Frans Jongma is a Master Technologist for the NonStop Advanced Technology Center (ATC) and is based The Netherlands. Frans has worked in several consulting positions for the NonStop Enterprise Division since 1989. His main areas of expertise are: NonStop SQL application design, performance analysis and high availability. Prior to joining Tandem, Frans has worked on the design and implementation of database management systems and developer productivity tools for UNIX and proprietary systems. As part of the ATC Frans has been involved in proving the concept of SQL/MX as a Service which resulted in the SQL/MX DBS product and an HTML-based prototype of a web-based user interface to SQL/MX DBS. This HTML version is the basis of WebDBS, the GUI interface for administrators and users of NonStop SQL/MX DBS.
In this and other spaces I have written and talked about NonStop SQL/MX Database Services (DBS) on a regular basis. I described a web-based user interface and how it makes it easy to set up and use a NonStop SQL/MX database with just a few clicks in a few minutes. Selected customers and partners had a firsthand experience, and it has been demonstrated at customer events in Europe.…