All About ADAM

ADAM® , a registered trademark, stands for Advanced Data Access Method, and is a sophisticated software environment for linking Business Application programs with UNIX. The preferred environment for ADAM is a Sun Ultra server running Solaris, Sun's definitive implementation of UNIX.

Solaris is a powerful multi user operating system with the cabability of handling the large amounts of data that the modern Business requires. ADAM working with Solaris provides a truly commercial solution that brings the power and speed of Sun's 64 bit Ultra computers to an Enterprise-wide range of networked users.

ADAM is a mature environment (it has been under development for nearly as many years as UNIX) which delivers the key requirements of a modern Business user, which are Power, Connectability and Reliability.

The highlights of ADAM are:

High speed random access to data using hashed keys.

Record based file organisation incorporating multiple data types.

B tree indexing, fast sorting and direct record access.

Record level locking and updating.

Direct data updating at the record level on the screen.

Multi user arbitration, capable of handling a 200+ user environment.

PL/I compiler for complex logic suitable for accounting applications.

Link between the application and UNIX to provide takeover of remote screens with automatic screen refresh allowing for off-site support.

Link between the application and UNIX for communication purposes such as BACS, TRADANET etc.

File Transfer Protocol (FTP) between the application and any server on the network.

Transparent DDE interface to PC software such as Microsoft, Lotus etc.

The ability to take automatic backups of the application data periodically without user involvement.

ADAM is a business efficiency tool which extracts the optimum performance out of UNIX, without impairing the Open Systems integrity of the operating system. ADAM permits a larger number of terminals to be used with a smaller computer than is normal with other data organisation methods.