SilverStream Ships Enterprise Application Server Version 2.0.BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 5, 1998-- Only Application Server to Combine High-Performance Server And High-Productivity Development Environment SilverStream Software today shipped the latest version of its Enterprise Application Server, the only high-performance application server to combine the scalability, reliability, security and manageability needed to deploy enterprise Web applications, with a fully integrated high-productivity, development environment. With this release, the SilverStream Enterprise Application Server adds: -- Enterprise features, including load balancing The fine tuning of a computer system, network or disk subsystem in order to more evenly distribute the data and/or processing across available resources. For example, in clustering, load balancing might distribute the incoming transactions evenly to all servers, or it might redirect them for scalability, fail-over and automatic restart for reliability and recoverability -- Session-level failover to insure that a Web application is always running and that any interruptions to an application are completely invisible to the end-user -- Broad data connectivity and interoperability with other applications and data sources in the enterprise, including information stored in SAP, Peoplesoft, CICS (Customer Information Control System) A TP monitor from IBM that was originally developed to provide transaction processing for IBM mainframes. It controls the interaction between applications and users and lets programmers develop screen displays without and Lotus Notes Messaging and groupware software from IBM Lotus that was introduced in 1989 for OS/2 and later expanded to Windows, Mac, Unix, NetWare, AS/400 and S/390. Notes provides e-mail, document sharing, workflow, group discussions and calendaring and scheduling. applications -- A visual, object-oriented, event driven, pure Java Refers to initiatives from Sun that specify 100% compliance with its Java specification. The goal is to maintain a consistent, single interface for Java so that all Java Virtual Machines can run all Java programs. See Holy Grail. approach to generating 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. - an industry first -- Support for server-side business objects including CORBA (Common Object Request Broker Architecture) A software-based interface from the Object Management Group (OMG) that allows software modules (objects) to communicate with each other no matter where they are located on a private network or the global and COM (1) (Computer Output Microfilm) Creating microfilm or microfiche from the computer. A COM machine receives print-image output from the computer either online or via tape or disk and creates a film image of each page. -- The underlying architecture for future support of Enterprise Java Beans See JavaBeans. (EJB (Enterprise JavaBeans) A software component in Sun's J2EE platform, which provides a pure Java environment for developing and running distributed applications. EJBs are written as software modules that contain the business logic of the application. ) Integrated Approach Garners Market Support SilverStream's integrated approach has garnered substantial support. Customers and strategic partners have embraced SilverStream as the solution-of-choice for enterprise Web application development and deployment. Deloitte & Touche, Arthur Anderson Arthur Anderson may refer to:
biographical dictionary of notable living people. [Am. Hist.: Hart, 922] See : Fame " of corporate America. Chevron, Bali Company, Archon (a division of Goldman Sachs The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., or simply Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) is one of the world's largest global investment banks. Goldman Sachs was founded in 1869, and is headquartered in the Lower Manhattan area of New York City at 85 Broad Street. ), CNA (Certified NetWare Administrator) See Novell certification. Commercial Insurance, Deutsche Bank Deutsche Bank AG (IPA: /'dɔɪ.tʃə/[1]) (ISIN: DE0005140008, NYSE: DB) (English: German Bank Securities, Electricity Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT ERCOT Electric Reliability Council Of Texas, Inc. ) and the Federal Reserve Board are just a few of the companies that have standardized on SilverStream to develop, deploy and support Web-based enterprise business applications -- using one integrated solution. "SilverStream is changing the way that applications are being written," said Richard Grove, Internet Solution Provider for Chevron Information Technology Company. Grove has developed an investment tracking application that tracks millions of dollars in hundreds of limited partnerships. "With SilverStream, we've linked a huge amount of information stored in an Oracle database and can present it to users via a 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. . SilverStream is one of the few Web application server products which provides complete database integration, tight security and an exquisite development environment. It was a natural choice for creating this application. We plan on using this Intranet application to showcase SilverStream's capabilities to our other customers." According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. David Skok, founder and chairman of SilverStream, the key to an enterprise architecture is full interoperability across all applications and data. "With SilverStream, companies can move to the Web and link to already-installed systems -- connecting employees, customers, business partners and suppliers with a unified, highly collaborative, Web-based application infrastructure. And, using SilverStream, developers can produce and deliver these enterprise-quality Web applications rapidly thanks to the product's integrated, highly intuitive development environment," he said. Skok added that the addition of enterprise features like load balancing, server and session-level failover, and server side distributed business objects makes the SilverStream Application Server an enterprise tour-de-force. Enterprise Application Server Features SilverStream's Enterprise Application Server offers load balancing for scalability, fail-over and automatic restart for reliability and recoverability, and an intuitive management console. It also allows SNMP-enabled consoles to monitor SilverStream application servers. Session-Level Failover In addition to built-in load-balancing capabilities and server-level failover, the SilverStream Enterprise Application Server provides the ultimate in application availability: session-level failover. A must-have for companies performing mission-critical business transactions over the Web, session-level failover insures that the application is always running and that any interruptions to an application are completely invisible to the end-user. To understand the importance of session level failover, imagine a user transferring money from one account to another. They will go through several screens to set up the transaction and then press the "commit" button. If the server that they are working with fails at that point, their browser will display an error message, and they will not know whether the funds were transferred or not. This is clearly unacceptable in e-commerce or other transaction processing environments. Session-level failover solves this problem by ensuring that a user's session information is automatically restored on another available server. The user will be spared the error message and the transaction will be completed as expected. Broad Data Connectivity and Interoperability SilverStream's Data Source Objects allow connectivity to any application or data source in the enterprise. The Application Server's broad connectivity options allow corporations to unify disparate data sources and applications using a common, object-oriented programming API. Data connectors will be available from SilverStream for SAP, PeopleSoft and Notes. Additionally, third-party partners will be delivering data connectors for other data sources such as CICS and MQSeries. Developers can also easily bind an application's individual user interface controls to any selected data source for superior developer productivity. Breakthrough HTML Development Environment An industry first -- SilverStream offers a totally new, visual, object-oriented and event-driven HTML development environment. Users trained in event-driven programming will now be able to work with HTML in a completely familiar, visual, event-driven, object-oriented programming environment. This new feature eliminates the tedium of linear HTML coding and CGI scripting commonly associated with standard HTML development. "Users are telling us that HTML-based application development, with SilverStream, is four to ten times faster then competing environments," said Skok. Distributed Business Objects SilverStream's Business Object Designer makes it easy for developers to encapsulate en·cap·su·late v. 1. To form a capsule or sheath around. 2. To become encapsulated. en·cap their business logic into reusable objects, creating multi-tier distributed applications. SilverStream also supports CORBA as a native object model which allows these Business Objects to be distributed anywhere on the network and accessed in a standard way by non-SilverStream environments. The Application Server can be used to create and call out to DCOM (Distributed Component Object Model) Formerly Network OLE, it is Microsoft's technology for distributed objects. DCOM is based on COM, Microsoft's component software architecture, which defines the object interfaces. objects when running on Windows NT. Data binding to any desired business object is automatically available. Enterprise Java Beans With this release, SilverStream Software has added the framework to fully support Enterprise Java Beans in the next version of its SilverStream Enterprise Application Server. "Today, SilverStream enables its customers to build complete application solutions based on a broad set of standard Web-based services and connectivity to other sources of corporate data such as SAP, PeopleSoft, and Notes," said Skok. "With SilverStream, any IT department can create and/or acquire truly universal, reusable, portable distributed objects This article or section has multiple issues: * Its neutrality is disputed. * It does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this article by citing reliable sources. * It may require general cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. for use in its corporate infrastructure. Our current support of COM and CORBA, together with the framework we've implemented to support EJB, means that organizations can incrementally build their Web infrastructure without losing their investment in current solutions." SilverStream is also participating with Sun and other vendors in the on-going process of maturing and extending the EJB specification. Price Parity for Windows NT and Solaris Several SilverStream Group Development and Application Deployment Server packages are available for the Windows NT or Solaris operating environments. Development For Workgroup Development on NT and Test Deployment on NT and Solaris: 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. $2,495. 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. Includes 5 Single Developer Packs, a 5-user SilverStream Application Server for group testing on Windows NT/Solaris, a 5-user SQL Anywhere database (Windows NT), and one Actuate Developer Workbench for Enterprise Reporting. -- SilverStream is also sold in a 10-developer configuration for $4,995. Deployment A SilverStream Application Deployment Server (ADS) for Windows NT or Solaris includes the SilverStream Application Server, the Fulcrum fulcrum: see lever. full-text search engine and RSA encryption software. Deployment pricing for Windows NT and the Solaris operating environment is identical. 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 or Solaris, pricing starts at $8,500 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. All SilverStream products can be purchased through authorized value-added resellers and distributors throughout the world. Contact SilverStream Software at 1-888-823-9700 or on the Web at www.silverstream.com for a local authorized reseller. Company Information SilverStream Software, Inc. is the pioneering developer of the SilverStream Enterprise Application Server, the industry's most comprehensive enterprise application server with unmatched integrated development tools, a high-performance server and complete Web functionality. 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. SilverStream uniquely combines traditional transaction processing features with newer Web functionality such as content management, dynamic publishing, communications, collaboration and agent-based push technology. 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 watermark: see paper. See digital watermark. . In addition to strong leadership and an award-winning product, the company has assembled a global network of ISV, VAR, consulting and training partners. SilverStream Software (www.silverstream.com) is a privately held global company based in Burlington, Massachusetts. SilverStream is a trademark of SilverStream Software, Inc. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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