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The following table reflects some of BlueStar's current features. Are you looking for a
particular feature, support for a specific type of transaction, or
anything else not listed here? Let us know
what you need and we will let you know if we support it.
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Feature
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Description
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Benefit
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Automatic XML generation
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Once installed, BlueStar
immediately makes all host transactions XML-enabled.
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Most solutions require API for
host transaction and data transformation , which becomes
time-consuming and expensive when integrating applications with large
numbers of transactions.
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HTTP interface
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Most integration efforts use
HTTP to communicate with a web application running on a Windows or
UNIX server. Applications can invoke host transactions using HTTP
requests over TCP/IP.
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Any application that is
capable of sending a URL and receiving and XML document can access
host data. All application servers and integration servers support
HTTP and XML.
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SOAP support
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BlueStar includes SOAP support
that allows companies to integrate host applications as web services.
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Web services use XML to
communicate using a common format that conforms to the SOAP
specification. As web services become the standard for integration,
your host applications will be ready.
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Fixed-format XML
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Output from BlueStar conforms
to a defined, predictable document structure.
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Developers know what to expect
in return from each data request sent to BlueStar. A documented,
fixed-format makes it easier for developers to pull data out of the
XML results.
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Standards-based
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BlueStar uses HTTP and XML to allow
remote applications to access host transactions.
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Developers can use their
existing knowledge of tools and technologies to integrate host
transactions in to eBusiness applications.
Standards-based solutions lower the costs associated with development
and maintenance.
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BlueStar™
is a comprehensive, scalable product that provides a scalable rapid
integration platform for TIBCO BusinessWorks
and Microsoft BizTalk Server.
BlueStar
delivers a rapid return on investment by quickly and easily integrating
TIBCO BusinessWorks and Microsoft BizTalk
Server to any combination of back-office systems, including ERPs,
databases, custom, and legacy systems in just a few days, rather than
weeks or months, and conducting live, two-way e-commerce transactions.
BlueStar offers a highly practical solution consisting of a
suite of fully integrated component modules, which complement the way
you do business, including:
- Parameter
Driven for legacy application integration
- Dynamic
Load Balancing
- Robust
Join Engine
- File
system access to back-end systems
- Graphical
mapping
- Data
transformation
- Object
Pooling for performance optimization
- Multi-layer
security
- Workflow
for long run transaction
- Multi-server,
multi-thread for transaction scalability
- DBCS
support
- Broad
support for XML data standards
- Dynamic
Session Management
Optional
modules include
Microsoft .NET Framework follows the Component Lifecycle Policy
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Version
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Start
Date
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End
Date
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.NET
Framework 4.8.1
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Aug
9, 2022
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.NET
Framework 4.8
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Apr
18, 2019
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.NET
Framework 4.7.2
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Apr
30, 2018
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.NET
Framework 4.7.1
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Oct
17, 2017
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.NET
Framework 4.7
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Apr
11, 2017
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.NET
Framework 4.6.2
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Aug
2, 2016
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Jan
12, 2027
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.NET
Framework 4.6.1
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Nov
30, 2015
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Apr
26, 2022
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.NET
Framework 4.6
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Jul
29, 2015
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Apr
26, 2022
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.NET
Framework 4.5.2
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May
5, 2014
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Apr
26, 2022
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.NET
Framework 4.5.1
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Jan
15, 2014
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Jan
12, 2016
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.NET
Framework 4.5
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Oct
9, 2012
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Jan
12, 2016
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.NET
Framework 4.0
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Apr
12, 2010
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Jan
12, 2016
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.NET
Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1
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Nov
19, 2007
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Jan
9, 2029
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.NET
Framework 3.0
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Nov
21, 2006
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Jul
12, 2011
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.NET
Framework 2.0
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Feb
17, 2006
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Jul
12, 2011
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BlueStar Lifecycle dates
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Version
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Release
year
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Mainstream
support end year
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Extended
support end year
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BlueStar Server 2012
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2012
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2018
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2023
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BlueStar Server 2018
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2018
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2023
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2028
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BlueStar Server 2023
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2023
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2028
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2033
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Mainstream
Support includes regular security updates, free non-security bug fixes,
feature enhancements, and warranty claims. Extended covers only
security updates and no new features are added.
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