Paul Krill
Editor at Large

Tibco readies AJAX messaging service

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May 16, 20072 mins

Tibco has announced plans to release its Tibco Ajax Message Service 1.0 software, which pushes live data and events from servers to Web pages, AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) applications and other software. Recognizing the growth of AJAX rich Internet applications, Tibco sought to incorporate AJAX into messaging capabilities to support HTTP and enable users to offer rich, interactive services such as rea

Tibco has announced plans to release its Tibco Ajax Message Service 1.0 software, which pushes live data and events from servers to Web pages, AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) applications and other software.

Recognizing the growth of AJAX rich Internet applications, Tibco sought to incorporate AJAX into messaging capabilities to support HTTP and enable users to offer rich, interactive services such as real-time notifications via Web infrastructure, Tibco said.

Tibco Ajax Message Service enables data and events to stream to a client over firewall-friendly HTTP networks. No plug-ins, applets or ActiveX controls are needed. The service supports multiple concurrent users, performance monitoring and multiplexing to combine message streams over a single HTTP connection, Tibco said.

“The ability to push data to the browser has been around for a while, however the real differentiation as it relates to enterprise use is with scalability and reliability of such solutions,” said Kevin Hakman, Tibco director, in a statement released by the company. “Tibco Ajax Message Service is a specialized server for this purpose. With features such as message multiplexing, filtering, automatic bandwidth detection and data throttling, Tibco Ajax Message Service simplifies the inherent difficulties of scaling such capabilities and makes them turn-key for our customers. Accordingly, Tibco expects Tibco Ajax Message Service will deliver tremendous value across the enterprise by further extending event-driven SOA.”

Tibco Ajax Message Service Version 1.0 will be generally available at the end of the month.

Paul Krill

Paul Krill is editor at large at InfoWorld. Paul has been covering computer technology as a news and feature reporter for more than 35 years, including 30 years at InfoWorld. He has specialized in coverage of software development tools and technologies since the 1990s, and he continues to lead InfoWorld’s news coverage of software development platforms including Java and .NET and programming languages including JavaScript, TypeScript, PHP, Python, Ruby, Rust, and Go. Long trusted as a reporter who prioritizes accuracy, integrity, and the best interests of readers, Paul is sought out by technology companies and industry organizations who want to reach InfoWorld’s audience of software developers and other information technology professionals. Paul has won a “Best Technology News Coverage” award from IDG.

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