IBM B73.3 Server User Manual


 
6 J.D. Edwards’ OneWorld B73.3 and Windows Terminal Server
Vertical Solutions
Architecture, engineering, construction, mining, real estate, energy/chemical,
utilities, and public services.
OneWorld, introduced in 1996, provides a true distributed object architecture and
an advanced business rules engine that transcend traditional client/server
technology.
Its unique network-centric architecture separates business functionality from the
underlying operating systems, communications, and database technologies,
enabling organizations to embrace new technologies without rethinking or
reengineering existing information flow. OneWorld’s architectural foundation,
advanced graphical user interface, integrated toolset, and platform neutrality
deliver the stability and flexibility necessary to deal with ever-changing business
needs.
OneWorld combines mission-critical enterprise applications with extensive
offerings specific to the rapidly changing needs of business today. OneWorld is
an evolution of the J.D. Edwards’ popular WorldSoftware and WorldVision
products and provides a bridge between traditional enterprise resource planning
(ERP) functions and customer interaction programs such as customer support,
direct marketing and sales force automation, creating dynamic, customer-centric
supply chains.
OneWorld is designed from the ground up to interface with legacy business
management applications, PC-based functions, best-of-breed niche solutions,
reporting tools and other functions used by an organization. J.D. Edwards utilizes
advanced application programming interfaces (APIs) to provide OneWorld with
the flexibility to integrate with applications using a wide variety of databases,
communication protocols, programming languages, standards and operating
systems offering you a wide degree of freedom and flexibility to tailor the IT
function and infrastructure to best suit your customer needs.
To maintain a competitive edge, your organization faces both business and
technology challenges. J.D. Edwards addresses these challenges with
multinational, multicurrency, global business solutions on an application
architecture that masks complexity, leverages technology, and paves the way to
the future.
Today, J.D. Edwards’ OneWorld and IBM Netfinity systems offer you the fully
integrated, rich business functionality J.D. Edwards is known for, matched with
the scalability, power, and performance of IBM Netfinity running Windows NT.
OneWorld’s Configurable Network Computer (CNC) is a type of software
architecture that allows you to distribute application components to run on a
variety of platforms without the need of a specific platform on which the database
is run. This also allows the user to change technologies without rewriting
applications. The OneWorld physical configuration include:
The Deployment Server - is the central point of the OneWorld installation
process from which the Deployment Server distributes the OneWorld software
to one or more enterprise servers and client workstations. Also, this allows the
Deployment Server to define new types of servers. With this release of
OneWorld B73.3, it is possible to set up Java application servers (JAS), a