lookserver supports smart, thin and mobile clients
Melbourne, Australia
- May 18, 2005. looksoftware has announced lookserver
which provides a server-based integration layer supporting
composite applications and new zero deployment, and thin
client support for any browser-based device, including
mobile
devices like PDAs.
lookserver builds upon the dynamic architecture
used by newlook and centric
to deliver an 'on-the-fly' development environment for
modernizing
existing iSeries applications. lookserver
generates pure, web-based XML clients, supporting
browser-based devices including PDAs, without requiring
any client configuration or installation. A key design
goal has been to maintain the ease of use and productivity
that existing looksoftware customers
and partners have become accustomed to.
looksoftware's
Marcus Dee said, "A single looksoftware
dynamic repository can support the multi-channel requirements
of internal users, external users (like partners and
customers) and mobile users. iSeries customers can
use lookserver
to deliver the most appropriate UI style without changing
existing applications. Internal information workers
require the performance, functionality and integration
provided by smart clients. On the other hand, business
partners and customers may need thin client access,
while mobile users are different again. lookserver, thinclient
and mobileclient extend our existing smartclient
(or rich client) support to give iSeries customers
a complete UI framework for reusing and extending
their existing applications."
lookserver also
builds upon looksoftware's support
for composite applications. The newlook
and centric developer tools can deliver
new functionality and new UIs supporting heterogeneous
database access, application layer access and web
services support. Marcus Dee commented, "In
the next quarter, we will announce further extensions
to our composite applications support with the introduction
of our first product addressing Service Oriented
Architecture
(SOA)."
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