Jargon Reader® Support for IBM WebSphere®

Minneapolis, Minn., May 28, 2002 -- Jargon Software announced today that it has added IBM's WebSphere® to the list of supported middleware products that can be used with the Jargon Reader® deployment engine.

This allows Jargon thin-client applications running on wireless handheld devices (PocketPC), as well as on desktop PCs (wired or wireless), to talk to server-based Java business applications. Client applications use standard HTTP protocols to instruct WebSphere to run Java procedures known as "servlets" on the server.

A new Java version of the Jargon Client/Host Interface Library has also been provided, to simplify the formatting of data and processing commands sent by Java business procedures back to the client. This new version is a set of Java classes and methods that structure output into a highly compact format to gain the highest efficiency in communicating over slow wireless networks.

CONTACT: Richard Rubenstein (612) 338-1175 dick@jargonsoft.com