NXTera

High-Speed Middleware

NXTera is part of a high-speed Hybrid Integration Platform for extending RPC-based middleware applications. It provides legacy and contemporary middleware users modern tools that integrate MQ, .NET, Java, and WebServices together.

OVERVIEW

NXTera is a high-speed Hybrid Integration Platform for integrating RPC, CORBA and MOM-based middleware applications. It provides legacy and contemporary middleware users modern tools that extend their capabilities by simplifying:

  • Java and Web Service integration
  • .NET/WCF support
  • MQ application integration
  • Modern development and DevOps best practices implementation (Jenkins integration)
  • Synchronous and asynchronous middleware interoperability
  • Modern SQL, NoSQL, and in-memory database integration
  • FORTRAN, C, COBOL, PASCAL integration with contemporary platforms

NXTera's protocol independent middleware integrates RPC-based middleware such as: Entera, EZ-RCP, JAX-RPC, XML-RPC, DCE, Tuxedo with .NET, MQ, AMQP and GSOAP to name a few.

IMPROVING LEGACY DISTRIBUTED DEVELOPMENT

  • NXTera is a Hybrid Integration Platform 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 Hybrid Integration Platform, 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.

Flexible Middleware for transaction processing

NXTera FX is a powerful Hybrid Integration Platform transaction processing product designed specifically to support legacy development languages and platforms, such as C, C++, Java, COBOL, FORTRAN. It brings the power of multi-threading and connection pooling to legacy systems development to increase their performance and improve scalability.

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

Improving legacy transaction processing

NXTera FX is a middleware framework that allows the use of multi-database transaction processing in all the languages supported by NXTera. NXTera FX has standard rapid application development tools (sqlmake, rpcmake, rpcdebug, etc.) in the building of enterprise-class distributed transaction processing applications. NXTera FX middleware implements services that automate and simplify many of the challenges involved in developing and deploying distributed applications, such as:

  • Cross-platform communications
  • Secure communication services
  • Cross-language and development tool integrati

Using NXTera FX 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.

TESTIMONIALS

"We see real value in the NXTera Provider Bundle. Old and unsupported components are one of the biggest challenges we face when we update legacy Delphi applications. NXTera Provider replaces the old Entera provider in existing applications and works with Delphi XE to create new high-speed applications. Whether working on projects in Latin or North America, we'll offer eCube's NXTera Provider as part of our Delphi/C++Builder modernization solutions."

- Amandio Aguiar, Operations Director at Incode Software, an Embarcadero Partner in Brazil

"NXTera's ability to extend legacy 3GLs to .NET will allow its users to fully leverage the power of Microsoft WCF and the flexibility provided by Microsoft-centric tools like NXTmonitor and NXTware Remote, whose Hybrid Infrastructure platform can provide agile infrastructures like DevOPS, NXTera services can now be governed, orchestrated and managed like any other .NET, SOAP or REST service."

- Andrew Slivker, CEO of Nevatech

"NXTera's support for Ingres makes it easier for open source developers and enterprises committed to high-speed computing to engineer fast multi-tiered applications based on Ingres Database 9.2. We see Ingres and eCube technology delivering real benefits in our key markets of government, sciences, manufacturing, and media."

- Bill Maimone, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Engineering at Ingres

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FEATURES & BENEFITS

Modernize your RPC-based applications with the NXTera Tool Set to gain

  • Ability to upgrade or modernize your database platform
  • Agile development with Java, C#, Python, Jython, JavaScript and Groovy
  • Integration with modern frameworks for Web Services, REST and .Net
  • Capacity to run RPC-Based applications within application server containers such as: IBM WebShere, Tomcat and GlassFish.

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 Hybrid Integration Platform 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 throughout 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

With NXTera FX middleware, companies are able to extend the value of their legacy investment in COBOL, C/C++ business logic as well as RPC-based applications. With NXTera FX 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 Middleware delivers:

  • An API compatible replacement for Entera middleware
  • integrated support for SOAP, XML, J2EE, and REST
  • integrated support CICS/IMS, SOAP, XML, Web Services and messaging/ESB
  • Federated and personalized Web services
  • Legacy to Web data “Mash-ups”

DATA

NXTera provides adds support for a wide variety of SQL, NoSQL and in-memory databases. Currently, NXTera's database tool set has been tested with interfaces to the following databases:

  • Oracle MySQL
  • SAP Hana
  • HBase
  • MongoDB
  • Hive
  • CouchDB
  • Redis

Now you are free to integrate your legacy RPC applications with data from modern and contemporary data stores without a major rewrite of the application. This means your Entera, DCE, Tuxedo, NobleNet, or sockets application can be much more responsive to business needs.

DEVELOPMENT

NXTera Tool Set provides an Eclipse-based workbench that provides users with a modern development environment that simplifies:

  • Modern best practices implementation
  • Proven DevOp tools and patterns use
  • Automated Builds and Testing
  • 3GL development with modern editors for FORTRAN, COBOL, C/C++, JAVA, PASCAL and Basic
  • The use of other Eclipse-based plug-ins and tools
  • Cross-language development
  • Web Services Wizards for generating integration connectors

NXTera's code generation wizards make it possible for applications written in the following languages to act as extended RPC-client clients:

  • Python
  • Jython
  • C#
  • F#
  • Groovy
  • ObjectiveC
  • JRuby

ENTERA-NXTERA ARCHITECTURE

With NXTera, Entera applications can be extended to support and integrate with a wide selection of middleware platforms and distributed architectures. The NXTera framework allows the use of standard application development tools in the building of enterprise-class distributed applications. NXTera extends RPC-based services and automates and simplifies key challenges specific to legacy distributed applications. Click here to see the Entera-NXTera Architecture

GETTING STARTED

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Get 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.

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