Oracle Announces Application Server 4.0 with Enhanced Features for Middleware Convergence

Strategic Insights -

Oracle Application Server 4.0, the latest release of Oracle's platform for deploying business-critical applications to any network client, provides a comprehensive and open platform for enterprise application features in multi-tier Internet computing. This new release delivers the scalability, reliability, manageability, and security required by organisations for enterprise applications, with a focus on ease of use and management. Oracle Application Server 4.0 supports any network client, including PCs, network computers, and other devices, and runs on any hardware platform and operating system, including Windows NT and Unix.

Key Takeaways:

  • Oracle Application Server 4.0 is a comprehensive and open platform for enterprise application features in multi-tier Internet computing, delivering superior scalability, reliability, manageability, and security.
  • The new release supports any network client, including PCs, network computers, and other devices, and runs on any hardware platform and operating system, including Windows NT and Unix.
  • Oracle Application Server 4.0 provides integrated transactions, supporting programmatic and declarative transactions, as well as CORBA Object Transaction Service (OTS) and Java Transaction Service (JTS).
  • Easy database web publishing is enabled through fast and secure access to any database for dynamic web publishing, with capabilities including a PL/SQL cartridge for high-performance access to Oracle databases.
  • Dynamic load balancing features allow many users to run applications simultaneously while maintaining quick response levels, with automatic application failover and recovery enhancing the server's high availability.
  • Oracle Application Server 4.0 includes new HTML-based wizards for simplified server installation and configuration, as well as HTML and Java-based server management tools for easy monitoring, tuning, and upgrading of applications and servers.
  • Oracle Application Server 4.0 is integrated with the Oracle database, Oracle Applications NCA, Oracle Tools 4GL applications, 3GL applications, business components, and objects in one environment, with Oracle JDeveloper Suite providing an integrated Java IDE for quick and easy Java development and deployment.

Statistics:

  • Oracle Application Server 4.0 supports any network client, including PCs, network computers, and other devices.
  • The new release runs on any hardware platform and operating system, including Windows NT and Unix.
  • Oracle Application Server 4.0 provides support for 100% Java programmability, allowing Java developers to easily program new applications or business components in Java.

Sources:

  • Oracle Corporation.
  • M2 Communications Ltd.
  • Kieran Kilmartin, Oracle's Product Marketing Manager, Development Tools & Application Server.
  • Oracle Application Server 4.0 Release Notes.