Magna Unveils Interface to Informix Databases

Informix release Contact: Toni Hum, Magna Software Evan Sirof, Technology Solutions, Inc. TEL 212-691-0300 TEL 212-696-2000, x217 EMAIL toni@magna.com EMAIL esirof@tsipr.com Magna Unveils Interface To Informix Databases Provides MAGNA X Customers Access to Informix Databases in Mission-Critical Three-Tier Client/Server Environments Application Development Conference, New York, NY, April 3, 1995 -- Magna Software today announced it has added a DBMS interface for Informix databases to its MAGNA X application development toolset. The interface provides customers with access to their data on Informix databases including the latest INFORMIX OnLine Dynamic Server, release 7.1 through MAGNA X-generated application services in a three-tier client/server environment. MAGNA X interface to Informix databases is critical in our efforts to provide customers with the most flexible and open computing environment possible, said Cheryl MacDonald, director of software alliances at Informix. INFORMIX-OnLine Dynamic Server is designed to support high volume transaction processing applications. Support of MAGNA X enables a wide choice of applications and development tools. How MAGNA X works MAGNA X generates the server side of applications in three-tier client/server environments while using popular client-based tools, including PowerBuilder and Visual Basic, to build front-end user interfaces. MAGNA X applications can take advantage of widely used transaction processing (TP) monitors such as Transarc's Encina and Novell's Tuxedo. TP monitors manage performance and data integrity, providing the MAGNA X customer with a substantially more efficient and flexible environment. Why is Magna supporting INFORMIX access? Informix was the first database vendor to recognize the value of transaction processing (TP) monitors in high-volume data processing situations. By building a compliance into its products, Informix enables a TP monitor to manage a global transaction -- transactions which typically involve multiple physically distributed databases. Informix's INFORMIX-New Era also supports Encina. Three-tier client/server defined The three-tier architecture partitions applications between: (1) PC or workstation clients; (2) application servers handling the systemUs business logic; and (3) database servers and legacy systems. In this context, some form of middleware manages the flow of data between the three-tiers. At the high end, a TP monitor manages performance and data integrity to provide a substantially more efficient and flexible environment. About Magna Software Magna Software Corporation, of New York City, has 14 years experience as a supplier of application development tools to MIS developers. Magna has an additional office in Washington D.C. and a European affiliate company in Paris. MAGNA X is the third major application development product produced by Magna Software. Its first product was a fourth generation language for Control Data mainframes that dominated its market in the early 1980s. The second product was an application generator for the Groupe Bull mainframe series that has been licensed by 45% of Groupe Bull mainframe sites in the U.S. and 25% of the Groupe Bull sites worldwide. Informix is a registered trademark. OnLine Dynamic Server is a trademark of Informix Software, Inc.