Client Server Link -CSL- Version 3.0 Middleware Now Available; Newest release features technologies to web enable NonStop-TM- applications.Business/Technology Editors BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 7, 2002 ALTA Software, a Compaq NonStop(TM) server tools, middleware, and outsourcing partner, has announced a new release of Client Server Link (CSL (Computerese as a Second Language) Said of people who love to speak high-tech words even though they often use them erroneously. See TLA. 1. CSL - Computer Structure Language. A computer hardware description language, written in BCPL. ) middleware for the Compaq NonStop Himalaya(TM) environment. CSL Version 3.0 for the Internet makes it possible to upgrade or develop NonStop Himalaya applications with client access to the latest Web technologies such as Java, 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. , 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. , 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. WAP (1) (Wireless Access Point) See access point. (2) (Wireless Application Protocol) A standard for providing cellular phones, pagers and other handheld devices with secure access to e-mail and text-based Web pages. , or ASP, without requiring a change to the NSK server environment. The new version also includes the NonStop Kernel (NSK) Resource Adapter, a J2EE-compliant Java connector based on the J2EE Connector Architecture (JCA). The NSK Resource Adapter allows Enterprise Application Server (EAS) environments like IBM's WebSphere and BEA's WebLogic to use the Himalaya in any Internet strategy, without requiring 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). or Java on the NSK Server. The Windows API in CSL makes it possible for developers to use ASP, 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 XML when developing applications. In Java environments, CSL enables programmers to use Java Classes, JSP, XML, Streams and Serialization se·ri·al·ize tr.v. se·ri·al·ized, se·ri·al·iz·ing, se·ri·al·iz·es To write or publish in serial form. se to develop any Web based front end application to the Himalaya system. Since end users want browsers and easy Internet access, CSL offers a better solution for NSK application developers than traditional client/server middleware, such as Remote Server Call (RSC). "CSL Version 3.0 provides an open standard for application development and integration, adding to the traditional client/server development capabilities based on Windows clients and Himalaya servers offered in earlier versions of the product," said Karim Raad, President of ALTA Software in Boston. "The new release is also a significant advantage to the many large companies standardizing on IBM's WebSphere and BEA's WebLogic infrastructures because they can use the NSK Resource Adapter to incorporate their NSK servers into the existing architecture almost seamlessly." About ALTA Software, Inc. Headquartered in Waltham MA, ALTA Software, Inc. is a subsidiary of ALTA A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark. ALTA provides its customers solutions that enable them to participate in the Internet revolution while using the most scalable, fault-tolerant platform on the market today. ALTA Software currently offers Client Server Link (CSL), the Matterhorn product suite and Terminal Control Facility (TCF) for the Compaq NonStop(TM) Himalaya platform. For more detailed information regarding these products, please visit http://www.ALTA-USA.com |
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