CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct.30, 1997--
Reliable Internet transaction processing enabled by new
Jolt for NonStop TUXEDO
Tandem, a Compaq company, today announced its latest NonStop(R)
TUXEDO(R) open transaction processing software for business-critical
computing. The new offerings are the first to allow customers to
create robust and cost-effective distributed transaction processing
applications spanning a broad range of enterprise computing
platforms, databases, and operating systems --from Windows NT(R) to
Tandem's highly scalable NonStop Himalaya(R) parallel processing
platform.
The new products include the initial release of NonStop TUXEDO
transaction monitor for Windows NT Server, along with release 2 of
Tandem's value-added NonStop TUXEDO transaction monitor for NonStop
Himalaya. Both are implementations of BEA Systems Inc.'s popular BEA
TUXEDO. Together, the new software enables Windows NT Server based
TUXEDO applications to interoperate with high-volume,
high-reliability NonStop TUXEDO and Tandem Pathway transaction
processing applications running on NonStop Himalaya servers, as well
as with the wealth of TUXEDO applications running on UNIX(R) systems.
A third offering, Tandem's new Jolt for NonStop TUXEDO, takes
transaction processing to the Web, allowing Java clients to reliably
and securely access enterprise transaction services over the
Internet.
Said Bill Heil, senior vice president and general manager of
Tandem's NonStop Software business unit, "Our aim is to enable the
integration of enterprise transaction systems so that customers can
extend the value of their business-critical transaction processing
investments. We're doing this by bringing the cost-effective Windows
NT Server platform into their enterprise fold, and by providing
trusted turnkey Internet access to transaction services."
Customer Experiences
Several companies are already benefiting from the enterprise
integration capabilities inherent in the latest NonStop TUXEDO
releases. Said Katsutoshi Nakano, a general manager, Yamaichi
Information Systems Co., Ltd., "With NonStop TUXEDO, Tandem has
brought reliable, scalable transaction processing to the open
computing world. We are now in a position to grow NonStop TUXEDO
applications to an immense size."
Said David Curry, senior manager at Automatic Data Processing,
Inc. (ADP), one of the world's largest independent computing
services firms, "In our experience, NonStop TUXEDO, with its
identical APIs for Himalaya and Windows NT implementations, has done
just what it promised to do. It has removed a major headache from
the development of client/server transaction processing applications,
since we no longer have to try to build our own distributed solutions
using middleware."
NonStop TUXEDO on Himalaya -- combining open with business-critical
NonStop TUXEDO on NonStop Himalaya is on an open transaction
environment underpinned by Tandem's proven parallel processing
transaction services architecture. It provides fault tolerance for
24 X 7 operations, linear scalability for cost-effective growth to
literally thousands of processors, dynamic load balancing for
performance, a single application image for easy management, plus
transparent recovery from faults. Release 2 adds support for a
function called /TDomains, which provides transactional
interoperability between Windows NT Server and UNIX system based
TUXEDO implementations.
NonStop TUXEDO on Windows NT Server -- roadmap for
business-critical Windows NT Server
NonStop TUXEDO on Windows NT Server, Release 1, meanwhile, runs
on any Intel based Windows NT computer including Compaq Proliant
servers. Like the Himalaya implementation, it also supports
transactional interoperability via/TDomains to other TUXEDO
environments as well as to Tandem's widely deployed Pathway
transaction environment.
Release 2 of NonStop TUXEDO on Windows NT Server will be
available in Spring 1988 and will add the same advanced clustering
capabilities that provide the foundation for NonStop TUXEDO on
NonStop Himalaya, Release 2. This will allow Tandem to bring
uninterrupted operations and linear scalability to the Windows NT
Server environment for high-volume, business-critical transaction
processing. In addition, because the APIs are identical to all other
TUXEDO transaction monitor platforms, customers can easily scale up
from Windows NT server to the NonStop Himalaya parallel processing
platform when appropriate. Likewise, Himalaya customers can extend
their NonStop TUXEDO applications to the Windows NT platform running
on Compaq enterprise systems.
Universal client access and trusted Internet transaction processing
On the client side, NonStop TUXEDO transaction monitor services
can be accessed via a full range of PCs and workstations as well as
traditional Pathway clients including ATMs and banking terminals.
In addition, "pure" Java clients (applets or standalone
applications) can now access NonStop TUXEDO on Windows NT Server via
a Java interface called Jolt for NonStop TUXEDO. Jolt ensures that
transactional integrity is maintained despite unreliable Internet
connections, massive scalability requirements, and the Internet's
inherent inability to retain current transaction states. Simple Web
browser access can also be achieved using Common Gateway Interfaces
(CGIs) or Tandem's Internet server, (iTP(TM) WebServer(TM)).
NonStop TUXEDO on NonStop Himalaya Release 2, and NonStop TUXEDO
on Windows NT Server, Release 1, are both shipping now. Jolt for
NonStop TUXEDO is also available now.
About Tandem
Founded in 1974, Tandem, a Compaq company, designs and delivers
technology solutions that companies rely on to compete in a business
world that runs 24 hours a day. A U.S. company headquartered in
Cupertino, Calif., Tandem has offices, strategic partners, and
service providers in more than 50 countries.
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International on the World Wide Web at newsdesk.com .
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