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Cincom Smalltalk Lets Penn State Roll Out Web-Based Access Without Losing Legacy System Investments

Posted on by Author Jeremy Jordan in Categories Smalltalk, Success Stories, SuccessesTags , , ,

Penn State University, with 24 campuses and 80,000 students, wanted to make its huge storehouse of information readily available to students, faculty, and staff. First-generation web applications were mainly designed as stand-alone systems, and simply combining legacy mainframe systems with client-server functions quickly crashed key business applications during heavy usage.

PUS wanted to provide a development environment that:
  • Accommodated periods of extremely heavy usage without system crashes.
  • Ensured security of administrative and instructional data.
  • Allowed for expansion as needed without down times.

Cincom Smalltalk enabled Penn State to put client-server applications on the web with very little effort, while streamlining the creation of the user interface and the web-to-database access mechanisms.

The end product significantly eased processing requirements for the university’s legacy system, while preserving the substantial investment in mainframe technology.

Learn more here.

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