Johannesburg, 30 Apr 2003
By allowing dynamic changes in read directions and dynamic re-positioning within read loops, and by capitalising on Adabas's read-ahead (multi-fetch) capability, Software AG's 4GL development platform for large-scale electronic-business applications - the new version 4 of Natural for mainframes - now accelerates database access to Adabas and DB2, improves application performance and allows the direct processing of XML documents. In addition, Natural applications for BS2000/OSD from Fujitsu Siemens can now be developed using Natural on Microsoft Windows.
XML has become one of the most relevant standards and a driving force for Web applications. With Natural Version 4 for mainframes, XML documents can be created, processed and made available, and because complete highly nested XML documents can be very large, Natural's data-definition and data-manipulation capabilities have been extended with large (up to one gigabyte) and dynamic variables.
Other benefits of using Natural Version 4 for mainframes include enhanced runtime performance through improved object-code-handling techniques, redesigned execution algorithms, widened access paths, increased buffer sizes, use of 64-Bit technology (z/OS only) and a completely new version of the Remote Procedure Call (RPC) server.
Further, to capitalise on the platform-specific capabilities and strengths of IBM's multi-operating system mainframe platform, Natural Version 4 for OS/390 or z/OS can be extended with the current version 5 or the forthcoming version 6 of Natural for Linux on that very same machine. In a two-tier architecture of this nature, the stability and performance of Natural for OS/390 or z/OS is a perfect complement to the enhanced browser support, Web access and
Tamino XML Server query capabilities of Natural for Linux.
Natural Version 4 for OS/390, z/OS, VSE/ESA, VM/CMS and BS2000/OSD is now available as a controlled release to registered customers. The general release is scheduled for September 2003.
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