Conference tpsys::tuxedo

146.0. "OSI-TP on Intel NT" by DELNI::CPARKER () Tue Mar 11 1997 17:55

OSI-TP will be available from BEA on Intel NT in the April/May timeframe.
This product will allow you to set-up an OSI-TP gatway between a UNIX
environment (eg. Digital UNIX) and a mainframe environment which supports
this protocol -- Bull, UNISYS, ICL, etc.  [We've had several false starts
on a port of OSI-TP to Digital UNIX....a port is still under consideration...]

The planned OSI-TP release supports TUXEDO 6.2 which has been certified on
Digital UNIX V4.

Pricing of this product is in the final approval cycle.

An Intel NT box can be used as an OSI-TP gateway server between the two
environments.  

From BEA WebPage (www.beasys.com):

BEA Connect XAP Product Line
============================
The BEA Connect XAP Product Line is designed to deliver 
standardized heterogeneous interoperability between TUXEDO 
applications and other TP environments, no matter what platform. 

BEA Connect XAP is X/Open compliant and supports distributed 
transactions via the International Standard Organization's (ISO) 
Open Systems Interconnect-Transaction Processing (OSI-TP) protocol. 
The BEA Connect XAP gateways support bi-directional routing and 
both request/response and conversational paradigms. 

BEA Connect XAP for TUXEDO 
==========================
The BEA Connect XAP for TUXEDO gateway provides transparent access 
to remote services from within a TUXEDO application, as well as 
transparent access to TUXEDO services from within a remote application. 

OSI-TP and X/Open Compliance 
============================
BEA Connect XAP is an X/Open Communications Manager that implements 
the XATMI API, XATMI ASE bindings, and OSI-TP protocol. The 
implementation of X/Open standards for interoperation among TP systems 
provides the customer with investment protection. BEA Connect XAP will 
interoperate with all other products that conform to these X/Open and 
ISO TP standards, providing customers with a single source for OLTP 
integration products.