Unify Advances Migration of Lotus Notes Applications to J2EE With Recent Customer Wins.SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Five months after unveiling Unify NXJ A business application platform from Unify Corporation, Sacramento, CA (www.unify.com) for building J2EE-based Web applications. Unify NXJ is the company's flagship software product. See UNIFY 2000 and Unify VISION. Composer, a 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. to J2EE (Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition) A platform from Sun for building distributed enterprise applications. J2EE services are performed in the middle tier between the user's machine and the enterprise's databases and legacy information systems. migration solution, Unify Corp. (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :UNFY) today reported continued adoption of the software by end users and solution integrators with the signing of recent deals by new customers. Academicedge, Davalen, Dominion, Infocation and the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance have selected Unify NXJ Composer to migrate key Lotus Notes applications to the J2EE environment. Various business drivers such as corporate mandates or database size and performance contribute to an organization's decision to bring a Lotus Notes groupware application into the open, standards-based Java environment. Unify NXJ Composer enables organizations to transition these Lotus Notes applications to J2EE quickly and, equally as important, use the Lotus Notes development team to complete the migration. Infocation, specializing in corporate IT software solutions and IT contracting services based on IBM/Lotus and other technologies, recently selected NXJ Composer to deliver increased service levels to their customers. "By extending our Lotus Notes expertise to J2EE and relational database relational database Database in which all data are represented in tabular form. The description of a particular entity is provided by the set of its attribute values, stored as one row or record of the table, called a tuple. platforms, we can deliver even greater value to our customers," said Simon Jones Simon Jones may refer to:
Unify NXJ Composer enables a Lotus Notes developer to leverage their business expertise and build new Lotus Notes-like applications in the J2EE environment with virtually no hand coding Writing in a programming language. Hand coding in assembly language or in a third-generation language, such as C or Java, is the traditional way programs have been developed. In contrast, visual programming tools allow full applications or parts of an application to be developed without . Using a visual design paradigm and single-click auto deployment functionality modeled after the Lotus Notes environment, Unify NXJ Composer provides a familiar paradigm so developers remain productive and effective in transitioning from Notes to the Java environment. Unify NXJ Composer quickly converts the Lotus Notes database, forms, formula language and LotusScript to a J2EE-based, relational database application that integrates with the enterprise architecture and leverages existing 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) hardware and software investments. "We are excited to see growing momentum with Unify NXJ Composer and market acceptance across IBM Lotus Notes Lotus Notes is a client-server, collaborative application owned by IBM Software Group. IBM defines the software as an "integrated desktop client option for accessing business e-mail, calendars and applications on [an] IBM Lotus Domino server."[1]. organizations," said Todd Wille, CEO of Unify. "We designed NXJ Composer to enable an organization to create the perfect blend of a technology and business solution for the Lotus Notes user community. IT benefits from a safe J2EE alternative that quickly addresses popular Lotus Notes applications with scalability, data access and proprietary platform concerns. All the while the business continues to benefit from the expected high level of productivity and domain expertise of the Lotus Notes developer." Information on Unify NXJ Composer can be found by visiting www.unify.com or contacting Unify at info@unify.com. About Unify Corporation Unify provides business software solutions including specialty insurance risk management and driver performance applications. Unify's solutions deliver a broad set of capabilities for automating business processes, integrating existing information systems and delivering collaborative information. Unify is headquartered in Sacramento, Calif., with offices in London and Paris, and a worldwide network of global distributors. Contact Unify at 916-928-6400 or visit www.unify.com. |
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