Response to IBM's Whitepaper Entitled Benchmarking and ...

MICROSOFT
Response to IBM’s Whitepaper Entitled
Benchmarking and Beating Microsoft .NET
3.5 with WebSphere 7



7/2/2009




This document is a response to an IBM Benchmark Rebuttal Document to our original benchmark results
published at http://msdn.microsoft.com/stocktrader. Microsoft stands behind the original test results
published there. This document is the Microsoft response, point-for-point, to the IBM response to our
original results, and includes new benchmark data as further evidence. Contents
Executive Summary ....................................................................................................................................... 4
Introduction .................. 6
The Microsoft Findings.. 8
Response to IBM Rebuttal ............................................................................................................................ 9
IBM Friendly Bank Benchmark .................. 9
Microsoft Comments on IBM Friendly Bank Rebuttal Benchmark ........................... 9
IBM CPO StockTrader/.NET Benchmark.................................................................................................. 11
Microsoft Comments on IBM CPO StockTrader Rebuttal Benchmark .................... 12
Summary ..................................................................................................................................................... 19
Appendix A: Microsoft .NET StockTrader and WebSphere Trade 7 Test ...