Re: Oracle Mobile Agent Revision 1.0

In article <DJvy4w.2Kr_at_world.std.com>, pww_at_world.std.com (Paul W Woodbury) writes:

>In an attemp to solve a performance problem with a client server
>app that I must run over a poor WAN connection, I have heard of a
>product called
>"Oracle Mobile Agents Version 1.1".
>It has a message manager talking to the application locally at the
 client PC
>or workstation. This message manager communicates in a very efficient
 way
>with the "Message Gateway" located at the other side of the WAN. The
>message gateway talks to the agents located at the application or
 database
>server utilizing LAN environment. The agents have so called "Custom
>Transaction Handlers" that have to be written using the developers kit,
 that
>ORACLE delivers with the product, and which then perform the actions on
 the
>database or other applications.
>
>Does anybody have experience with this product, is my discription close
>to the truth?

Paul, Yes - your description is right on the button! Oracle Mobile Agents can be used to relieve WAN congestion in addition to providing a reliable mobile communications path. I would also suggest that the back end development for the "agents" is a little more simple than the Oracle literature might imply. One simply uses an API to send and receive messages to the remote users (just as one would use OCI to get and receive data from an Oracle database).

Client PC <---LAN, WAN, dialup or wireless---> Agent <=====> Database                                                                           

^^^ corporate network ^^^

Earlier this month I left Oracle (after 11 years, the most recent two being in the Mobile System Group) to form a startup to provide solutions for the mobile/remote user marketplace. We will be providing a variety of applications, training, strategic consulting etc.

Please let me know if we can be of further assistance. Kim.
krowden_at_aol.com +1 (415) 875-7485 Received on Wed Dec 27 1995 - 00:00:00 CET