NuSphere First to Enable Development of PHP Web Services; Open Source Community Embraces Web Services Alternatives to .NET and J2EE.Business/Technology Editors LinuxWorld New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of 2002 Booth#1046 NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2002 NuSphere Corporation today announced support for web services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. developed with an integrated package of NuSphere(R) PHPEd(TM) and popular open source technologies, such as Apache, Perl and MySQL. To aid developers in building web services with PHP (PHP Hypertext Preprocessor) A scripting language used to create dynamic Web pages. With syntax from C, Java and Perl, PHP code is embedded within HTML pages for server side execution. , sample source code and a white paper is now available on the NuSphere web site. While proprietary web services tools are available for programming languages such as C# and Java(TM), NuSphere is the first to offer integrated support for the popular open source PHP language. PHP is the fastest, most cost-effective way to build and run web services applications available at this time. Currently available on NuSphere's web site (www.nusphere.com) is a basic phonebook web service, which illustrates how PHP can be used as a fast and easy development tool for web services. NuSphere customers can download both the source code for this web service and a white paper outlining how PHP can be used for this type of application. "As web services become an accepted way to build applications, tools for every language are needed to build these services. NuSphere is the first company to enable the widely used PHP scripting language A high-level programming, or command, language that is interpreted (translated on the fly) rather than compiled ahead of time. A scripting, or script, language may be a general-purpose programming language or it may be limited to specific functions used to augment the running of an for web services and help developers avoid vendor lock-in In economics, vendor lock-in, also known as proprietary lock-in, customer lock-in, lock-in is where a customer is dependent on a vendor for products and services and cannot move to another vendor without substantial switching costs, real and/or perceived. ," said Britt Johnston, chief technology officer and co-founder of NuSphere Corporation. "Developers who want to avoid Microsoft's take-over of web services will find a faster, easier and more cost-effective means for building these services with open source." PHP, a popular scripting language for open source, is used by thousands of developers worldwide. Web services, sometimes called application services, are services that include some combination of programming and data that are made available from a business's web server. This connection to other web applications creates a service that browsers can then access on demand. Web services are built through a series of protocols and languages standards. These components include 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. , SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol (protocol) Simple Object Access Protocol - (SOAP) A minimal set of conventions for invoking code using XML over HTTP. DevelopMentor, Microsoft Corporation, and UserLand Software submitted SOAP to the IETF as an internal draft in December 1999. Latest version: SOAP 1. ), WSDL (Web Services Description Language) An XML-based language for defining Web services. Developed by Microsoft and IBM, WSDL describes the protocols and formats used by the service. (Web Services Description Language “WSDL” redirects here. For other uses, see WSDL (disambiguation). The Web Services Description Language (WSDL, pronounced 'wiz-dəl' or spelled out, 'W-S-D-L') is an XML-based language that provides a model for describing Web services. ) and UDDI (Universal Description, Discovery and Integration) An industry initiative for a universal business registry (catalog) of Web services turned over to the stewardship of OASIS in 2002 as the version 3 specification of UDDI was released. (Universal Description, Discovery and Integration). Using these key standards means that no matter what programming language is used, web services do not have to be re-coded to interoperate on a variety of platforms. As with any development project, web services will soon be able to be written in the programming language each individual developer prefers. "Rather than get locked into a single vendor's proprietary offering, we've embraced emerging standards, such as XML, SOAP, WSDL and UDDI, with leading open source tools from NuSphere," said Mark Karaman, president of Solvepoint Corporation, a business and technology services provider (www.solvepoint.com). "This strategy has allowed us to speed integration while containing costs, providing our clients with immense value and first-to-market advantages. NuSphere's support will help us further our work with PHP and other open source pieces, in addition to C and Java, as the underpinning of future web services for our clients." NuSphere PHPEd is an IDE (Integrated Development Environment See IDE. integrated development environment - interactive development environment ) that integrates a comprehensive set of editing, debugging and deployment tools that can speed development time by up to 75 percent and significantly reduce time-to-market. With this IDE, developers can take advantage of multiple platform deployment options including Windows, Linux and UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). . For more information on NuSphere PHPEd, or the creation of web services using NuSphere products, visit www.nusphere.com/products/index.htm. About NuSphere Corporation NuSphere delivers the first Internet Application Platform (IAP (Internet Access Provider) See ISP. IAP - Internet Access Provider ) based on open source components, providing an integrated foundation that allows companies to deploy reliable, cost-effective, enterprise-class applications across Windows, UNIX and Linux environments. NuSphere(R) Advantage is an integrated software suite that pairs the reliability and cost-effectiveness of PHP, Apache, Perl and open source databases with new technology for building business-critical web applications and web services. NuSphere Pro Advantage was named "Best Developer Tool" at LinuxWorld Fall 2001. Based in Bedford, Mass., the company's commercial software services include technical support, consulting and training. For more information, visit www.nusphere.com or call +1-781-280-4600. NuSphere is a registered trademark in Australia, Norway and Switzerland; and NuSphere, NuSphere MySQL and PHPEd are trademarks of NuSphere Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. Java and all Java-related marks are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. MySQL AB has applied for trademark registration of MySQL. Any other trademarks and/or service marks contained herein are the property of their respective owners. |
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