IT FACTORY Further Opens its Enterprise Application Environment With Unveiling of eComponent Strategy for Lotus Notes.Business Editors Lotusphere ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 17, 2000 Company's Fully Open eComponent Architecture to Enable Rapid Development of Notes Applications Using Plug-and-Play Components Moving a crucial step closer to establishing a standardized standardized pertaining to data that have been submitted to standardization procedures. standardized morbidity rate see morbidity rate. standardized mortality rate see mortality rate. , fully open application architecture for the enterprise, IT FACTORY, the leading international supplier of Notes/Domino business objects for the enterprise and ASP asp, popular name for several species of viper, one of which, the European asp (Vipera aspis), is native to S Europe. It is also a name for the Egyptian cobra (Naja haja). solution environment, today unveiled a comprehensive strategy for the rapid development of Lotus Notes Messaging and groupware software from IBM Lotus that was introduced in 1989 for OS/2 and later expanded to Windows, Mac, Unix, NetWare, AS/400 and S/390. Notes provides e-mail, document sharing, workflow, group discussions and calendaring and scheduling. applications using plug-and-play components. IT FACTORY's new component strategy provides a valuable extension to the company's award-winning software development environment and business applications, and is intended to further streamline the deployment of fully integrated enterprise applications based on Notes/Domino. IT FACTORY will showcase its new eComponent Architecture at Lotusphere in Orlando (booths C162-C167). IT FACTORY's eComponent Architecture, which will enable developers to build encapsulated encapsulated Localized Oncology adjective Confined to a specific area, surrounded by a thin layer of fibrous tissue; encapsulation generally refers to a tumor confined to a specific area, surrounded by a capsule. See Islet encapsulation. components that can be added, in plug-and-play fashion, to an existing Notes application, consists of the ITF ITF International Transport Workers' Federation ITF International Tennis Federation ITF In the Future ITF International Trust Fund (demining NGO based in Slovenia) ITF International Transport Forum eComponent Foundation, the ITF eComponent Builder, the ITF eComponent Installer, as well as a complete line of ready-to-use eComponent Applications. All existing applications developed using the ITF Software Development Kit(TM)can be easily upgraded to comply with the new ITF eComponent Architecture. "IT FACTORY's new eComponent Architecture is the next critical step in enabling the Notes/Domino platform as a true enterprise application environment," said Lars Johansen, president and 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 IT FACTORY. "Enabling organizations to build self-contained objects that can be used in multiple, fully integrated applications throughout the enterprise is a significant value proposition for Notes organizations. What's more, our business partners, including the 'ITF Community,' instantly gain broader revenue opportunities by building eComponents that can be sold globally to IT FACTORY's worldwide customer base." As a first step, IT FACTORY will deliver a new technical foundation, called the ITF eComponent Foundation, which will provide the enabling layer for plug-and-play Notes application components. The ITF eComponent Foundation ensures uniformity for such things as handling keywords, database references, and interaction with external data sources, such as 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. . Secondly, IT FACTORY will provide a set of tools necessary to deploy ITF eComponents, including the ITF eComponent Builder and the ITF eComponent Installer. "Our eComponent Architecture strategy is a continuation of what we started with our highly successful `Free Architecture for Notes/Domino' and `ITF Community' initiatives," said David Shimberg, chief marketing officer of IT FACTORY. "With our eComponent Architecture strategy, we are leveraging Lotus' initiatives to open its environment for Notes/Domino. We are taking it a step further so that enterprises can extend their investments across platforms." The ITF eComponent Builder uses IT FACTORY's encapsulation (1) In object technology, the creation of self-contained modules that contain both the data and the processing. See object-oriented programming. (2) The transmission of one network protocol within another. technology to embed em·bed also im·bed v. em·bed·ded, em·bed·ding, em·beds v.tr. 1. To fix firmly in a surrounding mass: embed a post in concrete; fossils embedded in shale. all necessary object definitions and structural prerequisites within each application component. The Builder then packages the component into a self-extracting file See self-extracting archive. along with the ITF eComponent Installer, which automates the process of integrating the new eComponent into the existing Notes application environment. While most connections to the underlying application are made automatically, the Installer uses a Wizard to guide the developer through any connections that must be made manually. In tandem Adv. 1. in tandem - one behind the other; "ride tandem on a bicycle built for two"; "riding horses down the path in tandem" tandem , IT FACTORY will begin delivering a set of ready-to-use eComponents, which will provide a wide range of functionality that developers can use to quickly build and customize their own applications. These will initially include Cybercash, SET and XML eComponents as well as Lotus Sametime and Lotus Workflow The automatic routing of documents to the users responsible for working on them. Workflow is concerned with providing the information required to support each step of the business cycle. eComponents. Pricing and Availability IT FACTORY's new eComponent Architecture will be available in stages over the next several months. IT FACTORY will first deliver the ITF eComponent Foundation as well as the eComponents for Cybercash, SET and XML. These will be followed by the ITF eComponent Builder and Installer. On an ongoing basis, numerous eComponents will be released by IT FACTORY as well as by other independent software vendors. Pricing for the new eComponent Architecture has not yet been set. About IT FACTORY IT FACTORY is a leading global supplier of software tools and business application objects that streamline the deployment of Web-enabled enterprise applications based on Lotus Notes/Domino. Three-time Lotus Beacon Beacon, city (1990 pop. 13,243), Dutchess co., SE N.Y., on the E bank of the Hudson River; settled 1663, inc. in 1913 when Fishkill Landing and Matteawan villages were united. Award winner (and four-time finalist), IT FACTORY has a rapidly expanding installed base of more than 500,000 ITF product licenses worldwide. IT FACTORY distributes its products exclusively via an international network of more than 200 highly qualified business partners. The company's product line consists of the ITF Software Development Kit(TM) an advanced development architecture for Lotus Notes, the ITF Business Suite(TM) the ITF Plus Suite, and a set of related support and training services. An 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) Independent Software Vendor, IT FACTORY has a worldwide agreement with IBM for the marketing and distribution of IT FACTORY products. With its 110 employees worldwide, IT FACTORY is backed by international venture capital, allowing continued aggressive growth. The Company is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark and Cambridge, Massachusetts This article is about the city of Cambridge in Massachusetts. For the English university town, see Cambridge, England. For other places, see Cambridge (disambiguation). Cambridge, Massachusetts is a city in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts, United States. , and has offices in England, Germany, The Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Australia. Find out more at www.itfactory.com IT FACTORY, the ITF logo and the ITF wheel are registered trademarks of IT FACTORY A/S. ITF Software Develop ment Kit, ITF Architecture, and ITF Business Suite are trademarks of IT FACTORY A/S. Lotus and Lotus Notes are registered trademarks and Notes and Domino are trademarks of Lotus Development Corp. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. Product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies. |
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