Novell Inc has signed three companies to implement three-tiered environments using Tuxedo. Edison, New Jersey-based Four Seasons Software is introducing Tuxedo objects into its SuperNova object-oriented language. It will enable developers to partition application logic across multiple servers without the need to write low-level code. Four Seasons claims this will raise productivity on servers to that associated with personal computers. The SuperNova client runs under Windows, Motif, Open Look and MS-DOS. The Tuxedo add-on is available now at prices starting from $800 and rising to $50,000, depending on configuration and licensing. SuperNova 4.0 costs $2,200 per developer. New York-based JYACC Inc has integrated Tuxedo with its JAM front-end software to create the JAM/Transaction Processing Interface, which it says is ideal for a three-tier architecture. The company says it has created a development environment for distributed applications and application partitioning because of the product’s ability to construct client and application server components. The TPI/Client links the front end capabilities of JAM with Tuxedo’s client facilities. TPI/Server links Tuxedo to the scripting language and database interface capabilities of JAM. Prices vary, but the client portion comes in at as low as $2,600. The server software costs $20,000 for the first licence but as one scales up the price falls to as low as $2,000 each. JYACC is working also on a product for Encina, due at the end of this year, and CICS/6000, due mid-1995. Naperville, Illinois-based Dynasty Technologies Inc has announced that its Dynasty Development Environment version 2 will have integrated Tuxedo when it ships in the first quarter of next year. The product will provide support for transaction processing for enterprise class client-server applications. This will be achieved, says Dynasty, as Tuxedo can support large user numbers and interconnection with multiple database management systems across heterogeneous systems. Dynasty says that because Tuxedo enables open transaction monitoring the cost per transaction can be pushed down by removing the need for proprietary transaction management implementations. The Dynasty/Tuxedo package will cost $8,000 per developer. Tuxedo is now available on more than 30 systems.
