 - Tuxedo (which stands for Transactions for Unix, Enhanced for distributed Operation) is a middleware product that uses a message-based communications system to distribute applications across various operating system platforms and databases. Tuxedo operates as an extension of the operating system: as a platform for execution as well as development, it is designed for the creation and administration of e-commerce online transaction processing (OLTP) systems. Originally developed at AT&T in the 1970s, Tuxedo was subsequently owned by Unix System Laboratories (USL), and then Novell before it was taken over by BEA Systems, the current owners.Tuxedo's three main functions are: as middleware, to relay request and response communications between servers and clients; as a transaction processing (TP) monitor, to initiate, monitor, and terminate transactions; and, as a distributed TP monitor, to enable interaction between transaction participants on different machines and associated with different databases. The Gap, E*TRADE, and Hong Kong International Terminals are some organizations that use Tuxedo for large scale transaction processing.
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Dennis A. J. Pazicni and Dave Reynolds |
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15 May 2003
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