| As announced
at San Jose during the CAMUS meeting, in Germany, and at
"Solutions GPAO" in PARIS, Computer
Associates and Silicomp Ing�nierie are
combining and reinforcing their marketing and sales
efforts to deploy
APPLI-BUS, which is to become one
of Computer Associates top ranking products. As of today, effective collaborative software
integration has been successfully accomplished and
demonstrated with CA-Unicenter TNG and
CA-MK Enterprise from the MK Group, an independent business unit of Computer
Associates.
This is just the beginning... of the
whole story.
- APPLI-BUS is building and opening up new roads of
applications, in all shapes and sizes, wherever
heterogeneous environments are used by existing
customers. APPLI-BUS' integration will boost actual
configurations and initiate new revenues by
solving customers ever-changing needs 'in the
nick of time'. APPLI-BUS is much more than an enabling
technology, it is a valuable tool which creates
new and exciting business opportunities.
- You may have questions concerning
the inner workings of APPLI-BUS.
Here are some questions and answers which should
help you better understand APPLI-BUS and
how you'll become successful with it, alongside
with CA products.
APPLI-BUS
: "Bridging The Communication Gap"
1. What is APPLI-BUS ?
APPLI-BUS
is a middleware dedicated to solving the many
inefficiencies of heterogeneous situations: "The Communication
Gap".
Today's customers' sites use
different applications often from many different
vendors. Most of them do not communicate with other
as they are dedicated to very specific areas of
specialization. APPLI-BUS
broadens the applications
outlook.
APPLI-BUS
is object oriented based, CORBA2 compliant. It
includes the most state-of-the-art underlying
technology which makes up its middleware.
APPLI-BUS
may be used on a stand-alone machine or on a fully
distributed configuration over a TCP/IP based
network.
2. How does APPLI-BUS work with the CA
MK-Enterprise product?
APPLI-BUS
works in a client/server mode. APPLI-BUS'
services are tightened onto dedicated CA products'
clients (software). The Access Server and the Access
drivers manage communication and data handling.
With CA-Unicenter TNG, APPLI-BUS
exchanges information through a SNMP agent.
This allows everlasting capability,
whilst every product may become SNMP compliant.
3. How do I order APPLI-BUS ?
APPLI-BUS has four possibilities :
- Non distributed configuration
(one machine) for developers and integrators
- Fully distributed
configuration for developers and integrators
- Services Development Package
for developers and integrators
- RunTimes for the customer's
machine
4. How much does APPLI-BUS cost, site license,
multi-site license, multi-server/client license?
Call us at (617) 861-7802
5. What platforms and revisions is APPLI-BUS
supported on?
APPLI-BUS 4.0 is currently available for SUN Sparc
Stations running Solaris 2.4 and up, PCs running
WindowsNT or Windows95
Since APPLI-BUS is based
on a virtual internal kernel, it is portable on
virtually every POSIX based operating system. Call us
for other platform information.
6 What is included in the base APPLI-BUS
product?
APPLI-BUS'
mono-machine incorporates :
- Access Server
- APC - Appli-bus Programming
Classes
- AD APP - Access
Driver for Application Variables
- AD - Access
Driver (1 access driver
to be chosen in the list)
- Available options :
- Access
Drivers
- Processing
Services
- IDL
Interface
APPLI-BUS'
distributed configuration
- Orbix Runtime
- Access Server
- APC - Appli-bus
Programming Classes
- AD APP - Access
Driver for Application Variables
- AD - Access
Driver (1 access driver
can be chosen from the list)
- Distribution
Package
- Name Server
- IDL interface
- Available options :
- Access Drivers
- Processing
Services
- Corba Naming
Service Interface
APPLI-BUS'
Services Development Package.
The SDK includes the distributed
configuration with its complete development package
and documentation : Client, Access Driver and
Processing Services Frameworks.
Are the clients
included ?
APPLI-BUS' clients depend on the customer's
applications.
Computer Associates and its
partners will develop clients and then create a
virtual library of client applications available for
every CA business case.
As a starter, Silicomp initiates
the cycle with a MK-client application dedicated to
work alongside with AutoDesk Autocad software.
8 Has APPLI-BUS an Intranet/Internet access ?
Yes. APPLI-BUS uses
ORBIX from IONA Technologies such as ORB. Therefore
any ORBIX extension is automatically compatible with
its structure and is available after integration.
IONA Technologies releases OrbixWeb
as an open gate with its services with an optionnal
firewall (WonderWall) for security features.
9 When CA sales rep has a minute, who do they
call first?
Please feel free to call us at
Silicomp America (617) 861-7802, or send us an email
APPLI-BUS 4.0
| Manufacturing Middleware
| Object Oriented | Why to Choose APPLI-BUS
Distributed Environment
| APPLI-BUS platforms | Interoperability
1997 The MK Group, an independent
business unit of Computer Associates International Inc.
MK Group logo and MK Group Business Partner Program logo
are trademarks of Computer Associates International, Inc.
All other products and company names listed are
trademarks of the respective companies. Specifications
subject to change without notice.
No contractual pictures. � 1997 SILICOMP INGENIERIE
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