Local Macromedia distributor and Web-enablement specialist, Dax Data, has announced Macromedia ColdFusion MX for IBM WebSphere Application Server.
Jeremy Matthews, MD of Dax Data, describes the new IBM WebSphere-specific release of ColdFusion MX as a server scripting environment for creating rich Internet applications that brings the ease of use and increased productivity to the highly scalable, standards-based Java technology architecture.
"ColdFusion MX for IBM WebSphere Application Server is part of the ColdFusion for J2EE product line. Macromedia and IBM jointly developed the product and will also work together through joint sales, marketing and technical support activities. IBM is also the first third-party J2EE platform provider to resell a version of ColdFusion MX," he adds.
"Web application developers without Java programming skills can now use ColdFusion MX to productively build and deploy applications on the IBM WebSphere platform. They can now also take advantage of the extended J2EE Web services technologies and the broad WebSphere portfolio, including portal, business integration, and modernising enterprise assets," says Matthews.
Macromedia ColdFusion MX for IBM WebSphere Application Server protects customer investments by allowing developers to work within their existing infrastructure, harness the power of open standards, and reduce development and deployment costs. "Macromedia`s partnership with IBM expands the reach of ColdFusion MX technology and offers customers a way to leverage their investments in the WebSphere platform," he notes.
Macromedia is also enabling Dreamweaver MX to integrate with IBM`s WebSphere Studio development environment via Eclipse, an open-source development platform for fast and easy tool integration.
Macromedia and IBM`s support for Eclipse will enable developers to enjoy the best of both development environments within an open and unified application development platform. "More than 175 vendors are building tools on Eclipse technology, which has been downloaded by more than two million developers," Matthews says.
A 30-day evaluation CD of ColdFusion MX for IBM WebSphere Application Server is available from Dax Data, contactable on 0861 101604 or by email on info@daxdata.co.za.
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Incorporated in September 1989, Dax Data has offices in Cape Town and Johannesburg, is an IBM Business Partner, a Microsoft Solution Provider and holds local distribution rights for Macromedia, NetManage, MGI, Tango/04, DataMirror and Graphon products. The company has an extensive skills-base for these products, assisting southern African enterprises to tackle complex host-to-any connectivity issues, Internet-based delivery mechanisms and data replication solutions.
Dax Data and its partners offer value-added services around the Web-enablement of business applications - in effect, helping customers to maximise their investment in legacy systems by making the data, information and applications they contain available across multiple backend and client technologies.
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