LEXIS-NEXIS Deploys Objectivity/DB in Web-based, Online Information Services.MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 22, 1999-- Objectivity/DB Selected for Scalability, Availability and Transaction Performance Objectivity, Inc., the leading provider of distributed, scalable object databases, today announced that Objectivity/DB has been deployed at LEXIS-NEXIS. The Objectivity-based service allows legal, business and government professionals to perform customized searches of the LEXIS(R)-NEXIS(R) data warehouse via their web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. and custom LEXIS-NEXIS session managers. Objectivity/DB is key to the LEXIS-NEXIS research application which provides access to billions of documents, for thousands of concurrent users In computer science, the number of concurrent users for a resource in a location, with the location being a computing network or a single computer, refers to the total number of people using the resource at the same time. , performing hundreds of thousands of transactions per day. Objectivity/DB stores the information resulting from a search, retrieves information for customer browsing and stores information and statistics for billing and other purposes. Objectivity/DB runs on Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. Solaris(R) servers and the LEXIS-NEXIS product interfaces with legacy repository and billing systems running on IBM mainframes Following are the mainframe architectures used in IBM mainframes since the original System/360 introduced in 1964. Year Architecture Model numbers System/360 1964 System/360 2xxx (2020 to 2195) System/370 . LEXIS-NEXIS prototyped and benchmarked two finalist object database products for over a year, and selected Objectivity for its scalability and availability and transaction performance. "Objectivity's distributed architecture allows us to support huge numbers of concurrent users and large volumes of data worldwide on a 24 x 7 basis. Additionally, Objectivity's unique containerization con·tain·er·ize v.tr. con·tain·er·ized, con·tain·er·iz·ing, con·tain·er·iz·es 1. To package (cargo) in large standardized containers for efficient shipping and handling. 2. scheme allows us to maximize performance," said Richard Sipley, development manager for LEXIS-NEXIS. "Objectivity has helped us gain true competitive advantage by enabling us to enhance our level of customer satisfaction. Our customers experience improved productivity with faster searches." More About LEXIS-NEXIS LEXIS-NEXIS is a trusted name in decision-support services to professionals in the legal, business and government markets. The company helps a variety of professionals collect, manage and use information more productively. LEXIS-NEXIS is a division of Reed Elsevier Inc., and a member of the Reed Elsevier plc group (www.reed-elsevier.com), one of the world's leading publishing and information businesses. Reed Elsevier has annual sales in excess of $5 billion and 27,000 employees. It is owned equally by Reed International P.L.C. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :RUK RUK Reserviupseerikoulu (Hamina, Finland, Reserve Officers' School) RUK Are You Kidding? ) and Elsevier NV (NYSE:ENL Noun 1. ENL - an inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face erythema nodosum leprosum Hansen's disease, leprosy - chronic granulomatous communicable disease occurring in tropical and subtropical ). Information about LEXIS-NEXIS may be found on the World Wide Web at www.lexis-nexis.com. More About Objectivity, Inc. Objectivity, Inc. is the leading provider of distributed, scalable object databases with unrivaled support for mixed-language development and mixed-hardware environments. Objectivity boosts developer productivity, shortens time to market, and provides the ideal platform for mission-critical applications requiring continuous performance and adaptability to future technologies. Objectivity, Inc. is headquartered in Mountain View, California For the census-designated place, see Mountain View, Contra Costa County, California. For other places called "Mountain View", see . Mountain View is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. The city gets its name from the views of the Santa Cruz Mountains. , USA. For more information, contact Objectivity by e-mail at info@objectivity.com, on the World Wide Web at http://www.objectivity.com or by calling (650) 254-7100. Note to editors: Objectivity/DB is a trademark of Objectivity, Inc. All other company or product names mentioned herein remain the property of their respective owners. |
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