IBM Simplifies Enterprise Applications Development.SAN FRANCISCO/GIGA Middleware Conference--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 21, 1998-- IBM's Leading 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. Platform Now Offers Interoperability with Windows-based Development Tools 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) today announced a new TXSeries(a) component that makes it easier for customers to develop e-business transaction applications with Windows-based development tools. The TXSeries Application Development Kit(a), which is available for TXSeries 4.2, adds support for Microsoft's Component Object Model programming model to help customers develop enterprise-class applications for Windows-based clients. By adding support for COM (1) (Computer Output Microfilm) Creating microfilm or microfiche from the computer. A COM machine receives print-image output from the computer either online or via tape or disk and creates a film image of each page. into TXSeries, IBM offers customers transaction processing components that interoperate with Enterprise Java Beans See JavaBeans. , the Common Object Request Broker Architecture (standard, programming) Common Object Request Broker Architecture - (CORBA) An Object Management Group specification which provides a standard messaging interface between distributed objects. The original CORBA specification (1. (CORBA (Common Object Request Broker Architecture) A software-based interface from the Object Management Group (OMG) that allows software modules (objects) to communicate with each other no matter where they are located on a private network or the global ) and now COM. The TXSeries ADK ADK Adirondack Mountain Club ADK Archive Development Kit (SAP archiving) ADK Additional Decryption Key ADK Aggressors of Dark Kombat (video game) , along with TXSeries, will be integrated into the Enterprise edition of the recently announced IBM WebSphere Application Server This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. . The Enterprise edition also incorporates IBM Component Broker, which supports the COM programming model. "IBM is making it easier for customers to more rapidly develop sophisticated applications for Windows-based clients. This effort further extends TXSeries' heterogeneity to embrace Windows as a client-side platform for transactional applications," said Jeff Eppinger, vice president, TXSeries Business Unit, Transarc Corporation. "The TXSeries ADK gives customers the ability to quickly leverage the performance and scalability delivered by IBM's transaction processing solutions, providing an easy path to extend or develop new e-business applications." TXSeries, IBM's leading transaction processing platform, now offers integration between its programming interfaces, Microsoft Developer's Studio and development environments, tools, and languages that control COM objects. TXSeries ADK works with COM-based development tools such as: Visual BASIC, Powerbuilder, Visual J++, and the LotusScript development language. The TXSeries transaction processing monitor also works with the Visual Age development tools. Rapid Application Development The TXSeries ADK simplifies development of TXSeries applications and significantly reduces development time and effort. It enables developers to create applications that use COM objects without requiring knowledge of C or C++ . With TXSeries ADK, TXSeries offers customers a rapid, simple way to develop applications that work on Windows clients and leverage the enterprise-strength application services of IBM's transaction processing middleware. Heterogeneity Most of IBM's customers need to integrate and build applications that run on a variety of platforms and can grow to incorporate new platforms. The TXSeries ADK extends the heterogeneity of TXSeries by masking the complexity of developing multi-platform applications. Not only does TXSeries ADK allow COM clients to access servers on Windows platforms, but also provides full connectivity to UNIX servers. About WebSphere The WebSphere(a) family, along with Lotus Domino, represents the industry's most complete range of Web application server environments that support business applications from simple Web publishing through enterprise-scale transaction processing. The expanded WebSphere family integrates the Web server, transaction processing, Web commerce and distributed component technologies of IBM's WebSphere Application Server, TXSeries, Net.Commerce(a) and Component Broker(a) products. Availability and Platforms TXSeries is available directly from the IBM. TXSeries ADK is available now and can be downloaded directly from the IBM web site at: http://www.software.ibm.com/ts/txseries. In 1999, TXSeries will be incorporated into IBM's WebSphere Enterprise Edition Application Server. All applications currently running on TXSeries will be fully supported by the IBM WebSphere Application Server Enterprise edition, available next year. TXSeries incorporates Encina A Unix-based TP monitor from Transarc Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA that is layered over OSF's Distributed Computing Environment (DCE). IBM acquired Transarc in 1994 and based its CICS/6000 TP monitor on Encina. , MQSeries, Distributed CICS (Customer Information Control System) A TP monitor from IBM that was originally developed to provide transaction processing for IBM mainframes. It controls the interaction between applications and users and lets programmers develop screen displays without , and the Encina Object Transaction Service for mainframe-to-web transaction processing and is available on IBM's AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) IBM's Unix-based operating system which runs on its Intellistation workstations and pSeries, p5, iSeries and i5 server families. , HP's HP-UX HP's version of Unix that runs on its 9000 family. It is based on SVID and incorporates features from BSD Unix along with several HP innovations. (operating system) HP-UX - The version of Unix running on Hewlett-Packard workstations. , Microsoft's Windows NT, and Sun's Solaris. About IBM IBM is the world's largest information technology company, with 80 years of leadership in helping businesses innovate. IBM Software offers the widest range of applications, middleware and operating systems for all types of computing platforms, allowing customers to take full advantage of the new era of e-business. The fastest way to get more information about IBM software is through the IBM Software home page at http://www.software.ibm.com (a) Indicates trademark or registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. Microsoft and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. |
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