Baikonur Enterprise Application Server Technology (BEAST)

HTML Library

Taxxi Communicator and Taxxi Components

WAP Components

Baikonur Foundation Classes Library (BFC)

Protocol SDK

Baikonur technology enables: rapid development, fast generation, and record-breaking fast delivery of dynamic content. The information can be served simultaneously to any Net device, any platform and any communications protocol, present or future.

ET’s Baikonur Server is the basis for present and future development of both simple and complex Internet/Intranet systems on Windows NT and UNIX platforms. Baikonur Server can act as a Web server working with standard HTML documents, as well as an application server for launching applications working with client-side browsers through dynamic HTML pages. Such applications can be developed using any visual or non-visual environment - Borland Delphi, Borland C++ Builder, Visual C++ etc. J Builder and Visual Basic will appear in further versions.

HTML Library

HTML Component Library is used by developers for browser-enabled applications. Instead of the need to work in a complex HTML hodge-podge of pieces of code and tags, the programmer constructs applications from the "HTML components.” This approach is familiar to any developer who has ever dealt with desktop applications. No particular special training is necessary. After the first stage (development of the rough application blueprint), the HTML file of the interface outline can be transferred to the Web designer. Use of components (Object Surface Paradigm) allows the programmer to drastically cut the time-to-develop. The Object Surface Paradigm allows the programmer to overcome Explorer and Netscape browser limitations.

Taxxi Communicator and Taxxi Components

It's a well-known fact that interactivity of the HTML interface is insufficient for many commercial purposes. (Hence the popularity and increasing importance of interface-enhancing Java applets.) ET went further and developed its own proprietary browser based on ET's Object Surface Paradigm, Taxxi Communicator (“Taxxi”). Taxxi uses secure HTTP+XML protocol. This protocol supports the simultaneous operation of several server-side applications, which can be located behind firewalls. These "net desktop applications" have look and feel of the usual desktop applications and offer ergonomic interface supporting drag-and-drop and other functions and "tricks" native to desktop applications.

Served on an ASP basis, these applications significantly decrease the Total Cost of Ownership. Use of Taxxi turns IT departments and external service providers into ASP providers. The only enabling requirement is installation of Taxxi by the user. The client can use numerous desktop applications without any need for additional client-side downloads.

In this respect, Taxxi can be compared to other thin-client technologies. However, the load capability of Baikonur-based server-side applications is much higher. Also, following from the Object Surface metaphor, Taxxi is constructed with sophisticated enhancement of object component functionality in mind.

Other thin client-based systems presuppose unavoidable wait-times for information to be downloaded over the Net. On the other hand, Taxxi consists of smart objects, which allows the user to conduct computations on the client. Therefore, the server-client interaction is much lighter than other thin-client-based systems. The Taxxi object surface ensures safe, reliable client-side operations, such as work with local files, printer, etc. For security purposes, such operations are not allowed for other thin client technologies.

WAP Components

WAP Component Library makes possible the application of Baikonur Object Surface Paradigm for mobile devices. As with HTML and Taxxi components, applications are developed by means of visual components.

Baikonur Foundation Classes Library

This library is developed for programmers facing more complex and sophisticated tasks than those solved through use of visual components. Baikonur Foundation Classes Library enables the development of new component libraries for new devices and types of clients.

Protocol SDK

Protocol SDK enables the development of new types of protocol parsers (for example, IIOP or LDAP protocol parsers). It includes C++ classes with examples, commentaries and explanations.