Unisys announces transaction monitor for NT Advanced Server. (TransIt Open/OLTP implementation of Novell's Tuxedo transaction monitor) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)

SAN FRANCISCO -- Corporations are looking with interest at a Windows NT Advanced Server product, announced last week here at DB Expo, that will enable them to broaden on-line transaction processing applications (OLTP) to embrace client/ server computing.

Unisys Corp.'s TransIt Open/OLTP is an implementation of Novell Inc.'s Tuxedo transaction monitor. It will ship in the third quarter; pricing has not been announced.

"We have to integrate legacy Unisys mainframe systems with client/server, and TransIt should help facilitate this integration," said Stella L. Tavilla, an

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