Attachmate Announces Support for Solaris 10; Synapta runtime server gives developers flexibility to create new applications on the Solaris 10 platform.BELLEVUE, Wash. -- Attachmate Corporation, 20-year veterans of connecting users with critical enterprise applications and data, announced that Attachmate Synapta(TM) solutions are verified to support the Solaris(TM) 10 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. (OS). Synapta Presentation Builder and Synapta Services Builder are part of Attachmate's family of service-enablement products that leverage existing resources for a Service-Oriented Architecture See SOA. (SOA (1) (Start Of Authority) The first record in a DNS zone file. See DNS records. (2) (Service Oriented Architecture) The modularization of business functions for greater flexibility and reusability. ). Attachmate is a Sun(R) iForce Partner and Sun-selected ISV (Independent Software Vendor) A person or company that develops software. It implies an organization that specializes in software only and is not part of a computer systems or hardware manufacturer. (Independent Software Vendor) that supports the Java(TM) 2 Enterprise Edition (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. ) environment. Solaris 10 is an advanced UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). (R) OS with a flexible, modular architecture designed to grow to meet the demands of today's enterprise environments. The Solaris 10 OS reflects the latest in network and application performance, server virtualization, file systems management and security. Existing Solaris 8 or 9 applications will run unmodified on SPARC (Scalable Performance ARChitecture) A family of RISC CPUs from Sun that runs mostly under Sun's Solaris, but also under Linux and BSD operating systems. After development began in the mid-1980s by David Patterson of the University of California at Berkeley and Bill , and require only a recompile To compile a program again. A program is recompiled after a change has been made to it in order to test and run the revised version. Programs are recompiled many times during the course of development and maintenance. See compile. to migrate to x64. "Sun is committed to helping its partners and customers protect their Solaris investments," said Stephen Borcich, vice president, partner and industry marketing, Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq:SUNW SUNW Sun Microsystems, Inc (former stock symbol; now JAVA) SUNW Stanford University Network Workstation (Sun Microsystems, Inc) ). "Attachmate(R) Synapta solutions complement our goal to lower the costs of development and deployment of mission-critical business applications." "Attachmate shares Sun's philosophy of protecting IT investments by extending existing resources," said Markus Nitschke, Attachmate vice president, corporate marketing. "Our Synapta solutions help enterprises implement a service-oriented architecture, securely exposing host-based assets as reusable services for new Java applications," he added. "This approach empowers business by making data and applications available as reusable services, and gives developers the flexibility to create new applications on the Solaris 10 platform." Attachmate Synapta Services Builder solutions turn existing resources into reusable services for new application development. Using open standards, Synapta fits within existing infrastructures and supports multiple hosts, access methods and client interfaces. Synapta Presentation Builder turns host applications into new applications for the Web, and creates composite applications with the addition of Web services, custom code, and data from external databases. Synapta Presentation Builder helps organizations create new intuitive user interfaces for self-service applications. About Attachmate Attachmate Corporation is helping companies leverage SOA as a platform for the user-organized enterprise--delivering solutions that overcome infrastructure and workflow barriers to more aptly meet user demands. From composite applications to self-service user interfaces, Attachmate technology helps Fortune 500/Global 2000 organizations service-enable disparate systems while safeguarding existing business logic. Partnerships include: Sun iForce, Unisys(R), and Microsoft(R) Gold Certified Partner. More information is available at http://www.attachmate.com or by calling Attachmate worldwide headquarters at 425.644.4010. (C) 2005 Attachmate Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Attachmate is a registered trademark and Synapta is a trademark of Attachmate Corporation. |
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