Aestiva First to Market With ``Server-Jumping''.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers TORRANCE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 10, 2000 Aestiva LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control this week announced a new scaling technology known as "server-jumping." An innovation of Aestiva's Webputing technology team, server- jumping enables dynamic sites to span multiple computers in support of hundreds of thousands of users in the same way "static" sites have historically been able to do. Aestiva insiders familiar with alternative technologies claim that server-jumping is a breakthrough that could shake up the high-end computing market. Server-jumping allows Web applications to operate across multiple servers, with no programming required. Server-jumping eliminates the need for 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 , DCOM (Distributed Component Object Model) Formerly Network OLE, it is Microsoft's technology for distributed objects. DCOM is based on COM, Microsoft's component software architecture, which defines the object interfaces. and other well-known distributed-computing technologies. Best of all, the technology is Web-centric. It can be deployed on Unix, Windows and MacOSX servers, a cross-platform capability unavailable to existing technologies. Server-jumping gives Web sites the ability to scale up as needed as needed prn. See prn order. . Users can start with a site hosted at a shared virtual server. As the site gets more traffic, it can be expanded and scaled up to world- class levels without redevelopment. This latest innovation is part of a technology rollout by Aestiva for an entirely Web-centric computing environment. The groundwork was laid by Aestiva's Web-based operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. known simply as Aestiva HTML/OS. Today, Aestiva's OS features built-in security, a built-in high- performance database engine and tools for Web-application developers. Development is HTML-centric. Programming amounts to placing instructions in HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. documents. Aestiva's technology group specializes in Webputing, the art of computing from a Web perspective. Advocates of Aestiva see many flaws in tool-based solutions that require integration of multiple products to create a Web site or Web application. The company is positioned to take advantage of the trend toward universally accepted Web-based solutions and the eventual retirement of legacy technologies. Aestiva HTML/OS is available for Sun, SGI-IRIX, BSDI BSDI - Berkeley Software Design, Inc. , FreeBSD, Linux, Cobalt RaQ The Cobalt RaQ is a 1U rackmount server product line developed by Cobalt Networks, Inc. (later purchased by Sun Microsystems) featuring a modified Red Hat Linux operating system and a proprietary GUI for server management. , Windows, MacOS 7-9 and MacOS X platforms. Aestiva HTML/OS retails for $799.99 (U.S.). About Aestiva Aestiva created the first operating system made for the Web. Its technology operates on Unix, Linux, Windows and Macintosh hardware and is well known for its speed and scalability. Aestiva's focus on the Web has made it the favorite development platform for thousands of Web designers worldwide. |
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