ClientSoft and General Interface Corp. Partner to Deliver Enterprise Applications to Standard Web Browsers.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MIAMI Miami, cities, United States Miami (mīăm`ē, –ə). 1 City (1990 pop. 358,548), seat of Dade co., SE Fla., on Biscayne Bay at the mouth of the Miami River; inc. 1896. & SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 8, 2004 Partnership to Focus on Driving Substantial Costs Out of Enterprise Solutions ClientSoft, the leader in secure, high-performance legacy integration solutions for Microsoft .NET See .NET. , Java and Web services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. environments, and General Interface Corp., a leading provider of rich-client software that enables software-like features to run in a standard Web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. or 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. page on demand today announced a strategic partnership targeting enterprise organizations. By combining General Interface's unique client-side application server with the high-performance legacy integration capabilities of ClientSoft ServiceBuilder, organizations enjoy increased productivity, faster development, and lower total cost of ownership (TCO (1) (Total Cost of Ownership) The cost of using a computer. It includes the cost of the hardware, software and upgrades as well as the cost of the inhouse staff and/or consultants that provide training and technical support. See ROI. ) as they build, deploy, and own new enterprise applications. "General Interface offers a refreshing approach to building and deploying Web-based enterprise applications," states Angel Almaguer, ClientSoft's Director of Strategic Alliances. "By providing a powerful client-side application server and extremely efficient visual development environment that enables programmers to maximize the potential for efficient reuse of components and Web services, General Interface offers immediate IT cost savings." General Interface Workstation Server, which loads into a standard Web browser without reliance on software installation or extra runtime environments, enables enterprise developers to rapidly create full-featured applications that directly communicate with Microsoft .Net, 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. , and other back-end servers via 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. and Web services. On the back-end, ClientSoft ServiceBuilder wraps mission-critical legacy transactions as components or Web services - be they .NET or J2EE. Once ServiceBuilder exposes this logic, General Interface easily incorporates this functionality into the new application. "Legacy integration is critical in most enterprise application development initiatives," states Kevin Hakman, President of General Interface. "ClientSoft ServiceBuilder provides a sound methodology for exposing legacy logic to more modern computing platforms. By enabling proven systems to quickly add value to Web-based applications, Service Builder enables the enterprise to more quickly respond to evolving business needs. By using both General Interface and ClientSoft, customers leverage existing systems and infrastructures to quickly deliver Web-based applications, which, despite far lower TCO, look, feel, and perform like client-server applications." Both a development platform and a runtime environment for legacy integration, ClientSoft ServiceBuilder enables a true service-oriented architecture See SOA. by allowing enterprise developers to wrap existing legacy programs and transactions into ready-to-deploy Web services. Additionally, ServiceBuilder is the only solution on the market that possesses bi-directional Web services support, not only publishing legacy transactions as Web services, but also allowing legacy programs to consume Web services. About ClientSoft Founded in 1987, ClientSoft is the leader in secure, high-performance legacy integration solutions for Microsoft .NET, Java, and Web services environments. ClientSoft customers include, Allstate, BearingPoint, Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Shield A US not-for-profit health care insurer that is a reimbursement intermediary for physicians. Cf Blue Cross. of South Carolina South Carolina, state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW). Facts and Figures Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15. , Carrefour, Credit du Nord, Do it Best Corp., R.J. Reynolds, Federal Express, GE Capital Bank, Motorola, Sara Lee, The State of California, The Singapore Stock Exchange, Miami-Dade County, and Wells Fargo. More information is available at www.clientsoft.com or 1-888-716-1007. About General Interface Corp. General Interface is the leading provider of rich-client technology that runs in a standard Web browser thus significantly reducing the costs associated with development, delivery, and maintenance of enterprise-grade software solutions. Privately held General Interface Corp. is headquartered in San Francisco. For more information, visit http://www.geninterface.com or contact General Interface at 1-415-394-6150. |
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