics Application Server

Netscape AS Or NetDynamics AS?

The article says that the iPlanet Appserver was based on both the NetDynamics and Netscape app servers. The Netscape Application Server article says it was purely Netscape AS. Anyone have a cite for which is actually the case?--NapoliRoma (talk) 22:58, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

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hired by on of the founders of NetDynamics to write this page independently to add information and make it more robust. I am not a professional Wikipedia editor, or connected to any firm or organization, but just a graduate student writing three pages related to them.

Adding on behalf of User:Bendiwan in an attempt to help them understand how this is supposed to work. Basically they wish to entirely rewrite the article. I know this is a little off from the usual process but here are their proposed changes. Overall it does seem like an improvement from what we've got now, but it would be best if someone with no COI reviewed it to be sure it's propoerly sourced and not overly promotional in tone. Beeblebrox (talk) 18:34, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

Well, they've gone ahead and just done it again, so I'm turning off my part of this request. Edits need reviewing by an uninvolved editor though. Beeblebrox (talk) 18:39, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

User:Bendiwan I have submitted one edit request that was declined. I did some changes per the feedback received and am now waiting for over a month for feedback on my second edit request. Would really love if someone could take a look at it when they have the time, and let me know how I can get the edit approved. thank you.

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{{Refimprove}} NetDynamics Application Server Developer(s) NetDynamics Inc. Operating system Cross-platform Type Application server License Proprietary NetDynamics Application Server was a Silicon Valley startup that created the application server market, estimated at $29B in revenue as of 2020. NetDynamics was founded in May 1995 in Palo Alto by Zack Rinat, Ofer Ben-Shachar, and Doron Sherman, and was acquired in July 1998 by Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ :SUNW), which was later acquired by Oracle Corporation (NYSE: ORCL). At the time of its acquisition, NetDynamics was the market leader in this newly established and rapidly growing software category, with annual revenues of $20M+, 180 employees, a global presence on 4 continents, and more than 1000 global customers, including: Boeing, FedEx, AT&T, Deutsche Bank, Telstra, Port of Singapore, Deloitte, Microsoft, ADP, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Toys R Us, Edison, and Bear Stearns. History NetDynamics was founded as Spider Technologies in May, 1995, by Zack Rinat, Ofer Ben-Shachar, and Doron Sherman with the revolutionary idea to transform the World Wide Web (WWW) from static HTML pages into interactive, dynamic applications connected to backend databases . When the company started its operations in 1995, the internet mostly consisted of static messaging boards and HTML pages that had to be manually edited when changes needed to be made. NetDynamics’ first software product, by connecting HTML fields to a database, allowed these pages to dynamically serve information. At first, NetDynamics’ technology was used to power transactional pages such as product catalogs, real estate listings, and stock prices, but as the technology became more scalable and integrated with other enterprise systems, companies began to use its application server platform to power everything from mission-critical enterprise self-service applications to rich e-commerce websites. In 1996, the company changed its name from Spider Technologies to NetDynamics to reflect the significance of transforming the Internet from a collection of published flat files to a rich source of dynamically-generated information. The company’s early releases, Spider 1.0 and 1.5 , enabled developers to easily make connections between fields on a web page and stored information in a database, and addressed performance requirements of dynamic applications through innovation in handling of rapid database calls. With NetDynamics 2.0 , the company launched a full visual developer studio and the industry’s first application server that handled issues of load balancing and scalability under high throughput conditions. Also notable, NetDynamics 2.0 was built using Java as its scripting language and was one of the first commercial software applications based on Java . NetDynamics 3.0 brought dynamic web applications into the enterprise with integrations to ERP systems such as PeopleSoft and SAP, launching innovation in enterprise self-service applications for HR, finance, and other corporate functions. NetDynamics 4.0 delivered a full enterprise platform with the introduction of PAC (platform adaptor components) adaptors for a broad variety of corporate systems and a visual console for managing and optimizing the attributes of the application server functions. To accelerate adoption, NetDynamics established strategic agreements with Sun Microsystems and Netscape and other application partners. In July 1998, Sun Microsystems signed an agreement to acquire NetDynamics in a stock swap deal that closed in September of 1998, where NetDynamics became a division of JavaSoft under Alan Baratz . NetDynamics was represented by Qatalyst Partners, Frank Quattrone and George Boutros, of DMG Technology Group. Key Product Releases Caption text Release Date Key Innovation Other Key Innovation Spider 1.0 Jul 1995 Visual development tool for connecting web pages to databases Enabled web pages to include dynamically generated data fields Spider 1.5 Dec 1995 Improved speed, reliability, and scalability of dynamic updates High-performance interface to databases improving performance NetDynamics 2.0 Jul 1996 NetDynamics Studio (for visual development and scripting) + NetDynamics Application Server (for load balancing and scalability) Industry’s first application server, delivering robust performance under load and the industry’s first commercial product based on Java. NetDynamics 3.0 Feb 1997 Added WebEXTEND for PeopleSoft and SAP Enabled dynamic transactions to occur between web pages and enterprise ERP, HR and CRM applications. NetDynamics 4.0 Nov 1997 Enterprise Network Application Platform Introduced PACs (Platform Adaptor Components) for broader enterprise integration and a command center for managing server-side operations NetDynamics 5.0 was introduced post the Sun acquisition. Investors Investment rounds included: Caption text Round Amount Date Investors Series A. $1.9M July 1995 Hummer Winblad (Mark Gorenberg) and a private investment from Andy Grove, Chairman & CEO of Intel Series B $5M February 1996 USVP and Intel Capital Series C . $8.5M October 1997 Integral Capital (Roger McNamee, the Galleon Group, Attractor Investment Management, and Van Wagoner Capital Partners Corporate Culture One of the important factors contributing to the success of NetDynamics was the corporate values cultivated by the CEO, Zack Rinat. These values, introduced at new employee training and reinforced at quarterly awards ceremonies, included: 1) Reach for the dream 2) Passion for excellence 3) uncompromised integrity 4) Put the customer first, then the company, then the team, then the individual 5) Respect the individual, and 6) Weaving a safety net. These core values were designed to inspire employees to set their goals high, be drivers of change, and make decisions that put the customer first. Every employee throughout the company worked tremendously hard to move the wheels of internet innovation forward, and many reflect that the company felt like family, generating long-standing friendships and professional relationships.NetDynamics’ core values were a meaningful factor behind its success on every level, from the technology to the business, what made working with NetDynamics so appealing to its employees and customers, and what led to the considerable annual revenue of a company of that type of the time and the largest startup acquisition in Silicon Valley prior to the dot com boom. Awards and Recognition NetDynamics won numerous awards for its revolutionary software, including: 1996: PC Magazine Editors’ Choice award, competing against entries from Microsoft, Apple, and Netscape. 1997: JavaWorld’s Editors choice award, for its use of Java in the application server 1998: Internet Net Best award Customers As the NetDynamics product evolved, bigger and more established firms joined the company's customer pool. Among the first customers were: Picker Bank, Sirrus Internet Solutions, The Collective, and Mibor Property Research. Notable customers who joined over the years included: FedEx,Toys R Us, Boeing, Cisco, Microsoft, Netscape, AT&T, ADP,KPMG, Bear Sterns, Edison International, Deloitte, and many others. Notable alumni Zack Rinat, who later became the founder and CEO of Model N. Ofer Ben-Shahar, Doron Sherman, Mark Gorenberg, Andy Grove, Diana Jovin, Steve Zocchi, Yarden Malka, Dave Brewster, Olivia Dillon, Ali Tore, Brooke Seawell, Russ Harris, Sherrick Murdoff, Wendy Baker, Vijay Anand, Todd Greene, Nanda Kishore, and Dan Lee. References See also iPlanet Comparison of application servers Category:Sun Microsystems software Category:Web server software {{Network-software-stub}}

Bendiwan (talk) 02:41, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

@Bendiwan:, I've taken a brief look at this, and this article sounds highly promotional about the company. I gather from the text of the proposed content that this company is no longer in existence, but this definitely reads as though it's looking back through rose-tinted glasses. As such, I don't think the tone of the content here is suitable for an encyclopedia article, but that can be fixed. We must write about subjects from a neutral point of view. There are also large sections of this text which appear to be unsourced, though to be fair I have no way of verifying the offline sources you've included in the references list so I might have overlooked bits.

Large rewrites like this are generally harder to review than smaller changes and unfortunately I don't have the time to properly review this just now, so I'll leave the edit request open in case someone else gets to this before I manage to get back to it. stwalkerster (talk) 23:14, 1 June 2021 (UTC)

Closed as  Not done, per Stwalkerster. Proposer has submitted a second edit request. JBchrch talk 07:58, 30 June 2021 (UTC)

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NetDynamics Application Server Developer(s) NetDynamics Inc. Operating system Cross-platform Type Application server License Proprietary NetDynamics was a Silicon Valley startup that existed at the early stages of the application server market, estimated at $15.84B in revenue as of 2020 NetDynamics was founded in May 1995 in Palo Alto by Zack Rinat, Ofer Ben-Shachar, and Doron Sherman, and was acquired in July 1998 by Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ :SUNW) , which was later acquired by Oracle Corporation (NYSE: ORCL) . At the time of its acquisition, NetDynamics reported annual revenues of $13M+ , 180 employees, a global presence on 4 continents, and about 1000 global customers, including: Boeing, FedEx, AT&T, Deutsche Bank, Telstra, Port of Singapore, Deloitte, Microsoft, ADP, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Toys R Us, Edison, and Bear Stearns. History NetDynamics was founded as Spider Technologies in May, 1995, by Zack Rinat, Ofer Ben-Shachar, and Doron Sherman with the idea to transform the World Wide Web (WWW) from static HTML pages into interactive, dynamic applications connected to backend databases . When the company started its operations in 1995, the internet mostly consisted of static messaging boards and HTML pages that had to be manually edited when changes needed to be made. NetDynamics’ first software product, by connecting HTML fields to a database, allowed these pages to dynamically serve information. At first, NetDynamics’ technology was used to power transactional pages such as product catalogs, real estate listings, and stock prices, but as the technology became more scalable and integrated with other enterprise systems, companies began to use its application server platform to power everything from mission-critical enterprise self-service applications to rich e-commerce websites . In 1996, the company changed its name from Spider Technologies to NetDynamics to reflect the significance of transforming the Internet from a collection of published flat files to a source of dynamically-generated information . The company’s early releases, Spider 1.0 and 1.5 , enabled developers to make connections between fields on a web page and stored information in a database, and addressed performance requirements of dynamic applications through the handling of rapid database calls. With NetDynamics 2.0 the company launched a full visual developer studio that handled issues of load balancing and scalability under high throughput conditions. Also notable, NetDynamics 2.0 was built using Java as its scripting language and was one of the first commercial software applications based on Java . NetDynamics 3.0 brought dynamic web applications into the enterprise with integrations to ERP systems such as PeopleSoft and SAP, launching innovation in enterprise self-service applications for HR, finance, and other corporate functions. NetDynamics 4.0 delivered a full enterprise platform with the introduction of PAC (platform adaptor components) adaptors for a broad variety of corporate systems and a visual console for managing and optimizing the attributes of the application server functions. To accelerate adoption, NetDynamics established strategic agreements with Sun Microsystems and Netscape and other application partners . In July 1998, Sun Microsystems signed an agreement to acquire NetDynamics in a stock swap deal that closed in September of 1998, where NetDynamics became a division of JavaSoft under Alan Baratz . NetDynamics was represented by Qatalyst Partners, Frank Quattrone and George Boutros, of DMG Technology Group. Key Product Releases Caption text Release Date Key Innovation Other Key Innovation Spider 1.0 Jul 1995 Visual development tool for connecting web pages to databases Enabled web pages to include dynamically generated data fields Spider 1.5 Dec 1995 Improved speed, reliability, and scalability of dynamic updates High-performance interface to databases improving performance NetDynamics 2.0 Jul 1996 NetDynamics Studio (for visual development and scripting) + NetDynamics Application Server (for load balancing and scalability) Industry’s first application server, delivering robust performance under load and the industry’s first commercial product based on Java. NetDynamics 3.0 Feb 1997 Added WebEXTEND for PeopleSoft and SAP Enabled dynamic transactions to occur between web pages and enterprise ERP, HR and CRM applications. NetDynamics 4.0 Nov 1997 Enterprise Network Application Platform Introduced PACs (Platform Adaptor Components) for broader enterprise integration and a command center for managing server-side operations NetDynamics 5.0 was introduced post the Sun acquisition. Investors Investment rounds included: Caption text Round Amount Date Investors Series A. $1.9M July 1995 Hummer Winblad (Mark Gorenberg) and a private investment from Andy Grove, Chairman & CEO of Intel Series B $5M February 1996 USVP and Intel Capital Series C . $8.5M October 1997 Integral Capital (Roger McNamee, the Galleon Group, Attractor Investment Management, and Van Wagoner Capital Partners Corporate Culture NetDynamics leaned on its corporate core values cultivated by the CEO, Zack Rinat. These values, introduced at new employee training and reinforced at quarterly awards ceremonies, included: 1) Reach for the dream 2) Passion for excellence 3) uncompromised integrity 4) Put the customer first, then the company, then the team, then the individual 5) Respect the individual, and 6) Weaving a safety net. These core values were designed to inspire employees to set their goals high, be drivers of change, and make decisions that put the customer first. Every employee throughout the company worked to move the wheels of internet innovation forward, and many reflect that the company felt like family, generating long-standing friendships and professional relationships. NetDynamics’ core values were a factor behind its actions on every level, from the technology to the business, what made working with NetDynamics appealing to its employees and customers, and what led to the considerable annual revenue of a company of that type of time and the largest startup acquisition in Silicon Valley prior to the dot com boom. Awards and Recognition 1996: PC Magazine Editors’ Choice award, competing against entries from Microsoft, Apple, and Netscape. 1997: JavaWorld’s Editors choice award, for its use of Java in the application server 1998: Internet Net Best award Customers As the NetDynamics product evolved, bigger and more established firms joined the company's customer pool. Among the first customers were: Picker Bank, Sirrus Internet Solutions, The Collective, and Mibor Property Research. Notable customers who joined over the years included: FedEx,Toys R Us, Boeing, Cisco, Microsoft, Netscape, AT&T, ADP,KPMG, Bear Sterns, Edison International, Deloitte, and many others. . References

Bendiwan (talk)

• @Bendiwan: This is the oldest request in the backlog at the moment. If you are still around and interested in this content being incorporated, reply here and I can see about looking at it in more detail. Right off the bat, it'd be helpful if you could edit it for Manual of Style concerns (especially references, which follow punctuation, and should ideally avoid bare links and instead use the respective templates). WhinyTheYounger (WtY)(talk, contribs) 01:48, 2 March 2022 (UTC)

• It has been a month, and the requester has not responded to this ping so I am going to close this request as stale. Bendiwan may open a new request below if they return. Z1720 (talk) 18:30, 1 April 2022 (UTC)