Informix Makes "Promise of the Web" a Reality with New Universal Web Architecture; INFORMIX-Universal Web Architecture Provides a Flexible Web Environment for Fast, Easy Creation and Management of "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)--Nov. 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 ) today announced INFORMIX-Universal Web Architecture, the first open Web development and deployment environment that allows businesses to build and manage high-performance Adj. 1. high-performance - modified to give superior performance; "a high-performance car" superior - of high or superior quality or performance; "superior wisdom derived from experience"; "superior math students" , "Intelligent" Web sites, easily. Intelligent Web sites are a dynamic, new breed of multimedia-rich Web applications created to deliver customized content that present a corporation's Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the , Intranet and Extranet users with a tailored view of information when the application is accessed. "With the introduction of the Universal Web Architecture, Informix A relational database management system (DBMS) from IBM that runs on a variety of Unix platforms. Originally developed by Informix Software, Menlo Park, CA, the product was acquired by IBM in 2001. is the first company to provide a superior solution for enabling customers to build Intelligent Web applications," said Jim Barksdale Jim Barksdale (born January 24, 1943) was the president and CEO of Netscape Communications Corporation from January 1995 until the company merged with AOL in March 1999. Early life James (Jim) Love Barksdale was born in Jackson, Mississippi. He received a B.A. , 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 Netscape Communications Corporation (company) Netscape Communications Corporation - (Formlerly "Mosaic Communications Corporation", MCC) A company set up in April 1994 by Dr. James H. Clark and Marc Andreessen <marca@netcom. . "Informix is Netscape's database of choice for enterprise Intranet application development and deployment. INFORMIX-OnLine Workgroup Two or more individuals who share files and databases. Local networks (LANs) are designed to provide electronic sharing of data within workgroups. In general, products designed for workgroups support approximately 50 people, whereas departmental devices support several hundred, and Server is bundled with Netscape LiveWire A suite of management and development tools from Netscape for creating Netscape Web sites. It includes a site manager for maintaining HTML links, a compiler for developing server-side JavaScript applications and a library that provides SQL connectivity to a variety of databases. Pro, Netscape (1) (Netscape Communications Corporation, Mountain View, CA, www.netscape.com) Part of America Online (AOL), Netscape specializes in Web software, including the Netscape Web browser. SuiteSpot An earlier suite of programs used for building an Internet or intranet Web site from Netscape. It was based on Netscape's Enterprise Server Web server and ran on Windows NT and various Unix machines. and is available in Netscape Payment Kit and Netscape AppFoundry applications. Since we began bundling Informix technology in June June: see month. 1996, thousands of customers have already benefited from the powerful combination of Netscape and Informix." The INFORMIX-Universal Web Architecture, which consists of Informix's database servers and tools, INFORMIX-Universal Web Connect, Informix's Web DataBlade A plug-in to Informix's Universal Server that extends its capability to work with a new type of data. Informix became part of IBM in 2001. See Universal Server. Module, strategic partnerships with leading Web vendors and special programs, enables today's businesses Today's Business is a show on CNBC that aired in the early morning, 5 to 7AM ET timeslot, hosted by Liz Claman and Bob Sellers, and it was replaced by Wake Up Call on Feb 4, 2002. to unlock the Web's potential by allowing them to create truly Intelligent and interactive Web applications for both publishing and transaction-based environments across the distributed enterprise. Unlike all other Web solutions which store Web applications as flat files and scripts in a Web server, INFORMIX-Universal Web Architecture stores the entire Web site including application logic, application templates and multimedia content in the Informix database. Businesses can leverage the database power and scalability How much a system can be expanded. See scalable. scalability - How well a solution to some problem will work when the size of the problem increases. For example, a central server of some kind with ten clients may perform adequately but with a thousand clients it inherent in Informix's Web architecture to reduce Web development and site management costs, protect investments in existing client/server An architecture in which the user's PC (the client) is the requesting machine and the server is the supplying machine, both of which are connected via a local area network (LAN) or wide area network (WAN). applications and build the most dynamic content available on the Web today. "The vision of the World Wide Web promised to provide companies with an immediate, interactive medium to communicate and conduct business with key audiences," said Brett n. 1. Same as Britzska. Bachman Bachman - A proposed a style of Entity-Relationship model which differs from Chen's. , general manager of enterprise products at Informix. "The INFORMIX-Universal Web Architecture provides Web developers with a flexible environment to easily build and manage a new breed of Intelligent Web applications that finally make the World Wide Web vision a reality for their organizations." "We build mission critical, enterprise wide business systems," said Eugene Rooney, president of Sage Solutions. "Our clients rely on us to choose technologies available today that will provide the foundation and tools essential for tomorrow's Web-based applications See Web application. . Informix's Universal Web Architecture has the breadth and depth of products that allow us to provide such solutions with confidence. The Informix Universal Web Architecture allows us to unlock the Web's potential and create truly Intelligent Web applications, easily." Intelligent Web Applications: Easily Manage Web Site Content - All Web site content including Web pages, images, maps, application templates and application logic is stored within a single integrated database. Developers can easily modify Web applications by simply changing any information stored in the database; tedious link management as well as the need for any programming is eliminated. Centrally storing all Web site content in the Informix database allows developers to collaborate throughout the development process as well as reuse reuse - Using code developed for one application program in another application. Traditionally achieved using program libraries. Object-oriented programming offers reusability of code via its techniques of inheritance and genericity. content. For example, a large retail outlet retail outlet n → punto de venta retail outlet n → point m de vente retail outlet retail n → with kiosks featuring catalog catalog, descriptive list, on cards or in a book, of the contents of a library. Assurbanipal's library at Nineveh was cataloged on shelves of slate. The first known subject catalog was compiled by Callimachus at the Alexandrian Library in the 3d cent. B.C. content in every store, can easily update or make changes to the content because it is stored in a central database. Once the content is updated in the database, it is immediately replicated to the kiosks in each store using the underlying database replication In database management, the ability to keep distributed databases synchronized by routinely copying the entire database or subsets of the database to other servers in the network. There are various replication methods. features. Dynamically deliver individualized in·di·vid·u·al·ize tr.v. in·di·vid·u·al·ized, in·di·vid·u·al·iz·ing, in·di·vid·u·al·iz·es 1. To give individuality to. 2. To consider or treat individually; particularize. 3. content to users - Informix's architecture allows Web developers to deliver tailored content to each user. These new breed of Intelligent Web applications built with the INFORMIX-Universal Web Architecture, creates pages "on- the-fly" that deliver a tailored view of information for each visitor. With Informix's Web Architecture, businesses can leverage Intelligent Web applications to communicate one-on-one with its Web audience. Broadcast content directly to subscribers - Companies can automatically provide users with the most up-to-date information. Users simply subscribe to Verb 1. subscribe to - receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day" subscribe, take buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; information of interest and automatically receive notification when that information is available, changed or updated. For example, users interested in financial information can subscribe to specific stock quotes that interest them, and receive updated quotes throughout the day. A shipping company, can notify subscribers when their packages ship, rather than require the user to connect to the company's homepage. Allows users to intelligently query the content of Web applications - Users can make more informed business decisions by leveraging the powerful content query capability of Informix's extensible servers to make intelligent queries of Web application content including presentations, documents and pictures. For example, an automobile company is building a new line of cars and needs to order wheels. An inventory control manager could issue a request for all the wheel manufacturers that are within 30 miles of the manufacturing plant and have wheels in stock that look like photo A. -0-
Informix Universal Web Architecture Key Components The
INFORMIX-Universal Web Architecture includes the following key
components:
+ Web-enabled databases through Netscape and Microsoft -
Informix's entire line of database products are Web-
enabled out of the box with Netscape Communication
Corporation's market-leading Internet and Intranet
software.
The Informix/Netscape solution offers customers a high-
performance scalable database solution that connects
distributed enterprises via the Web for either Internet
or Intranet applications on a single CD sold and
supported by Informix. As an open systems company,
Informix is Web server and Web browser independent and
therefore supports Microsoft's Internet Information
Server and Microsoft's Internet Explorer. Informix has
direct API integration with Netscape (NSAPI) and
Microsoft (ISAPI).
+ Java Support - Informix's comprehensive Java strategy
is a Java-Anywhere solution that allows users to create
Web application logic and content in Java and execute it
in the client layer, middle layer on an application
server, or natively in the database engine for optimal
application performance.
+ INFORMIX-JWorks Tool - the only drag-and-drop Java
development tool that allows developers to build
Intelligent Web client/server applications for Informix
database servers. JWorks can be used with any Java-
based Web development environment to easily create pure
Java Web client/server applications automatically
without actually writing code.
+ INFORMIX-Web DataBlade Module - The Informix Web
DataBlade Module is the application development and
management environment that is the primary means for
storing all content and application logic with the
Informix database.
The Web DataBlade Module allows developers to create,
manage and deploy Intelligent Web applications fast
and easier, while reducing the time and effort
required to update Web sites.
+ INFORMIX-Universal Web Connect - Informix's
Universal Web Connect provides an open platform that
enables Informix's Web partners and customers to write
Intelligent Web applications. INFORMIX-Universal Web
Connect services include an Application Page Builder
API, state and connection management features,
subscription and notification features, Java
connectivity and a security interface.
+ Key Partner Support - INFORMIX-Universal Web
Architecture provides an open platform for every Web
tool and application developer to create Intelligent
applications. The following partners are the first to
integrate with Informix's architecture and INFORMIX-
Universal Web Connect platform: Bluestone,
FutureTense, HAHT Software, NetDynamics and Wallop
Software.
+ Universal Web Solution Specialists - Informix
certified consulting organizations which combine
unique domain expertise, pre-built application
templates and knowledge transfer services to help
customers rapidly deliver Intelligent Web
applications. The first four Web Solution Specialists
are: ECOlogic, ICON, Sage Solutions and WebFactory.
+ Electronic Commerce - Informix is the database in
many Electronic Commerce applications. Informix will
continue to foster partnerships with the leading
Electronic Commerce vendors to provide a total
solution to our customers. Companies such as Open
Market Inc., Tandem Computer Company, Signal Internet
and NetGravity are all offering electronic commerce
solutions by developing DataBlade modules or by other
database integration. Currently, Informix is the
embedded database for MediaBase from Silicon Graphics,
Inc.
Availability
Informix's Universal Web Architecture is scheduled to be rolled
out between Q4 1996 and the first half of 1997. Specific scheduled
availability is as follows:
+ Web-enabled OnLine product family - available now
+ INFORMIX-Web DataBlade Module - available now
+ INFORMIX-Universal Web Connect for the OnLine product
family - December 1996
+ INFORMIX-Universal Web Connect for Informix Universal
Server - Q1 1997
+ Web Solution Specialists - December 1996
+ INFORMIX-JWorks - 1st half of 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 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.
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