MODCOMP Announces an API for ViewMax Web-Legacy Bridge Product — ViewMax Becomes the Universal Middleware Solution

Business Wire, Sept 3, 1997

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 3, 1997-- ViewMax(tm), a total integration solution that bridges legacy systems with Web technology, now offers two Application Program Interfaces (APIs) to enable front-end connectivity to any datastream providing integration with new or existing software applications. ViewMax is a proven means of preserving and extending the use of existing mainframes, midranges and other host systems that businesses depend on.

This solution is enabling corporations worldwide to not only replace their current green screen interface with an intuitive, user-friendly web browser, but also take advantage of dramatically increased efficiencies and improved business flow. In addition, companies, governments and other organizations are finding that ViewMax allows them to use Internet technology to integrate multiple disparate systems for intranet, extranet or Internet purposes.

Available in C and JAVA(tm), the API allows developers to write their own customized datastream handlers for data exchange to legacy systems. MODCOMP also offers individual custom engineering solutions to build applications to meet customer needs.

This creates an openly extensible architecture unmatched in the industry. Using the ViewMax API, it is possible to automatically place an order on a mainframe on receipt of an e-mail order or update stock records on the swipe of a bar-code reader.

"Previously, the only way to automate entry of datastreams, like those present by EDI files, was to modify the code on the mainframe or host system," stated Rob Crigler, MODCOMP Internet Solutions Manager. "With this new API, companies can have any datastream feed directly into their current IT system, eliminating the risk of making modifications to the applications they rely on for their day-to-day business.

"This API is an attractive option for software manufacturers who are looking for ways to integrate their applications with legacy host systems, and for end users companies who have regular datafeeds which they have been unable to integrate directly into their core business systems," continued Crigler.

ViewMax

ViewMax enables companies to improve the interface to their trusted IT systems without modifying the underlying legacy application code -- providing the ultimate in risk-free integration and network enhancement.

Both flexible and scalable, ViewMax provides:

-- a cost-effective, rapidly implemented application solution

which preserves current IT systems investments, extending

their life cycle and capabilities with a new technology

interface in a matter of weeks.

-- controlled access -- during the implementation of ViewMax

the company determines who can access what information, and

where they can access -- an intranet LAN, and intranet, or

extranet WAN, or the Internet.

-- a new, user-friendly interface to legacy systems, allowing

easy access through an intuitive, point-and-click standard

web interface.

-- one standard interface to multiple disparate systems --

allowing the combined information from several different

terminal screens, applications and/or systems to be

presented on a single web page.

-- full interaction -- not just for publishing information

from back-end systems. ViewMax allows selected information

to be published for users to see, interact with, transact

with and submit updates back to host systems -- all in

real-time.

-- security -- by controlling the information that is displayed

and the host sessions, ViewMax accesses and transacts with

IT systems on behalf of the user -- eliminating the

opportunity to access unpublished data or tamper with

back-end systems.

-- robust session control -- ensures dependable state

environment even for remote users across the Internet.

MODCOMP

Founded in 1970, MODOCMP is a supplier and integrator of industrial and business-critical systems and solutions. In 1980, MODCOMP systems created the backbone of the first international extension (CERNET), of the Internet as we know it today. Over the last two decades, MODCOMP has provided data communications solutions to front-end mainframes and preserved legacy systems. MODCOMP's experience translates to in-depth expertise and leading-edge resources to provide uninterrupted control over sessions, transactions and updates. ViewMax is a proven solution, installed and benefiting companies around the world.

MODCOMP provides enterprise-wide solutions for internal, sales force, business partner, and public communications, integrating standard World Wide Web (WWW) products and technology with corporate business systems.

MODCOMP is an IOEM and a certified system integrator of Sun Microsystems(tm).

Corporate Headquarters: MODCOMP, 1650 West McNab Road, P.O. Box 6099, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309-1088, USA, Tel: 1 954 974 1380, Fax: 1 954 977 1900, E-mail: info@modcomp.com, Internet: http://www.modcomp.com . -0-

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