Actional Releases ACB Adapter for CICS; New Adapter Extends Connectivity From Actional Control Broker COM, CORBA, SAP, J2EE Development Environments.Business Editors/High Tech Writers MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 1, 2001 Actional(TM) Corporation, the leading developer of next generation application integration software, today announced the release of an Actional Adapter for CICS (Customer Information Control System) A TP monitor from IBM that was originally developed to provide transaction processing for IBM mainframes. It controls the interaction between applications and users and lets programmers develop screen displays without development environments. Actional's Adapter for CICS will provide developers point and click connectivity from open architectures and packaged applications, without any changes or modifications to their applications, to the native CICS environment. The Actional Adapter for CICS will offer customers real-time integration from packaged applications such as SAP and from a broad array of open standards Specifications for hardware and software that are developed by a standards organization or a consortium involved in supporting a standard. Available to the public for developing compliant products, open standards imply "open systems;" that an existing component in a system can be replaced including COM (1) (Computer Output Microfilm) Creating microfilm or microfiche from the computer. A COM machine receives print-image output from the computer either online or via tape or disk and creates a film image of each page. , CORBA (Common Object Request Broker Architecture) A software-based interface from the Object Management Group (OMG) that allows software modules (objects) to communicate with each other no matter where they are located on a private network or the global , and J2EE (Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition) A platform from Sun for building distributed enterprise applications. J2EE services are performed in the middle tier between the user's machine and the enterprise's databases and legacy information systems. . The combined CICS/Actional solution offers customers exceptionally fast run time, faster time to market, and lower cost integration deployments, without custom coding or re-architecting underlying architectures. "Actional's Control Broker architecture is designed specifically for integration of high-performance environments such as market-facing e-Business applications to CICS environments," said John Spencer John Spencer can refer to different people: Earls
About Actional Actional develops application integration software that uniquely solves integration requirements by leveraging your existing applications, systems and skill sets. By providing direct connectivity to business services, components and applications from your native development environment, Actional's patented Point-Of-View Browser is the fastest, easiest way to connect enterprise applications. The company's customers include leaders in the Global 2000, with a focus on financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , telecommunications, energy and utilities, manufacturing and the travel industry. The Actional Control Broker was recently selected by eAI Journal as the 2001 Integration Product of the Year. The company is backed by New Enterprise Associates, NeoCarta Ventures, and International Capital Partners. Actional can be contacted at 1-800-808-2271 or sales@actional.com. More information about the company can be found at www.actional.com. Note to Editors: Actional and Control Broker are trademarks of Actional Corp. All other names mentioned above may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. |
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