MPF/J
Partnership with Fujitsu-Siemens Computers
Object Persistence and EJB
Following a year of close cooperation Fujistu Siemens Computers (FSC) and MicroDoc have signed a strategic partnership agreement to integrate FSCs BeanTransactions EJB application server with MicroDoc's MPF persistence framework.
Tags: Gothaer Insurance builds new sales application using MPF/J
Gothaer Insurance is building Nepal, a new Life Insurance sales application. The solution is used mainly by large accounts that have access to Gothaers intranet. The software uses modern technologies like J2EE, XML and WebServices. On the product side it is based on IBM WebSphere, IBM DB2 and MPF/J.
Winterthur agency system
Customer
Winterthur Insurance, Switzerland
Business Case
Winterthur Insurance needed a new Smalltalk persistence framework for their agency system V3. After a tough shootout MPF/Smalltalk was selected because of its high performance, its unique features like transaction replication, its configuration options and server side optimization.
Technology
V3 is built as client/server system with the ability to replicate objects from the agent laptops to the agency database and from the agency databases to the headquarter system. MDS (MicroDoc Server) is used to access the objects when running online. Direct database access is used in offline mode. A headless version of the application has been integrated into the CORBA based Winterthur portal.
Online Job Portal and Call Center Application
In the current economic climate in Germany, few businesses are expanding, and many IT budgets are frozen. However a significant new development is the privatization of Labor-sector job brokering. The task of successfully and cost-effectively matching out-of-work citizens to available jobs has previously been performed almost exclusively by the German Federal Department of Labor. The report of an independent commission in 2002 pointed the way to a future where this system is at least partly privatized, and the re-elected Schroeder government has pledged to implement this proposal. This will open up a tremendous potential for new business in information technology.
