New Java Software Allows PCs to Access Mainframes Through the Internet; Software Developer Opens Up Electronic Commerce Capabilities to Millions of Internet Users.BOULDER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 1, 1999--Many companies are shut out from a profitable share of the explosive electronic-commerce industry simply because their businesses are run on mainframe computers that are not connected to the Internet. Internet technology was not designed to incorporate older mainframe standards. With millions of mainframes running mission-critical business applications, this represents significant lost revenue. Today, Platypus platypus (plăt`əpəs), semiaquatic egg-laying mammal, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, of Tasmania and E Australia. Also called duckbill, or duckbilled platypus, it belongs to the order Monotremata (see monotreme), the most primitive group Partners LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control released new Java software that provides PC access to mainframe legacy applications over the Internet. The firm's two new products, JET 2.2 and JET API, Web enable 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) and Tandem mainframes by incorporating older mainframe standards with new Internet See Web 2.0 and Internet2. technology. JET 2.2 is a Java-based terminal emulator See terminal emulation. (communications) terminal emulator - A program that allows a computer to act like a (particular brand of) terminal, e.g. a vt-100. The computer thus appears as a terminal to the host computer and accepts the same escape sequences for functions such that enables PC and Unix workstations to access any IBM 3270 or Tandem 6530 mainframe applications with an Internet protocol See Internet and TCP/IP. (networking) Internet Protocol - (IP) The network layer for the TCP/IP protocol suite widely used on Ethernet networks, defined in STD 5, RFC 791. IP is a connectionless, best-effort packet switching protocol. (IP) address. JET API allows developers to disguise IBM legacy application green screens with new graphical user interfaces (GUI (Graphical User Interface) A graphics-based user interface that incorporates movable windows, icons and a mouse. The ability to resize application windows and change style and size of fonts are the significant advantages of a GUI vs. a character-based interface. ). "We have developed the most affordable and easy-to-use software that extends the reach of mainframe computers," says Fiona Wilkie, president of Platypus Partners. "Our new JET products enable mainframes to enter the strategic world of e-commerce with significantly reduced host access costs." JET 2.2 is a Java browser-based terminal emulator with the familiar look and feel of a Windows GUI. Rich in user configuration options, JET 2.2 is the first Java emulator to deliver long-awaited file transfer and multiple host configuration options from the desktop. JET 2.2 supports multiple IBM and Tandem host sessions to Windows, Unix, Linux and OS/2 workstations over a single connection, offering new and unique control parameters Control parameters In a nonlinear dynamic system, the coefficient of the order parameter; the determinant of the influence of the order parameter on the total system. See: Order Parameter. at the Web server. "JET has a great user interface that is especially easy to use and maintain," says Sterling Rohde, IT Director for Catholic Life Insurance, of San Antonio, Texas “San Antonio” redirects here. For other uses, see San Antonio (disambiguation). San Antonio is the second most populous city in Texas, the third most populous metropolitan area in Texas, and is the seventh most populous city in the United States. As of the 2006 U.S. . "JET pays for itself because it eliminates the need to install terminal emulators on our agents' PCs. They simply download JET from our Web server and access our mainframe from their remote locations." JET API is a Java software development application that allows developers to write new IBM 3270 user interfaces, effectively disguising green screens. JET API uses the new OHIO Ohio, state, United States Ohio, midwestern state in the Great Lakes region of the United States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania (NE) West Virginia (SE), Kentucky (S), Indiana (W), and Michigan and Lake Erie (N). draft interface -- expected to become the next 3270 host access open standard. JET API supports Windows, Unix and Linux development workstations and can be used to write Java applets or applications. JET API is performance-optimized to keep the amount of code running on user workstations to a minimum. This level of running code is a fraction of the size of what is needed for competing products. "JET 2.2 and JET API are leading-edge products that facilitate mainframe businesses to join the Internet revolution," Wilkie says. "Both products are production-implemented and value-priced, selling at up to 50 percent below the cost of our competitors' products." Pricing for JET 2.2 is $99 per concurrent user with volume discounts available. JET 2.2 has no server fee. Pricing for a JET API developer's license is $995 per user and an end user runtime license is $59 per concurrent user, with volume discounts available. About Platypus Partners LLC Founded in Sydney, NSW NSW New South Wales Noun 1. NSW - the agency that provides units to conduct unconventional and counter-guerilla warfare Naval Special Warfare , Australia, in 1996, Platypus Partners develops Java software that connects personal workstations to IBM and Tandem mainframe computers over the Internet. Employee owned and operated, Platypus Partners has offices in Boulder, Colo., and Sydney, Australia. Written in the Java language, Platypus Partners' products extend the reach of corporate mainframes to include new customers or business partners, or simply to reduce host access costs. The company's JET and JET API software products are solutions that allow mainframe-based businesses to utilize the strategic and low-cost benefits of Internet technology while maximizing mainframe investment. JET 2.2 and JET API are both now available for trial at www.platypuspartners.com. |
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