SilverStream Enhances Award-Winning Application Server.BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 26, 1999-- SilverStream 2.5 Offers Comprehensive Database Support, Superior Server Performance, Maximum Scalability For Powerful, High-Volume Web Applications SilverStream Software, Inc., today introduced SilverStream 2.5, the latest version of its award-winning Application Server which provides organizations with new and enhanced features and functionality -- including enhanced server performance, increased data connectivity and enhanced database support --to easily develop, deploy and manage the most robust enterprise-class Web applications. New features of SilverStream version 2.5 include: -- Superior Server Performance makes applications running on the SilverStream Application Server for the Solaris Operating Environment even more robust and scalable. SilverStream 2.5 for Solaris now supports the Java 2-compliant Java Virtual Machine A Java interpreter. The Java Virtual Machine (JVM) is software that converts the Java intermediate language (bytecode) into machine language and executes it. The original JVM came from the JavaSoft division of Sun. for Sun Microsystems. Industry benchmarks have shown this new JVM See Java Virtual Machine. JVM - Java Virtual Machine to be faster than its JDK (Java Development Kit) A Java software development environment from Sun. It includes the JVM, compiler, debugger and other tools for developing Java applets and applications. Each new version of the JDK adds features and enhancements to the language. 1.1 predecessor, and internal benchmarks of the SilverStream Application Server for Solaris show a significant performance gain on this new JVM. -- Expanded connectivity to legacy databases - SilverStream is offering a limited release of new Enterprise Data Connectors (EDCs) for SAP R/3, PeopleSoft, and Lotus Notes. Unique to SilverStream, the EDCs include advanced wizards that step a developer through the process of connecting to these data sources while automatically writing most of the code required. With SilverStream's single, open enterprise architecture, and its new Enterprise Data Connectors, organizations can easily integrate disparate data sources into a single application. -- Enhanced Database Support - designed to assure corporations that their applications will benefit from robust database connectivity as well as Y2K See Y2K problem and Y2K compliant. Y2K - Year 2000 compliance, proper data type handling, and support for internationalization The support for monetary values, time and date for countries around the world. It also embraces the use of native characters and symbols in the different alphabets. See localization, i18n, Unicode and IDN. internationalization - internationalisation for popular corporate databases such as 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) DB/2, Oracle and Sybase. SilverStream 2.5 ships with enhanced support for new database versions such as Sybase Adaptive Server Anywhere 6.0 (SQL Anywhere), IBM DB2 version 5.2, and Microsoft SQL Server A relational DBMS from Microsoft that is a major component of the Windows Server System. It is Microsoft's high-end client/server database and is closely integrated with Microsoft Visual Studio and the Microsoft Office System. 7.0, in addition to support for a native JDBC driver for Informix databases. -- Wizards Enhancements to Support Data Source Objects - The patent-pending Data Source Object (DSO See CSO. ) technology, introduced in SilverStream 2.0, allows connectivity to any application or data source in the enterprise, such as ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. applications, groupware, 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. or legacy data. SilverStream 2.5 now makes creating data-driven HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. pages, or client-side Java applications that access these data source objects, even easier. The enhanced page and form designers show developers data from both relational databases as well as any other enterprise data sources accessed via a DSO. The new wizards automatically bind an application's individual user interface controls to virtually all selected data sources for superior developer productivity. -- HP-UX HP's version of Unix that runs on its 9000 family. It is based on SVID and incorporates features from BSD Unix along with several HP innovations. (operating system) HP-UX - The version of Unix running on Hewlett-Packard workstations. Support brings SilverStream's enterprise application server to thousands of users of the HP-UX operating environment. The HP-UX operating environment is recognized as a robust, high performance operating system long known for its scalability and enterprise capabilities and marks the third such OS -- including Windows NT and Solaris -- on which SilverStream runs. -- Expanded Internationalization Support - SilverStream currently supports nine languages, including a Japanese version with full-localized Kanji. Version 2.5 now includes a Korean translation for the HTML Edit Control, SilverStream JRunner, and server-to-browser error messages. Both Traditional and Simplified Chinese language are expected to be added in an upcoming 2.5 point release. -- SilverStream version 2.5 includes enhancements to support client-side X.509 certificates. With these certificates, customers will be able to use their own server-generated certificates from servers such as Netscape Certificate Server. In addition, X.509 certificates appear as an authentication option in the SilverStream Management Console (SMC SMC Saint Mary's College SMC Santa Monica College SMC Solaris Management Console SMC Smooth Muscle Cell SMC Small Magellanic Cloud (also see LMC) SMC Safety Management Certificate (maritime shipping) ). The SMC allows administrators to configure X.509 authentication in several ways with "rules" for accepting trusted and unknown client certificates. "SilverStream continues to deliver the functionality and cutting-edge technology that enables us to create transaction-intensive, scaleable Web applications that can keep up with us as we grow," said Jim Blankenship, Transamerica Intellitech. "The new features in SilverStream 2.5 will enable us to interface with our legacy applications and to leverage a host of new data sources. This allows us to maximize productivity and to fully take advantage of the power of our current systems through Web applications built with SilverStream." SilverStream provides all of the services needed to help enterprises deliver complex Web applications. With SilverStream's fully integrated development environment See IDE. integrated development environment - interactive development environment , and comprehensive services such as content management, e-commerce support, full-text retrieval and e-mail integration, organizations can quickly develop and deliver sophisticated HTML and Java-based Web applications and respond to changing business conditions. Additionally, SilverStream's advanced server architecture, high-speed database drivers and comprehensive load balancing provide a highly scalable, secure platform for deploying and managing enterprise Web applications. "With version 2.5, SilverStream continues to `push the envelope' in application server technology by delivering the most robust, scalable and reliable development and deployment environment that enables companies to easily build, deploy and manage critical enterprise Web applications," said Dave Litwack, SilverStream's 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. . "By delivering enhanced Java application performance, expanded database support, and additional support for legacy applications, SilverStream 2.5 enables global organizations to easily deploy the kind of scalable, high-performance business-to-business and consumer e-commerce applications they need to stay competitive." Pricing Several SilverStream Group Development and Application Deployment Server packages are available for deployment on Windows NT, Solaris and HP-UX operating environments. -- For Workgroup Development on NT, Solaris and HP-UX: Group Developer Pack 5 (GDP-5) MSRP MSRP Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price MSRP Message Session Relay Protocol MSRP Multi-Species Recovery Plan (US Fish & Wildlife Service) MSRP Member of the Society for Radiological Protection (UK) - U.S. $2,500. A complete development and testing environment for teams of up to 5 developers to work both independently on their own machines and as a group. This includes 5 Single Developer Packs, a 5-user SilverStream Application Server for group testing on Windows NT, Solaris, and other third party software for use with SilverStream. SilverStream is also sold in a 10-developer configuration for $5,000. -- Deployment A SilverStream Application Deployment Server (ADS) for Windows NT, Solaris or HP-UX includes the SilverStream Application Server, SilverStream Load Balancing modules, the Fulcrum full-text search engine, and RSA (1) (Rural Service Area) See MSA. (2) (Rivest-Shamir-Adleman) A highly secure cryptography method by RSA Security, Inc., Bedford, MA (www.rsa.com), a division of EMC Corporation since 2006. It uses a two-part key. and DSA (1) (Directory Server Agent) An X.500 program that looks up the address of a recipient in a Directory Information Base (DIB), also known as white pages. It accepts requests from the Directory User Agent (DUA) counterpart in the workstation. encryption software. All SilverStream Application Deployment Servers are licensed for unlimited users. There are no per seat or per connection charges. Application Deployment Server (ADS) for Windows NT, Solaris, and HP-UX starts at $10,000 for 1 CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. , with 2, 4 and 6 CPU ADSs also available. For additional pricing visit www.silverstream.com All SilverStream products can be purchased through authorized value-added resellers and distributors and direct sales offices throughout the world. Contact SilverStream Software at 1-888-823-9700 or on the Web at www.silverstream.com for a local authorized reseller. About SilverStream SilverStream Software, Inc. is the pioneering developer of the SilverStream Application Server, one of the industry's most comprehensive enterprise application servers. SilverStream empowers users to build and deploy Web applications for the Enterprise. Users can design secure, enterprise-level, three-tier Intra/Inter/Extranet applications for deployment in Java and HTML -- providing an optimized, appropriate weight client. Led by an accomplished management team, SilverStream Software includes founders, executives and developers from some of the software industry's most influential organizations such as Powersoft, Lotus and Watermark. In addition to strong leadership and an award-winning product, the company has assembled a global network of ISV (Independent Software Vendor) A person or company that develops software. It implies an organization that specializes in software only and is not part of a computer systems or hardware manufacturer. , VAR, consulting and training partners. SilverStream Software (www.silverstream.com) is a privately held global company based in Burlington, Massachusetts. SilverStream is a registered trademark of SilverStream Software, Inc. 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