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ONware Architecture
ONware is a collection of servers that service application objects, insulating those objects from differences in the underlying technologies such as the type and location of the operating system, database management system, network architecture and user interface.
The benefit is that an application can, for example, be developed on a PC with Windows and a MultiValue DBMS such as UniVerse and then deployed on a totally different platform such as LINUX or NT, running an Oracle DBMS and using Macintosh as the user interface.
ONware’s foundation is based upon the essential nature of computerized information systems. An analysis of an information system can reduce it to four components, the application component and three underlying IT components; presentation, data and network.
ONware insulates the IT components from one another. By providing such insulation, components become interchangeable. Component evaluation and component replacement can be accomplished more quickly, at a lower cost allowing new technology to be incorporated into an organization with little if any disruption. By allowing concurrent multiple versions of components, ONware reduces the risk normally associated with changing components. Selected users can experiment with, evaluate and verify workability of replacement components while other users continue business as usual.
The ONware Servers
- Login Server
- Application Server
- Virtual Run-machine
- Data Servers
- Presentation Servers
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