At Internet World, Inprise Corporation, today announced the beta release of the next version of its Inprise Application Server, as well as the latest releases of AppCenter, its distributed application management solution and VisiBroker, its Object Request Broker (ORB).
Based on open industry standards, the three new software products are expected to deliver the ideal foundation for customers to expand their presence on the Web and provide them with the technology needed to support enterprise-strength Internet business applications.
"Inprise is committed to providing our customers with an end-to-end solution for creating, deploying and managing Web-based applications," said Dale Fuller, interim president and CEO of Inprise Corporation. "When the Inprise Application Server, AppCenter, and VisiBroker are combined with our market leading development tools, like JBuilder, we provide our customers with a premium solution to build powerful Internet business applications."
"Inprise has a long history of working closely with Sun to ensure that their software products fully support the latest Java^O platform standards, and we are pleased that Inprise continues this strong support with its Inprise Application Server," said Jon Kannegaard, vice president and general manager of software products and platforms at Sun Microsystems. "Since Inprise`s application server will support the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition, which will ship in December, customers will be well equipped to quickly deliver multi-tier enterprise applications."
About Inprise Application Server
Inprise Application Server is the first application server to combine the benefits of EJB and CORBA. By leveraging the proven scalability and reliability of VisiBroker, customers can create e-business applications that can handle the high volumes of transactions required for doing business on the Web.
The Inprise Application Server also provides comprehensive support for the Java 2 Platform Enterprise Edition (J2EE). Inprise is redefining the value that developers can expect from an application server by combining the open, cross-platform, and cross-language framework of CORBA with the transactional business logic of Enterprise JavaBeans(EJB) technology.
"By combining CORBA and EJB technologies into their application server, Inprise will allow customers to take advantage of the two major industry standards in enterprise computing, enabling them to easily integrate existing IT resources with new, powerful Web applications," said Jeetu Patel, vice president of research and CTO of Doculabs, an independent research and advisory firm based in Chicago, focused on application servers and e-commerce technologies and benchmarking practices. "With the new version of the Inprise Application Server, Inprise will be uniquely positioned to set the standard for CORBA/EJB interoperability."
About Inprise AppCenter
Inprise AppCenter is the first management solution designed specifically to manage distributed applications, allowing customers to manage from the application level rather than from the hardware perspective. It provides a software-based centralized management and control for distributed applications, running on multiple hardware and software platforms across multiple locations. This new version of Inprise AppCenter will fully support the management of EJB applications and will be optimized for the Inprise Application Server.
About VisiBroker
Inprise`s VisiBroker is the award-winning Object Request Broker (ORB) designed to facilitate the development and deployment of distributed enterprise applications based on industry standards that are scalable, flexible, and easily maintained. The new version of VisiBroker will build on the proven technologies that have provided industry-leading reliability, scalability and performance.
Industry affiliations with Telcordia Technologies, Oracle Corporation, Sun Microsystems, Cisco, Hitachi, Hewlett Packard, Informix, Novell, Silicon Graphics, and others have played a key role in making VisiBroker a leading deployed and adopted ORB in the computer industry.
Pricing and Availability
The new versions of the Inprise Application Server, AppCenter and VisiBroker are scheduled to be released later in the fourth quarter of 1999. At that time, pricing and availability information will be provided. Additional information can be found at <http://www.inprise.com>.
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About Inprise Corporation
Inprise Corporation is a leading provider of Internet-enabling software and services designed to simplify the complexity of application development for corporations and individual programmers. Inprise delivers integrated, scalable and secure solutions, distinguished for their ease of use, performance and productivity. Committed to open platforms, Inprise continues its tradition of service and support for the millions of software developers around the world through its online developer community and e-commerce site --<http://community.borland.com>-- providing a range of technical information, value-add services and third-party products.
Founded in 1983, Inprise is headquartered in Scotts Valley, California, with operations worldwide. To learn more, visit us at <http://www.inprise.com> or call (800) 632-2864.