Unify Strengthens VAR Offering With Immediate Availability of Unify eWave Engine 4.1.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers JavaOne 2001 SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 5, 2001 New Release Meets the Business Needs of Application Providers With Seamless Integration Into Packaged Applications Unify Corporation (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). :UNFY), a leading provider of solutions for extending business applications to the Web, today announced Unify eWave Engine 4.1, the latest version of its high performance, aggressively-priced Web application server. With full support for JavaServer(TM) Pages, servlet A Java application that runs in a Web server or application server and provides server-side processing such as accessing a database and e-commerce transactions. Widely used for Web processing, servlets are designed to handle HTTP requests (get, post, etc. and Enterprise JavaBeans(TM) technologies, Unify eWave Engine offers an easy-to-use platform for building and deploying scalable and highly available Web applications based on the 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. (TM) specifications. Unify eWave Engine 4.1 provides new features that enable software value added resellers (VARs) to seamlessly embed the application server within their packaged application. Unify eWave Engine 4.1 contains a unique VAR Installation Kit that includes the tools necessary to build an integrated installation and automated application deployment process that enables Unify eWave Engine to be easily bundled within a VARs' finished commercial software. "Software vendors looking to OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and application server technology seek shortened production time, cost-effective development and reliable technology," said Tom Dwyer, managing director at Aberdeen Group. "For companies with these requirements, Unify eWave Engine 4.1 offers an easily embeddable platform that will meet their application needs." "Through Unify's long-history of working with application software vendors, we recognize the unique challenges they face and the needs they have for cost effective, easily embeddable and reliable technology," said Dave Glende, vice president of products and chief technology officer of Unify. "This VAR-friendly release Unify eWave Engine 4.1 meets those needs and signifies our strengthened position as a leading provider of software for packaged application providers." Unify eWave Engine 4.1 also offers enhancements in development and performance, including in-process and out-of-process Web server configurations. Companies can choose an in-process configuration that runs within the Web server process, offering high performance and ease-of-use. For companies seeking more architectural flexibility and enhanced security for high availability production environments, there is the out-of-process configuration, which runs as a standalone process separate from the Web server. About Unify eWave Engine Now available for evaluation and purchase at www.unifyewave.com, Unify eWave Engine 4.1 is available in two editions: Access and Enterprise. The Unify eWave Engine Access Edition supports servlets, JSPs, and 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. and is priced starting at $595 per 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. . The Enterprise Edition, starting at $2,495 per CPU, extends the server platform to support the advanced deployment functionality required in multi-server configurations including replication, failover and load balancing. Unify eWave Engine incorporates full support for key components of the J2EE suite of standards, including Java Servlet API An extension to Java from Sun that provides a programming interface (API) for implementing server-side programs written in Java (Java servlets). See servlet. 2.2, JSP (JavaServer Page) An extension to the Java servlet technology from Sun that allows HTML to be combined with Java on the same page. The Java provides the processing, and the HTML provides the layout on the Web page. 1.1, and EJB 1.1 technologies, and runs on all major Web servers, including Microsoft IIS, Netscape Enterprise Server A Web server from Netscape that runs under NT, Solaris and HP-UX. It supports JavaServer Pages (JSP) technology, Java servlets and Server-Side JavaScript (SSJS). It was superseded by iPlanet Web Server and renamed again in 2002 as Sun ONE Web Server. , iPlanet Web Server See Sun Java System Web Server. and Apache Web Server See Apache. . About Unify Corporation Unify Corporation is a leading provider of solutions for extending businesses to the Web. Unify's proven technology, unparalleled customer support, experienced consulting organization, managed hosting services and partner programs form the comprehensive solution companies need to extend their businesses to the Web quickly, reliably and cost effectively. Headquartered in Sacramento, Unify has offices in Europe and Japan, in addition to a worldwide network of distributors. Additional information and product downloads are available at www.unify.com and www.unifyewave.com. |
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