ALLAIRE RELEASES COLD FUSION ISAPI SUPPORT; The Cold Fusion 1.5 Web Application Development Platform Now Supports ISAPI which Increases its Speed and Scaleability.MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 13, 1996-- Web software firm Allaire Corp. today announced that Cold Fusion Professional 1.5 will now support the Internet Server Application Programming Interface (World-Wide Web) Internet Server Application Programming Interface - (ISAPI) Microsoft's programming interface between applications and their Internet Server. Active Servers created with ISAPI extensions can be complete in-process applications themselves, or can "connect" to other (ISAPI (Internet Server API) A programming interface on Internet Information Services (IIS), Microsoft's Web server. Using ISAPI function calls, Web pages can invoke programs that are written as DLLs on the server, typically to access data in a database. ). This announcement coincides with Microsoft Corp.'s release of the ISAPI compliant Internet Information Server See IIS. (World-Wide Web) Internet Information Server - (IIS) Microsoft's web server and FTP server for Windows NT. IIS is intended to meet the needs of a range of users: from workgroups and departments on a corporate intranet to ISPs hosting websites that receive . Cold Fusion is a platform for building Internet applications which seamlessly integrate relational databases with the Web. Cold Fusion gives Web developers a straightforward way to develop and deliver data-driven Web pages, enterprise network applications and Web applications. Until now, Web server applications have been launched through the Common Gateway Interface (CGI CGI in full Common Gateway Interface. Specification by which a Web server passes data between itself and an application program. Typically, a Web user will make a request of the Web server, which in turn passes the request to a CGI application program. ). Because Cold Fusion already runs as a multithreaded multithreaded - multithreading system service under Windows NT, the ISAPI Module eliminates the need to call an executable file through CGI. Instead, Web servers which support ISAPI, such as the Internet Information Server, can now integrate Cold Fusion through a Dynamic Link Library A set of program routines that can be called at runtime as needed. See DLL. dynamic link library - Dynamically Linked Library (DLL (1) See data link layer. (2) (Dynamic Link Library) An executable program module in Windows that performs one or more functions at runtime. DLLs are not launched by the user; they are called for by an executable program or by other DLLs. ). This significantly increases the performance and scaleability of Web applications developed with Cold Fusion. "Next generation Web application developers are demanding performance," said Kevin Lynch, managing director at Allaire. "The native API support combined with Cold Fusion's system service architecture gives Web developers the speed and scaleability required for serious Web applications and enterprise-wide client/server systems." Allaire will also release Cold Fusion API Modules for the WebSite API and the Netscape API in the coming months. The Cold Fusion ISAPI Module is now available for download to users of Cold Fusion 1.5. Cold Fusion is based on industry standards and protocols. It works with every major Web server and all ODBC-compliant (Open Database Connectivity See ODBC. (standard, database) Open DataBase Connectivity - (ODBC) A standard for accessing different database systems. There are interfaces for Visual Basic, Visual C++, SQL and the ODBC driver pack contains drivers for the Access, Paradox, dBase, Text, Excel and Btrieve ) databases. Cold Fusion is available from Allaire for $495. The product may be ordered by calling (612) 831-1808. Product information, a free 30-day evaluation, a list of sites using Cold Fusion and developer forums can be found at http://www.allaire.com. Allaire designs and markets innovative Web software for international corporate, government and university markets. Allaire's customers include dozens of Fortune 500 firms and hundreds of other companies worldwide. Cold Fusion is a registered trademark of Allaire Corp. Windows NT and Internet Information Server are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corp. WebSite is the registered trademark of O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. Netscape is a trademark of NetScape Communications Corp. CONTACT: Adam Berrey, Allaire Corp. 612/831-1808 Ext. 244 aberrey@allaire.com or Ben Cantlon, Allaire Corp. 612/831-1808 Ext. 226 bcantlon@allaire.com |
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