6.1 Middleware Vendors

6.2 Test Software Vendors

6.3 Development Tool Vendors

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Subject: Part 6: Vendor Information

Vendors may submit information for possible inclusion in this section to
cs-faq@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu.  Please limit your submission to one
paragraph, and include contact information.  If you want to be taken
seriously by the readership of comp.client-server, it is strongly
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No endorsement is to be inferred from inclusion in the CS-FAQ.


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Subject: 6.1  Middleware Vendors
From: Lloyd Taylor 

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NobleNet specializes in providing high quality middleware tools
for client-server development. Our premier product is EZ-RPC, an
RPC precompiler tool kit that includes our enhanced XDR (packaged
as an IDL), and various libraries. EZ-RPC is available on more than
40 platforms, including most UNIXes, most Windows, Macs, Vms, OS/2,
and several others. We also publish a Windows rpcgen and distribute
the IONA coporation's Orbix Object Request Broker development toolkit.
We provide free evaluation copies of EZ-RPC to qualified programmers.
For more information, contact NobleNet, Inc. at 508-460-8222 or send
email to sales@noblenet.com.

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Piccolo(tm), from Cornerstone Software, Inc. is a message-oriented
middleware product that provides application developers with peer-to-peer
connectivity without regard for the underlying communications transport
(i.e. TCP/IP, NetBios, Async).  Piccolo is supported on UNIX versions AIX,
SCO, HP-UX (HP9000/700 & 800), Tandem S2 Integrity, Solaris 2.1, and Silicon
Graphics (SGI).  It is also supported on Windows 3.x, Windows NT, and the
Tandem NonStop Kernel. Application developers use the Piccolo API to access
data and applications residing on any of the supported platforms on a
network.  The developers need no programming knowledge of the underlying
transport protocol.  For more information, point your Web browser to
http://www.corsof.com/, or E-mail piccolo@corsof.com, or call Piccolo Sales
at 603-595-7480.

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PIPES Platform, from PeerLogic, is message-oriented middleware that
provides the essential communications services for distributing
applications across the enterprise.  PIPES Platform's process-to-process
messaging allows development of applications with an asynchronous,
non-blocking, event-driven architecture.  A dynamic name service lets
you find at run-time and communicate with any application resource in
the PIPES Platform network. PIPES Platform automatically maintains
information on all PIPES Platform resources, even as machines and
applications are added or moved. Session management services provide
guaranteed message delivery, integrity, prioritization, sequencing,
dynamic re-routing, and error handling. PIPES Platform's cross-platform
and multiprotocol support provide a consistent communications interface
that allows developers to focus on business logic, not communications.
Contact  Jennifer Hart, Director, Product Marketing, 800-733-7601,
jhart@peerlogic.com


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Subject: 6.2 Test Software Vendors
From: Lloyd Taylor 

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EMPOWER/CS is load testing software for client/server applications. Load
testing is the process of analyzing the effect of many users on an
application. EMPOWER/CS listens to the traffic between a client and
server. It builds scripts that can be replayed with or without the
client devices. Scripts can be enhanced with C language to extend
captured activity and vary the data in queries and updates. EMPOWER/CS
charts the time each user must wait for his or her screen response
before an application is deployed. Performix, Inc., 8200 Greensboro
Drive, Suite 1475, McLean, VA 22102 (703)448-6606, (703)893-1939 (fax),
Email: info@performix.com


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Subject: 6.3 Development Tool Vendors
From: Lloyd Taylor 

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ICONIX Software Engineering, Inc. is the maker of ICONIX PowerTools,
CASE tools for object-oriented and structured development. ICONIX
offers a free white paper on combining OMT with Objectory for
client/server development, along with special offers and product
information about ICONIX PowerTools, by visiting the new ICONIX WWW
PowerPage site: . For further information,
contact Alyse Rome, Director, New Media Marketing & Communications,
ICONIX.  Voice: 310-458-0092; email:  ICONIX@eworld.com.

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Unisys TransIT Open/OLTP Software is a suite of development tools and
runtime management software that provides transaction processing
extensions for Windows and Windows NT and UNIX based applications.
Enterprises can quickly develop distributed and highly scaleable
business application systems, based on standard (X/Open and ISO)
high-level APIs, networks and protocols.  These applications can then
seamlessly blend the attributes of UNIX, Windows, Windows NT and
mainframe systems and can integrate and synchronize the many different
databases used on each of these platforms.  This Client/Server
middleware works with Microsoft or third party development tools and
includes the libraries for C, C++ or COBOL, plus Windows and Windows NT
Dynamic Link Libraries (DLLs).  The Windows and Windows NT support also
includes OLE point-and-click features for application development.  On
every platform, these tools enhance normal data access (e.g., ODBC or
SQL) capabilities with transaction processing, naming/location services
and the store and forward (queuing) of messages.  Runtime environments
are highly tunable with the ability to locate and/or replicate server
applications as desired without any impact to the client applications.
Likewise, server applications are immune to client changes due to new
platforms, applications or interfaces.  For more information, please
reference , or contact Phil Wimpenny via
telephone at +1-215-986-5765 or via email at wimpenny@po3.bb.unisys.com