Compuware has announced the availability of the Compuware Uniface 9.2 Application Platform Suite, its enterprise application development solution. This new version claims to accelerate the development and deployment of enterprise applications by extending multi-channel support to mobile devices. Underpinning multi-channel deployment, Uniface 9.2 also introduces support for service oriented architecture and web services technologies.
In addition to support for enterprise application deployment on multiple platforms, the Uniface Multi-channel deployment platform now also provides support for Windows Vista and mobile devices. The new Uniface Mobile capability supports Microsoft Windows Mobile and provides for connection via the leading wireless technologies.
Uniface 9.2 includes new and integrated versions of the entire Uniface Application Platform Suite (APS) including Uniface, Uniface Web Application Server and Uniface Flow. The Uniface Portal capability in the Uniface Web Application Server simplifies how documents, database reports and enterprise applications are made available to employees–as well as external customers–using the web-based interface.
With enhanced support for web services and service oriented architecture, Uniface also claims to fully support the production and consumption of web services for enterprise applications. This support includes XML Schema, Soap and WSDL.
“Today’s IT organisations want to rapidly develop enterprise applications and deploy those applications on a wide variety of platforms from mobile to the mainframe,” said Aad van Schetsen, VP of Uniface Solutions at Compuware Corporation. “Compuware Uniface 9.2 will help our customers to leverage the benefits of service oriented architecture and mobile technologies to develop new and modernise existing applications.”