Passport Corporation Incorporates Tibco's Push Technology.PARAMUS, N.J.,--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 15, 1997-- Passport IntRprise An object-oriented client/server development system from Passport Corporation, Montvale, NJ (www.passportcorp.com) that supports Windows, OS/2, Motif and Java clients, VAXes, Unix servers and all the major SQL databases. Integrates Advanced Publish/Subscribe Messaging Software for Dramatic Reduction in Network Traffic Passport Corporation announced today that the company's industry-leading application development environment, Passport IntRprise, now offers support for TIBCO's suite of publish/subscribe and multicast technologies. This integration couples Passport's tool suite for developing and deploying multi-tier client/server and Internet/Intranet applications with TIBCO's expertise in implementing enterprise push computing capabilities. "Passport customers will now be able to expand their use of Passport IntRprise to broadcast information across the public Internet and private networks," states Richard Ramsdell, president of Passport Corporation. "The integration of Passport and TIBCO TIBCO The Information Bus Company technologies will result in applications that represent the most up-to-date business functionality, dramatically increasing the value of information distributed throughout the enterprise." Passport's open middleware interface is designed to fully integrate with various middleware products, including TIBCO's Message Oriented Middleware (MOM). TIBCO's software uses publish/subscribe and reliable multicast technologies to free up network bandwidth by sending a message only once to multiple users, rather than multiple copies simultaneously. This enables event-driven information exchange among distributed applications across the enterprise, allowing users to receive information immediately as an "event" happens, such as a financial transaction or industrial process change, without having to request information or knowing where the information resides. An example of a successful integration of Passport and TIBCO technology is Mobil Corporation's Supply Trading and Transportation (ST&T) worldwide petrol trading system The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. Please help [ improve the introduction] to meet Wikipedia's layout standards. You can discuss the issue on the talk page. known as Genesys. Mobil's ST&T Group was previously running on six separate mainframe systems; the goal of Genesys was to develop a supply and trading management system that would help Mobil's traders, schedulers, accountants and administrators manage the company's global business in real-time. Passport IntRprise was chosen by Mobil because of its productivity, flexibility, and integration capabilities. About Passport IntRprise Passport IntRprise is a comprehensive application development environment for building thin client applications in Internet and enterprise environments. Passport IntRprise combines a heterogeneous architecture with open middleware and database access, application fault tolerance See fault tolerant. (architecture) fault tolerance - 1. The ability of a system or component to continue normal operation despite the presence of hardware or software faults. This often involves some degree of redundancy. 2. and scalability. Describing Passport IntRprise in a May 1997 report, International Data Corp. (IDC) states, "The combined flexibility of a complete back-end N-tier application development facility, coupled with a client interface that includes virtually any client device, borders on revolutionary." Passport IntRprise is available for Windows 3.1, Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. , Windows 95, Open/VMS 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). . Passport IntRprise applications can also be deployed on all Java-supported platforms, including network computers. Pricing for Passport IntRprise starts at $8,995. About Passport Corporation Passport Corporation is headquartered in Paramus, New Jersey Paramus (IPA: /pəˈræməs/) is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 25,737. , with offices in 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 , Washington, D.C., California, Pennsylvania California is a borough in Washington County, Pennsylvania, along the Monongahela River. The population was 5,274 at the 2000 census. It includes the campus of California University of Pennsylvania. , The Netherlands and Germany. The Passport IntRprise multi-tier application development environment supports all major platforms, including Windows, UNIX, and Java, and is completely database, middleware and network independent. Passport customers include Mobil Corporation, Lucent Technologies, American Airlines, Hughes Aircraft, The Shubert Organization, Teleport Communications Group Teleport Communications Group (TCG) was the first Competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) in the U.S. First formed in 1985, it competed with the existing telephone companies to provide dial tone and related services in the largest U.S. markets. , the U.S. Department of Defense, the State of Kansas, MAI MAI Mail (File Name Extension) MAI Multilateral Agreement on Investment MAI Maius (Latin: May) MAI Ministerul Administratiei si Internelor (Romanian) Systems and Paychex. For more information on Passport and its products, please check the company's website at: http://www.passportcorp.com -0- Passport IntRprise is a registered trademark of Passport Corporation. TIBCO is a registered trademark of TIBCO Software, Inc. All other trademarks and brand names are properties of their respective owners. -0- Note To Editors: The full name of Passport's development environment is Passport IntRprise. CONTACT: Passport Corporation Anna Pansini, 800/926-6736 apansini@passport4gl.com |
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