Elemental Software Ships Drumbeat 2000 JavaServer Pages Edition for IBM WebSphere Application Server.CARLSBAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 14, 1999-- Award-Winning Web Development Product: the First and Only Visual Tool to Support JavaServer Pages See JSP. (programming, World-Wide Web) JavaServer Pages - (JSP) A freely available specification for extending the Java Servlet API to generate dynamic web pages on a web server. The JSP specification was written by industry leaders as part of the Java development program. and JavaBeans; Elemental Software, 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. Specification Team Member, Developing Future Cross-Platform, Cross-Server JSP Technologies Elemental Software today announced the availability of Drumbeat See Drumbeat 2000. 2000 JavaServer Pages(TM) Edition for IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) WebSphere server. Drumbeat 2000 (JSP) brings integrated support for JSP and JavaBeans to Drumbeat's WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) Pronounced "wiz-ee-wig." It refers to displaying text and graphics on screen the same as they will print on paper or display on a Web page. development environment. It offers Websphere users the JSP world's first visual tool for building applications without coding that incorporate dynamic Web interfaces to databases and other sophisticated functionality required for e-business. Drumbeat 2000 (JSP) debuts at JavaOne this week and will be available starting tomorrow for download directly from Elemental Software at www.Drumbeat.com for a limited time introductory special offer of $249. "This product represents a tremendous boost and headstart for JSP developers," said Peter Hirshberg, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Elemental Software. "We've taken a wealth of knowledge about what people want to do in e-business and incorporated it into wizards, hundreds of reusable JavaBean-based objects and interactions, and prebuilt pre·built adj. Of, relating to, or constituting a structure or a portion of a structure that is constructed or assembled before being transported to its site of installation; prefabricated: a prebuilt home. application templates that put them together in predictable ways to support most-requested functions. In addition, because Drumbeat eliminates the need for manual coding, companies can meet exploding demand by better leveraging scarce programming talent while enabling less technical Web developers to move beyond static sites to real e-business applications." JSP and JavaBeans are key parts of IBM's overall strategy for providing open solutions that integrate with existing IT departments. WebSphere allows customers to use this technology to build scaleable, secure applications across a wide variety of platforms including Unix and Netscape Enterprise Servers. Drumbeat provides the fastest way of developing e-business applications for these standard platforms using standard, reusable components. "Drumbeat 2000 lets me create the kind of dynamic web applications that my clients need," said leading developer Ray Borduin, WebAssist.com. "Now I can bring that same development speed and productivity to Java, which is increasingly in demand as the open platform of choice for Web applications. Drumbeat's ease-of-use allows even those who don't have extensive Java skills to harness the power of JSP and JavaBeans and deploy real e-business solutions." Point-and-Click JSP Drumbeat previously gained widespread recognition for the speed and ease with which it generates Microsoft Active Server Pages (World-Wide Web, programming) Active Server Pages - (ASP) A scripting environment for Microsoft Internet Information Server in which you can combine HTML, scripts and reusable ActiveX server components to create dynamic web pages. IIS 4. (ASP), and is now bringing its industry-leading capabilities to the Java platform Running Java programs under the Java Virtual Machine (JVM). Java "platform" refers to the running of Java programs versus Java itself, which is a programming language. Java programs are machine independent and run intact on any hardware platform that has a Java interpreter (JVM). . -- The Drumbeat DataForm Wizard allows developers to create JSP database applications -- without having to code -- that automatically include dropdown lists, list boxes, edit boxes, radio buttons, check boxes, sliders and more than 20 other UI elements to browse, search, view and update databases. -- Point and Click Interactions control of JavaBeans makes it much simpler for developers to provide Web interfaces to IT and commercial applications, to maintain state across pages within an application, and to create multipage forms. The product ships with more than 300 interactions, including such functions as database access and filtering, password protection, profile-based access, data validation, and state management. -- DrumNotes are examples and how-to documentation for the most-requested application functionality and techniques, including using cookies, emailing form data using JSP components, creating multi-page forms, and validating data entry. -- StartingPoints prebuilt application templates, bundled with Drumbeat 2000, include dynamic applications for employee directory, corporate intranet, asset management, guest book, and visitor registration. Drumbeat 2000 (JSP) for IBM WebSphere is the first product for JSP from Elemental Software. Future versions of Drumbeat will support additional JSP-based servers to maximize the scalability, portability and cross-platform nature of Java. Developers of the range of Java platforms will be empowered with the same realtime database connectivity and rich programmatic functionality afforded by Drumbeat. Elemental Software, an official member of the JSP Specification team, will participate in the JavaOne Birds-of-a-Feather session on Java Specification to further facilitate the wide-spread adoption of JavaServer Pages. Elemental Software will be also present at IBM's Java Strategies Day today at the Hotel Monaco in 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 . Drumbeat 2000 (JSP) Pricing and Availability Drumbeat 2000 (JSP) will sell for an estimated street price of $399. Drumbeat 2000 (JSP) will be available for download beginning Tuesday, June 15 for a limited time for the introductory price of $249 from the company's Web site at http://www.drumbeat.com, or by calling 1-877-DRUMBEAT. In July, the boxed version of Drumbeat 2000 (JSP) will be available through Elemental Software and resellers for the introductory price of $269. About Drumbeat Elemental Software Drumbeat was created specifically to meet the requirements of developers building sophisticated, data-driven Web applications that access and update data in real time. Using a visual drag-and-drop interface, Drumbeat offers sophisticated application Wizards to reduce the time and skill required to build dynamic Web sites. Developers can expand the reach and value of existing databases and client-server applications, add new database-driven functionality to existing Web sites; or develop new data-driven applications for the Web. With Drumbeat 2000 (JSP), visually engaging Web applications that work across all major browsers can be built without hand coding Writing in a programming language. Hand coding in assembly language or in a third-generation language, such as C or Java, is the traditional way programs have been developed. In contrast, visual programming tools allow full applications or parts of an application to be developed without . About WebSphere The IBM WebSphere Application Servers represent the industry's most complete range of Web application server environments that support business applications from simple Web publishing Creating a Web site and placing it on the Web server. A Web site is a collection of HTML pages with the home page typically named INDEX.HTML. Web sites are designed using Web authoring software which provides a graphical layout capability or by hand coding in HTML or both. through enterprise-scale transaction processing Updating the appropriate database records as soon as a transaction (order, payment, etc.) is entered into the computer. It may also imply that confirmations are sent at the same time. Transaction processing systems are the backbone of an organization because they update constantly. . The WebSphere family integrates the Web server, transaction processing, Web commerce and distributed component technologies of IBM's WebSphere Application Servers. About Elemental Software Elemental Software develops and markets software that enables developers to build Web applications in less time and use fewer technical resources. 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. , Drumbeat, offers IT departments and Web developers the fastest way to create powerful Web interfaces to databases and applications without having to write code. With headquarters in Carlsbad, California Carlsbad is a coastal resort-town in northern San Diego County, California. According to the state Department of Finance, the city had a total population of 90,271 in 2003. , Elemental Software is principally funded by Microsoft Corporation (company) Microsoft Corporation - The biggest supplier of operating systems and other software for IBM PC compatibles. Software products include MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Windows NT, Microsoft Access, LAN Manager, MS Client, SQL Server, Open Data Base Connectivity (ODBC), MS Mail, , AT&T and venture investors Accel Partners, CSK Corporation (company) CSK Corporation - The japanese company that owns CSK Software and Sega. CSK Corp. is the largest independent japanese software company. of Japan, JK&B Capital, Crystal Internet Venture Fund, L.P., and Sorrento Ventures. For product information, please call 877-DRUMBEAT, email info@drumbeat.com, or visit http://www.drumbeat.com. Media should contact Antenna Group: Marie Clark 415-977-1916, marie@antennapr.com or Kirsten Andersen 415-977-1914 kirsten@antennapr.com. |
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