AltoWeb Application Platform Now Available for IBM eServer iSeries.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 19, 2002 iSeries RPG (Report Program Generator) One of the first program generators designed for business reports, introduced in 1964 by IBM. In 1970, RPG II added enhancements that made it a mainstay programming language for business applications on IBM's System/3x midrange computers. , COBOL COBOL: see programming language. COBOL in full Common Business-Oriented Language. High-level computer programming language, one of the first widely used languages and for many years the most popular language in the business community. , and 4GL developers can move to 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. , by simplifying and automating much of the application production process AltoWeb, Inc., the leader in application production platforms, today announced that the AltoWeb(R) Application Platform is available to run on IBM eServer This article is about the IBM family of computer servers. For the open access electronic text archive, see EServer.org. IBM eServer was a family of computer servers from IBM Corporation. iSeries. Enterprise engineers can now easily deploy applications produced using the AltoWeb Application Platform to iSeries. The combined ease-of-use and productivity of AltoWeb's pre-built framework, reusable component-oriented approach, and innovative assembly environment leverage the robustness and scalability of the IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) WebSphere(R) Application Server on iSeries. The AltoWeb Application Platform will also help transition iSeries RPG, COBOL and 4GL developers to J2EE, by simplifying and automating much of the application production process. "IBM eServer iSeries runs the largest portfolio of mission-critical, business applications in the world," said Scott Hebner, director of marketing, IBM WebSphere. "We are pleased that AltoWeb has enabled their Application Platform to WebSphere on iSeries. With this solution, AltoWeb is providing additional capabilities for iSeries customers to rapidly build and maintain software to meet ever-changing business requirements." AltoWeb's support for IBM eServer iSeries means that customers can tap the power of automated application production, testing, and deployment for a wide range of application solutions. The iSeries' 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. has been tuned to deliver optimal performance in six targeted business applications: business intelligence, e-mail and collaboration, customer relationship management (CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. ), e-business, enterprise application solutions and supply chain management, (EAS/SCM), high-performance computing High-speed computing, which typically refers to supercomputers used in scientific research. , and server consolidation. Each of these target areas can benefit from state-of-the-art applications assembled and produced using AltoWeb, which abstracts and utilizes IBM WebSphere's powerful implementation of J2EE. The AltoWeb Application Platform continues to prove itself to be the ideal environment to assemble, deploy, monitor, and manage J2EE application A J2EE application or an enterprise application is any deployable unit of J2EE functionality. This can be a single J2EE module or a group of modules packaged into an EAR file along with a J2EE application deployment descriptor. solutions for all hardware and software platforms. "AltoWeb is pleased to add IBM eServer iSeries to its growing list of supported platforms," said Jim Barton Jim Barton was an American college and professional football player. He played college football at Marshall University, where he was a center. He played professionally in the American Football League for the Denver Broncos in 1960 through 1962. , chief technology officer of AltoWeb. "We see many organizations today that face the strategic business problem of leveraging not only their legacy system assets, but more importantly, enabling their 'legacy developers' to be productive in the challenging world of web applications, J2EE, and Web services. The combination of iSeries, WebSphere, and AltoWeb represents a strategic opportunity for companies to solve both of these issues." About AltoWeb Application Platform The AltoWeb Application Platform offers enterprise networks a proven, centralized architecture to build, test, deploy, and manage J2EE applications and Web services. AltoWeb's visual assembly approach replaces time-consuming custom development and integration, and eliminates the errors associated with low-level testing. Instead, AltoWeb makes it easy to create J2EE components that serve as re-usable building blocks for enterprise applications. AltoWeb's ready-to-use enterprise production platform enhances the entire application lifecycle by shortening time-to-deployment and lowering total cost of ownership. AltoWeb Application Platform takes full advantage of the market's leading J2EE-compliant application servers, including IBM WebSphere Application Server This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. 4.0 and BEA WebLogic Server(R) 5.1, 6.0, 6.1, as well as open source application server JBoss/Tomcat. A free downloadable 30-day evaluation copy of AltoWeb's software for IBM WebSphere Application Server, BEA's WebLogic Server, and JBoss/Tomcat is available at www.altoweb.com. About AltoWeb AltoWeb is the leader in application production platforms and Web services. Global 2000 companies, system integrators, and independent software vendors rely on the AltoWeb(R) Application Platform to deliver, manage and maintain more J2EE applications and Web services faster with existing staff and their current skill sets. Built entirely on open standards, the AltoWeb Application Platform delivers highly scalable and reliable e-business solutions that fully leverage the power of leading application servers including IBM WebSphere, BEA WebLogic, and JBoss. Based in Palo Alto, Calif., AltoWeb is privately held with investments from Accenture Technology Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, and individual investors. For more information or to download a free evaluation copy of the AltoWeb Application platform, visit http://www.altoweb.com or contact AltoWeb at 650/251-1500 or info@altoweb.com. AltoWeb is a registered trademark of AltoWeb, Inc. in the United States and other countries. Java, J2EE, and JSP (JavaServer Page) An extension to the Java servlet technology from Sun that allows HTML to be combined with Java on the same page. The Java provides the processing, and the HTML provides the layout on the Web page. are trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. All other trademarks referenced are those of their respective owners. IBM, the IBM e-business logo and zSeries are either trademarks or registered of International Business Machines Corp. in the United States or other countries or both. The IBM eServer brand consists of the established IBM e-business logo with the following descriptive term "server" following it. |
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