Novell exteNd

Novell exteNd
Novell exteNd
Developer(s)	Novell
Type	Web development

Novell exteNd, formerly known as SilverStream, was a web application development suite from Novell that was discontinued in 2005^{[citation needed]}.

History

Novell had purchased SilverStream in the summer of 2002.^[1]

As of November 2003, exteNd was still a "work in progress" according to InfoWorld.^[1]

Overview

The latest version was 5.2. With the release of Novell Identity Manager 3, the components of the portal services in exteNd were rebranded into the IDM User Application, a component of NetIQ Identity Manager.^{[citation needed]}

The ExteNd platform provides a visual environment that simplifies the development and deployment of business solutions that exploit existing systems.^{[citation needed]} Based on Java technology, it contains tools for integration of legacy systems to Web Services with XML and Java EE. Web Portal contains standard-based portlets.^{[citation needed]}

Components

Novell exteNd has four components:

The exteNd Application Server, which extends the SilverStream application server^[1]
The exteNd Composer, a run-time engine and development suite^[1]
The exteNd Director, which constructs and executes portals and web applications^[1]
The exteNd Workbench, an IDE which Novell was in the process of merging with the exteNd Director.^[1] The tool provides an intuitive GUI for deploying on J2EE.^[2]