Covia Technologies launches version 3.1 of the Communications Integrator.ROSEMONT, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 7, 1995--Covia Technologies Tuesday announced the scheduled release of Version 3.1 of the Communications Integrator(R), the company's flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. . This extension to the third-generation, message-oriented middleware Message-oriented middleware comprises a category of inter-application communication software that generally relies on asynchronous message-passing as opposed to a request/response metaphor. (MOM) product will be available in June 1995 and will offer even higher performance, message integrity and reliability than its earlier version, already regarded as the leader in the industry. The Communications Integrator (CI) enables application interoperability across heterogeneous or homogeneous computer networks, platforms, and operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. . It provides full interoperability among legacy systems and distributed computing environments See DCE. Distributed Computing Environment - (DCE) An architecture consisting of standard programming interfaces, conventions and server functionalities (e.g. naming, distributed file system, remote procedure call) for distributing applications transparently across networks , including multiple Unix platforms, as well as any number of hardware, software and network combinations. The software is shipping on a market-leading 19 platforms. As the most robust product in its class, the CI offers two classes of synchronous message service and 4 of asynchronous Refers to events that are not synchronized, or coordinated, in time. The following are considered asynchronous operations. The interval between transmitting A and B is not the same as between B and C. The ability to initiate a transmission at either end. message service. Version 3.1 will offer a fifth asynchronous message service through its Application Acknowledged Delivery feature. It will enable the receiving application or component to completely receive and process a message before it acknowledges completion to the CI, thus directing the CI to remove the message from its persistent safe storage queues. This feature allows applications designers to control full end-to-end integrity. With this seventh class of messaging service, the Communications Integrator offers the highest level of messaging integrity, performance, and flexibility for developers available in a MOM product. Another key enhancement of CI Version 3.1 will be the addition of Concurrent CI, a co-residency feature added to the Unix edition. This frequently requested feature will enable a single platform to run multiple concurrent CIs simultaneously. This capability is instrumental, for example, when a user wants to utilize a single CI copy, on a single platform, for several different functions such as CI for development, testing and/or production, as well as for many other applications. Concurrent CI is now available for TPF (Transaction Processing Facility) An operating system for IBM mainframes specialized for large transaction processing systems such as airline reservations. TPF supports thousands of terminals with a typical response time of two to three seconds. and MVS (Multiple Virtual Storage) Introduced in 1974, the primary operating system used with IBM mainframes (the others are VM and DOS/VSE). MVS is a batch processing-oriented operating system that manages large amounts of memory and disk space. editions; Concurrent CI for Solaris will be available with the Version 3.1 release in June, and for the other CI Unix editions following closely thereafter. Version 3.1 will also feature CIview(tm), an enhanced version of the middleware's management director console interface. CIview allows the systems management administrator to view the entire logical network and manage the CI from a single workstation. Administrators can manage their system enterprise wide, local or remote, down to a network node (networking) network node - (node) An addressable device attached to a computer network. If the node is a computer it is more often called a "host". level, and up into the application level, obtaining valuable, clear administrative and diagnostic information. With CIview's enhancements in Version 3.1, users can view more information across the full heterogeneity of their networks, up to hundreds of thousands of nodes, in a more pleasing, easy-to-understand command-line view. In addition, as with all CI 3.X releases and above, CIview is extended through the CI's unique intelligent agent capability when integrated with industry-standard management platforms, such as Hewlett-Packard's OpenView. The final enhancement of Version 3.1 is the introduction of Communications Integrator Component Integrators(tm), or (CI)2(tm). The two introductory Component Integrators, for MVS-based security, are (CI)2 for RACF (Resource Access Control Facility) IBM mainframe security software introduced in 1976 that verifies user ID and password and controls access to authorized files and resources. RACF - Resource Access Control Facility and (CI)2 for ACF (Advanced Communications Function) An earlier official product line name for IBM SNA programs, such as VTAM (ACF/VTAM) and NCP (ACF/NCP). ACF - Advanced Communications Function . These will integrate CI message passing and ACF and RACF security facilities before the messages are placed on a particular receiving application's delivery queue. The use of the security features is a selectable option-the systems administrator selects which types of messages will be subjected to security processing. "With the release of Version 3.1 of the Communications Integrator CT accelerates its MOM leadership. We can demonstrate the financial and competitive advantages in delivering application interoperability that scales across the enterprise, can be managed at scale, and demonstrates superior price/performance," said Mark Teflian, president of Covia Technologies. "Covia Technologies' customers are creating new standards for defining "payback" in distributed computing (1) The use of multiple computers networked throughout a wide geographical area, or the world via the Internet, in order to solve a single problem. See grid computing. (2) The use of multiple computers in an enterprise rather than one centralized system. . And, frankly, this is the number one concern for the CIOs and their teams that we work with everyday.'' Covia Technologies will extend Communications Integrator capabilities with a wide variety of toolkits, applications and other software Component Integrators, slated for release throughout 1995. The Communications Integrator is priced according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. individual platform or based on an enterprise license. Discounts are available and are based on customer platform and network configurations. CI software can be packaged with Covia Technologies University courses and with interoperability consulting services. Headquartered in Chicago, Covia Technologies sells the Communications Integrator; distributed applications, including travel and transportation operations software and expert system software; custom software solutions; network and facility systems integration services; and interoperability consulting services. The company operates as a division of Galileo International, and has offices in Rosemont, Ill., New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , Denver, and Swindon, England. Note: The Communications Integrator is a registered trademark of Galileo International and holds U.S. Patent No. 5,317,568. All other products referenced are trademarks of their respective owners. CONTACT: Covia Technologies, Rosemont Laurel Nelson-Rowe, 708/518-4669 or MarketWise Inc., Boulder Elizabeth Wonnacott or Laura Elliott, 303/449-9224 |
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