INFORMIX UNVEILS INFORMIX-UNIVERSAL WEB CONNECT; First Open Platform Provides Developers and Partners with Services to Easily Create and Manage Intelligent Web Applications.MENLO PARK Menlo Park. 1 Residential city (1990 pop. 28,040), San Mateo co., W Calif.; inc. 1874. Electronic equipment and aerospace products are manufactured in the city. Menlo College and a Stanford Univ. research institute are there. 2 Uninc. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--November 11, 1996--Informix Software, Inc., (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : IFMX IFMX Informix Corporation ) the leading provider of innovative database technology, today announced INFORMIX-Universal Web Connect as part of its Universal Web Architecture. Informix's Universal Web Connect is an open platform that provides high performance connectivity between Web servers and databases. Universal Web Connect enables Web developers and partners to create "Intelligent" Web applications that dynamically deliver multimedia rich, tailored Web pages to a corporation's Internet, Intranet and Extranet users. INFORMIX-Universal Web Connect offers the highest performance and scalability of any solution currently available. Universal Web Connect provides developers and partners with powerful facilities to create application logic in any language (C, C++, Java, Active X, IIOP (Internet Inter-ORB Protocol) The CORBA message protocol used on a TCP/IP network (Internet, intranet, etc.). CORBA is the industry standard for distributed objects, which allows programs (objects) to be run remotely in a network. , etc.) for flexible execution in the client layer or middle tier (1) Generally refers to the processing that takes place in an application server that sits between the user's machine and the database server. The middle tier server performs the business logic. See application server and client/server. . In addition, Universal Web Connect is the first platform to deliver broadcast capability that enables developers to publish information based on user subscriptions. INFORMIX-Universal Web Connect provides the following set of services to build Intelligent Web applications: + URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. Interface - The URL interface allows Web developers a single point of access to application logic and content stored in the database. This content can include dynamically constructed or static HyperText Markup Language (hypertext, World-Wide Web, standard) Hypertext Markup Language - (HTML) A hypertext document format used on the World-Wide Web. HTML is built on top of SGML. "Tags" are embedded in the text. A tag consists of a "<", a "directive" (in lower case), zero or more parameters and a ">". (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. ) documents and associated multimedia content. Users gain advantages of a database-driven Web application because Informix's Universal Web Connect passes URL requests directly into the database for fast, personalized content delivery - all transparent to the user. + Application Pages (AppPages) - An App Page is an HTML page with embedded SQL SQL statements that are written into a high-level programming language such as C or Pascal. In a preprocessing stage, the SQL code is converted into function calls, which may be optimized to provide the fastest results. statements that dynamically construct the HTML document displayed in the browser. AppPages provide a powerful HTML scripting HTML Series The W3C HTML standard includes support for client-side scripting. It defines how locally executable scripts may be used in a web page. A particular client-side application, such as a web browser, may support several script languages. paradigm whereby Web authors can easily develop sophisticated database-aware HTML documents. AppPages supports Netscape ONE by enabling developers to drop Java script or Java applets in the AppPage. + Application Page Builder API - Storing Web site content (static HTML pages and associated multimedia objects and Informix AppPages) within the database allows for fast, simple Web site management. The Application Page API allows pages and content to be posted to the database automatically. This is a Microsoft Visual C++ object-oriented interface which allows Web developers and Web site tools vendors such as Bluestone bluestone, common name for the blue, crystalline heptahydrate of cupric sulfate called chalcanthite, a minor ore of copper. It also refers to a fine-grained, light to dark colored blue-gray sandstone. , FutureTense, HAHT Software, NetDynamics and Wallop to create, manage and deploy Web applications stored in an Informix database. + Programmable Interface - This set of API services provides a framework for programmers to easily port or develop client/server database applications on the Web. It provides a core set of services that enable state and connection management. Through this interface, connectivity with other distributed object brokers (IIOP and 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 ) is achieved. Programmers can use any language to create their applications (C, C++, Active X, or Java). + Subscription/Notification - Subscription/notification allows Web site visitors to subscribe to specific information. Events, or updates to the database such as an inventory change or new listing, can be registered with the system. When the event occurs, the subscribing Web site visitor is automatically notified. For example, in a retail catalog application, user preference profiles are logged into the database. When a desired item becomes available, the application could automatically issue an e-mail message directly to the subscriber, notifying him/her that the product is available. + Java Connectivity - This set of Java classes is an extension of the Netscape Internet Foundation classes See IFC. (language, library, programming, standard) Internet Foundation Classes - (IFC) A library of classes used in the creation of Java applets with GUIs. in the Netscape ONE Open Network Environment. It allows the Java programmer to access and retrieve content stored and managed by an Informix database. The transport mechanism can be determined at deployment time and the Java application code remains the same regardless of the transport mechanism. + Security Interface - The INFORMIX-Universal Web Connect product offers specific drivers for the Netscape SuiteSpot Servers and Microsoft Web server product lines. Specific integration in these drivers enables the authorization and user authentication mechanisms to be database driven. As a result, all of the power and security of the database can be applied, allowing for audit trails and access control over Web server access. Writing directly to the Web server APIs provides a truly integrated approach to security whereby the database and Web server share the same schema. Availability Specific scheduled availability is as follows: INFORMIX-Universal Web Connect for the OnLine product family - December 1996 INFORMIX-Universal Web Connect for the INFORMIX-Universal Server - Q1 1997 About Informix Informix Software, based in Menlo Park, Calif., provides innovative database technology that enables the world's leading corporations to manage and grow their business. Informix is widely recognized as the technology leader for corporate computing environments ranging from workgroups to very large OLTP (OnLine Transaction Processing) See transaction processing and OLCP. OLTP - On-Line Transaction Processing and data warehouse applications. Informix's database servers, application development tools, superior customer service, and strong partnerships enable the company to be at the forefront of many leading-edge information technology solution areas. More information about Informix is available via the World Wide Web at http://www.informix.com and http://www.illustra.com. -0- Notes to Editors: (C) 1996. The following are worldwide trademarks of Informix Software, Inc., Informix Corporation, or their subsidiaries, registered in the United States of America UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. The name of this country. The United States, now thirty-one in number, are Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, as indicated by "(R)" and in numerous countries worldwide: Informix(R), the Informix logo(R), DataBlade(R), NewEra, JWorks. All other names or marks may be registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective owners. Informix news releases are available at no charge through Business Wire's NewsOnDemand fax service. To immediately receive an index of available releases, call 1-800-356-0851. 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