Passport Corp has announced version 8.2 of its eponymous application environment, which the Paramus, New Jersey company claims is ideal for the thin-client model of centrally-maintained applications. It features so-called dynamic object passing, so users can get what objects they need, when they need them, said the company. It is integrated with LogicWorks Inc’s ErWin to ease the transition from database design to application design and deployment, and also with BEA Systems Inc’s Tuxedo transaction processing monitor for CICS, DB2, DL/1 and VSAM. The new version also has an abstract layer to message-oriented middleware. The Passport environment combines an object-oriented proprietary language with a tool set and can work with any Object DataBase Connectivity database. It supports Unix, Motif, Windows95, Windows NT and 3.x operating systems. Passport 8.2 costs $8,000 and will be ready in late summer.
