IBM Corp says it is to begin reselling Open Horizon Inc’s Connection middleware line for connecting IBM and non-IBM systems, operating systems and networks. The software enables connection to a number of databases from workstations or World Wide Web browsers, including its own DB2, Informix, Oracle, Sybase and SQL Server. Features include secure single sign-on and users can incrementally add support for network security services, centralized directory services, transaction processing monitors and other tools across distributed computing environments. Connection is about to get a Java applet that works with any Java Data Base Connectivity-compliant development tool to access remote databases and application servers.
