Independence Technologies to Demonstrate iTRAN for PDAs
FREMONT, Calif. — May 9, 1994 — Independence Technologies Inc. (ITI) announced Monday that it will demonstrate at the DB/EXPO trade show a prototype of its iTRAN for PDAs which enables Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) to operate in large-scale, transaction-processing environments such as customer service, distribution, banking, healthcare, inventory management and field sales automation. DB/EXPO will be held May 24-26, 1994 at Moscone Center in San Francisco.
iTRAN for PDAs is built around the company's iTRAN high performance middleware system. iTRAN insulates developers from the underlying complexities of building on-line transaction processing (OLTP) applications using TOP END, TUXEDO and Encina TP monitors. iTRAN for PDAs offers an easy-to-use, function oriented interface that will integrate OLTP systems with Apple Newtons, laptop computers, personal organizers, interactive television networks and other non-traditional devices.
"iTRAN for PDAs is very exciting technology," said Randy Smerik, TOP END Business Unit manager for AT&T Global Information Solutions. "Linking PDAs together with powerful OLTP engines such as TOP END means that many more people — including millions of people who don't use computers today — will be able to access and update corporate information systems in a controlled fashion, from anywhere in the world. There will definitely be many useful applications for this technology."
"Now PDAs are another of our full-fledged OLTP clients, independent of the network and server platform," said Mike Zivkovic, vice president of marketing with ITI. "iTRAN for PDAs will support cellular, infrared and wired desktop connections. It provides mission-critical connectivity that is completely transparent to the PDA user. PDA integration from ITI is ready to be used today on a consulting basis," added Zivkovic. "Customers can get started using iTRAN for PDAs today, eventually supporting dozens, hundreds or even thousands of PDAs concurrently."
By virtue of iTRAN's high performance middleware system, PDAs will interoperate easily with TOP END, TUXEDO and Encina applications. The incorporation of TP monitors into a PDA architecture complements the conventional role of relational databases. The ITI OLTP solution includes dynamic load balancing, reliable queuing, performance monitoring and scalability that PDAs require for large-scale deployments.
iTRAN, in conjunction with TP monitors, offloads much of the application logic found in traditional clients such as PCs and workstations. Therefore, even client devices with limited memory and processing power can perform full-function operations such as making reservations, processing customer orders, tracking manufacturing processes and other complex business operations. Without a TP monitor, it would be much more difficult to provide vast numbers of PDAs with the required functionality, performance and reliability required for enterprise-wide applications.
At DB/EXPO, ITI will demonstrate its iTRAN for PDAs running on a Sun Microsystems server with an Apple Newton PDA client. ITI will be in booth number 2228.
Independence Technologies Inc.
ITI is a leading developer of open middleware that enables customers to build distributed transaction processing and decision support applications. This includes the downsizing of mainframe applications and the upscaling of departmental applications in distributed processing environments.
ITI's products and services enable the development, deployment, and management of the latest generation of Fortune 500 applications that are highly distributed, cost-effective, and available. As open middleware, ITI's products enable customers to develop applications that are independent of the system, network, database or transaction monitor. ITI is headquartered in Fremont.
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