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Flexible Middleware for database applications

The NXTera Data Access Engine is a powerful RPC middleware database access product designed specifically to support a multitude of databases like Oracle, Sybase, DB2, Informix, SQLSERVER, Ingres and ADABAS from legacy development languages and platforms, such as C, C++, Java, COBOL, and FORTRAN. It brings the power of Multi-threading and connection pooling to legacy systems development to increase their performance and improve scalability.

NXTera middleware tools can also be used to build new applications or modernize database applications built on RPC-based middleware like DCE, Tuxedo, NobleNet, or Entera with improved ease of development and major performance improvements.

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Improving legacy distributed development

NXTera is a middleware framework that allows the use of standard rapid application development tools in the building of enterprise-class distributed applications. NXTera Data Access Engine implements services that enable database vendor independence by moving the user away from vendor specific APIs. In addition, the Data Access Engine improves security by preventing storing of static strings in the application executables. By moving the sql to IDL files, changing database SQL is made easier because applications don't have to be recompiled, thereby automating and simplifying many of the challenges involved in developing and deploying distributed applications, such as:

  • Cross-database communications
  • Secure database access
  • Maintenance of database access applications

Using NXTera middleware, developers and architects can build secure multi-tiered business applications using a variety of development tools such as JAVA, COBOL, C, C++, Visual Basic, Delphi and other 4GLs. With NXTera distributed applications can be built, modified and easily, integrated with legacy environments, and new technologies, as they emerge.

Features and benefits

With NXTera Data Access Engine, companies are able to have database vendor independent, focusing the developers efforts in maintaining SQL to implement their business rules rather than language specific implementations of ODBC. By using the data access engine, companies can extend the value of their legacy investment in COBOL, C/C++ business logic as well as RPC-based applications. With NXTera middleware tools, developers can deliver solutions with shorter and less expensive development cycles, compared to other legacy middleware development tools. Applications developed with other middlewares like Entera, DCE, TCP-IP, EZ-RPC,and ONC-RPC can easily be upgraded to NXTera.

NXTera is committed to performance. Its high speed data access mechanism provides a 25-65% increase in performance over other other RPC-based middleware solutions as a result of improved memory management. Tests have shown an up to a 45% increase in data throughput over Entera and other RPC-based platforms.

NXTera Data Access Engine delivers:

  • Database Vendor independence for enterprise database applications.
  • integrated support for jdbc, XML, J2EE, and REST
  • integrated security for application executables.
  • Federated and personalized Web services
  • Legacy to Web data "Mash-ups"

Test the value proposition

Contact us for a free evaluation to see if NXTera middleware will provide you with the features and benefits you need. Our team will work with you to ensure that your implementation of NXTera delivers the productivity your team requires to be successful.