The Distra platform provides a well defined and serviced application server run-time environment for payments applications.
Adopting the application server approach, the Distra platform guarantees a reliable, fault-tolerant run-time environment for payments applications, known as Distra's Mission Critical Application Server or MCAS.
MCAS abstracts the common elements of payments applications, such as reliable transaction logging and database access into common services which can then be invoked by the application rather than having to be specifically written for each application. This approach follows from other contemporary application server development models and promotes reuse of components and enables the developer to concentrate on developing business logic and functionality, without having to know the specifics of each platform or environment.
Of course, written in Java means that MCAS, and inherently the applications deployed within, may be deployed on many different platforms and environments, without compromising reliability, availability or fault-tolerant processing capability.
Likewise, applications inherit the performance and efficiency of MCAS' highly optimised services and processing techniques, resulting in fast and reliable real-time payments applications.