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Business Information Server |
The Xcentrisity Business Information Server (BIS) is a web server environment that manages application sessions and makes them available via any web browser or other web user agent that is granted access to the BIS server. BIS offers application developers a real opportunity to build state-of-the-art Service Oriented Architecture (“SOA”) applications incorporating legacy business data and logic freely mixed with the latest web languages and tools.
With BIS, remote users can access data, perform application functions and execute service programs on one or multiple servers located anywhere in the world. For example, a sales force can check order status for customers during the day and enter new orders in the evening as they travel. Emergency room doctors can read patient histories on primary care physician files in another state and primary care physicians can see insurance claim’s status. Bank customers can see account status, pay bills, transfer funds, and make investments, all from the comfort of their own homes. Taxpayers can have access to public records from anywhere. With BIS, any modern application architecture, function, and appearance is possible.
Liant BIS has two major components:
- A Request Handler, a web server extension that integrates either with Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) or the widely-used Apache web server.
- The Service Engine, which executes COBOL code under the control of the Request Handler.
A service program is the COBOL code that is executed by the Service Engine, is application dependent, and not supplied directly by BIS.
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