Bluestone Software Expands E-Business Offering With Universal Business Server.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 16, 2000 Bluestone bluestone, common name for the blue, crystalline heptahydrate of cupric sulfate called chalcanthite, a minor ore of copper. It also refers to a fine-grained, light to dark colored blue-gray sandstone. launches UBS UBS Union Bank of Switzerland UBS United Bible Societies UBS United Blood Services UBS United Buying Service UBS Used Bookstore UBS University Business Services UBS Universal Building Society (UK) UBS Ulaanbaatar Broadcasting System Version 7.0 for 100% Java-based Total-e-Business Solution Bluestone Software, a leading provider of Enterprise Interaction Management software, has announced Version 7.0 of its Universal Business Server (UBS) for Total-e-Business (TeB), its 100% Pure Java Application Server deployment engine. The UBS is the core of Bluestone's flagship Sapphire/Web product and XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. Suite, as well as being the foundation of the Total-e-Business platform. Based entirely on Sun's 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. (Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (language, programming) Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition - (J2EE) Sun's Java platform for multi-tier server-oriented enterprise applications. The basis of J2EE is Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB). See also the Standard edition J2SE and the Micro edition J2ME. ) specification and using XML as its internal communication vehicle, the UBS for TeB establishes the ultimate infrastructure foundation for enterprise-class e-business applications. Bluestone's UBS is the next generation of the Sapphire/Universal Business Server and provides its Total-e-Business solution with scalability, fault tolerance and XML services. The J2EE foundation provides the UBS with the additional functionality of Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB (Enterprise JavaBeans) A software component in Sun's J2EE platform, which provides a pure Java environment for developing and running distributed applications. EJBs are written as software modules that contain the business logic of the application. ) 1.1, Java Servlets 2.2, and JavaServer Pages (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. ) 1.1, including Taglib support. "As the UK e-business market begins to mature it is increasingly important that fully integrated e-business solutions come to the fore Verb 1. come to the fore - make oneself visible; take action; "Young people should step to the fore and help their peers" come forward, step forward, step to the fore, step up, come out ", commented Steve Bale, managing director UK and EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) Refers to that region of the world. For example, one might see products packaged differently for the UK, EMEA and Asia Pacific markets. for Bluestone Software, "J2EE is the foundation of choice for enterprise applications, thanks to platform portability, software reusability, broad vendor support, and reduced training costs. The Universal Business Server represents the most comprehensive offering on the market today" Notes to editor -- Bluestone Universal Business Server for TeB also includes a complete implementation of Java Servlets API 2.2 to provide a standard mechanism for building dynamic Web applications that are portable across hardware, Web server, and Application Server platforms. -- To deliver superior application performance, Bluestone Universal Business Server for TeB runs the JSP and Servlet engines in the same Application Server instance as the EJB server. Unique to Bluestone, this in-process deployment technique eliminates the remote network calls that degrade Web and XML application performance. Moreover, the technique ensures that JSPs and Servlets enjoy the Customer-Facing Fault Tolerance, scalability, security, and performance provided by the proven Bluestone Universal Business Server for TeB. -- Similarly, Bluestone's EJB 1.1 implementation leverages the core Bluestone Universal Business Server for TeB strengths noted above, as well as Internet Quality of Service (IQS IQS Initial Quality Study (JD Power and Associates) IQS Initial Quality Survey IQS Integrated Quality Services IQS Institute of Quantity Surveyors IQS Intelligent Query Service (TM)), Hot Versioning(TM), application management and development capabilities, and integration services via XML and Bluestone Connectors. -- Bluestone Universal Business Server for TeB relies on XML for a number of services, including the persistence map that permanently stores the state of an application. XML gives the Bluestone Universal Business Server for TeB high-performance support for fine-grained objects in an EJB. The Bluestone Universal Business Server for TeB also employs a dynamic XSL (XML Stylesheet Language) engine that lets users automatically detect client device types and generate the proper delivery format, whether it is a mobile phone, palmtop device, desktop browser, B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business application, or other client type. -- Bluestone Universal Business Server for TeB is available today in Sapphire/Web, Bluestone XML Suite, and Total-e-Business. About Bluestone Software Bluestone(R) Software, is a leading provider of Enterprise Interaction Management software. Companies deploying e-business applications, like Avnet, Food.com, MCI (1) (Media Control Interface) A high-level programming interface from Microsoft and IBM for controlling multimedia devices. It provides commands and functions to open, play and close the device. (2) (Microwave Communications Inc. WorldCom, Reliance National, Planalytics, and Time Inc., rely on Bluestone Total-e-Business(TM), Bluestone Sapphire/Web(R), and Bluestone XML Suite(TM) to provide comprehensive e-business platforms, Internet-class fault tolerant infrastructures, and robust integration services that e-business success demands. Headquartered in Philadelphia, Bluestone's UK office is located in central London. The Bluestone website can be found at http://www.bluestone.com. Bluestone and Sapphire/Web are registered trademarks, and Bluestone XML Suite, Total-e-Business, IQS and Hot Versioning are trademarks of Bluestone Software, Inc. All other names, brands or products may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. |
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