Borland MIDAS 2.0

Borland MIDAS 2.0 ... Distributed Applications Services (MIDAS) delivers distributed applications faster, easier, and with higher performance on bandwidth-challenged networks than any competing solution. MIDAS thin-client applications are easy to develop, easy to deploy, require zero configuration, and automatically update server based business logic without re-deploying thin-clients. MIDAS provides the fastest time to market for distributed applications through the seamless integration of front-end thin-clients and middleware technology. Its server based business logic and database connectivity make applications responsive to changing business needs while its advanced, thin-client database architecture delivers powerful distributed applications.

With an intelligent middleware layer which brokers data to optimize database retrieval, updates, and transmission; increase user capacity and transaction volume by generating less network packet traffic; and optimize the use of the chosen data transport by transmitting only the essential data between the application server and the thin client. Your database applications are instantly scalable from one user to thousands of users by simply adding more machines providing the same services. MIDAS' support for location transparency and load balancing allows you to implement fail-over, redundancy, and on-demand scalability without changing your server source code. You can even simultaneously support any of the standard distributed computing transports, like CORBA's IIOP, DCOM, or TCP/IP without requiring a change to the application server source code or a DCOM to CORBA bridge. With data packet technology, which supports server-based changes to database schema, business rules, and data constraints without requiring re-deployment of thin clients access the application server. Industry-standard transports such as CORBA, DCOM, and TCP/IP can be used to transport the compact, self-describing data packets among NT-based servers and thin clients running on Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, and any platform supporting Java. Providing cross-platform multi-tier application development through a suite of advanced components, services, and core technologies. In addition to multi-tier implementations, Inprise MIDAS also enhances the reliability and performance of single tier and two tier (client/server) database architectures by providing sophisticated cached update intelligence without requiring additional code. You can rely on Inprise MIDAS when building responsive, scalable, maintainable distributed applications that need to be delivered to the market faster. MIDAS solutions can be developed with the Client/Server or Enterprise editions of Borland Delphi, C++ Builder, and/or JBuilder.