4D Web SmartServer Receives Analyst Choice Award; Now Available on Windows.CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 7, 1996--Lauded as a "stand out performer," ACI ACI American Concrete Institute ACI Arch Coal Inc ACI Airports Council International (formerly Airport Associations Coordinating Council) ACI Automobile Club d'Italia ACI American Competitiveness Initiative 4D Web SmartServer received the prestigious PC WEEK Analyst's Choice Award on July 8, 1996. "Excellent integration...," "flexible development...," and "automatic conversion of data into HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. pages" were several of the strengths noted by PC WEEK. Also in July, ACI announced shipment of 4D Web SmartServer for Windows. Included in the Windows version is 4D ODBC (Open DataBase Connectivity) A database programming interface from Microsoft that provides a common language for Windows applications to access databases on a network. , allowing SQL SQL in full Structured Query Language. Computer programming language used for retrieving records or parts of records in databases and performing various calculations before displaying the results. data publishing directly from the 4th Dimension (4D) relational database relational database Database in which all data are represented in tabular form. The description of a particular entity is provided by the set of its attribute values, stored as one row or record of the table, called a tuple. . 4D Web SmartServer is a complete tool kit for Internet and intranet Web development. The package consists of six integrated components engineered to provide immediate solutions in four key areas: -- Dynamic Web sites. 4D Web SmartServer applications can create dynamic Web pages customized for the current user and incorporate real-time data from anywhere on the Internet. -- Database publishing. With the 4D Web SmartServer package customers can automatically publish 4th Dimension data with minimal programming. -- Total integration. The 4D Web SmartServer package includes tools to integrate Web, FTP FTP in full file transfer protocol Internet protocol that allows a computer to send files to or receive files from another computer. Like many Internet resources, FTP works by means of a client-server architecture; the user runs client software to connect to , e-mail and real-time database access into unified systems. Solutions can also leverage the ACI suite of 4D productivity modules to easily publish formatted chart, spreadsheet, or word-processing documents. -- SQL Connectivity. Customers can extend the functionality of the package to include SQL connectivity. 4D ODBC, included in the Windows version, enables querying and publishing SQL data directly from 4th Dimension. Publishing SQL data to the Web is easy using the 4th Dimension graphical method for establishing connectivity to back-end data sources. Native API connectivity is included with additional ACI connectivity products, 4D SQL Server (for Sybase and Microsoft SQL Server A relational DBMS from Microsoft that is a major component of the Windows Server System. It is Microsoft's high-end client/server database and is closely integrated with Microsoft Visual Studio and the Microsoft Office System. ) and 4D for ORACLE. Rapid Internet Development The 4D development environment, 32-bit multitasking multitasking Mode of computer operation in which the computer works on multiple tasks at the same time. A task is a computer program (or part of a program) that can be run as a separate entity. architecture, and fast-code execution make 4D a powerful tool for developing advanced database applications on the World Wide Web or for interacting with a Web server as an efficient and effective CGI CGI in full Common Gateway Interface. Specification by which a Web server passes data between itself and an application program. Typically, a Web user will make a request of the Web server, which in turn passes the request to a CGI application program. . "4D provides a powerful and cost-effective development environment for the Internet," said Simon Wright, research computer scientist at Research Triangle Institute The Research Triangle Institute (RTI) is a non-profit research organization based in the Research Triangle Park (RTP) of North Carolina. RTI is the oldest tenant of this major research park, and the sister organization to the Research Triangle Foundation. (RTI RTI - Return from interrupt ) who used 4D Server to design a client/server database system across the Internet for the NASACommercial Technology Division. "4D impressed me with its flexibility and rapid application development capabilities." High Performance Application Deployment Each 4D Web SmartServer component is a foolproof application currently in use at many sites. These tools "...are the easiest way to integrate the Web and databases on any platform or database, and I've used just about every package out there," said Scott Kozicki of BlueStar Communications. BlueStar has used 4D Server and 4D Web SmartServer components to build a solution for a major telecommunications company handling over one-million Web hits a day. The application supports over three thousand customer service people "pounding on it constantly." 4D handles this traffic load by splitting it across four Macintosh 6100s running 4D Client, attached to a Compaq Proliant NT server running 4D Server. Component Providers 4D Web SmartServer contains components from ACI and several of its leading developers: -- NetLink/4D from Foresight Technology, Inc., allows your custom databases to serve data to off-the-shelf Web servers like WebStar. NetLink facilitates database publishing and custom Web sites. http://www.fsti.com Tel 800/701-9393 -- DataWave from DataCraft, Inc., adds a set of wizards to any 4D database and allows you to publish your database content in minutes with no programming. DataWave, used in conjunction with 4D Insider from ACI, allows you to integrate and create libraries of reusable Web components using drag-and-drop interface. http://www.datacraft-inc.com Tel 303/232-4321 -- PDM (1) (Product Data Management) An information system used to manage the data for a product as it passes from engineering to manufacturing. The data includes plans, geometric models, CAD drawings, images, NC programs as well as all related project data, notes and Internet Tools from Pacific Data Management, Inc., provide everything you need to integrate e-mail, FTP, TCP/IP TCP/IP in full Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Standard Internet communications protocols that allow digital computers to communicate over long distances. , Finger, and Ping into your applications. Demos included with the package let you incorporate this functionality into any database. (Available only on Macintosh.) http://www.pdm-inc.com Tel 800/220-6430 -- Internet ToolKit from JCA (1) (Java Cryptography Architecture) An umbrella term from Sun for implementing security functions for the Java platform. It includes Sun's Java Security API as well as the Java Cryptography Extension (JCE), which adds more programming interfaces for encryption , S.A., distributed by Foresight Technology, Inc., provides tools to turn your database into a Web or FTP server. It also has dozens of commands that simplify reading and writing data over the Internet. http://www.fsti.com Tel 800/701-9393 4D Web SmartServer was released in May on the Macintosh platform and in July on the Windows platform. Suggested retail price is $1,195. About ACI US, Inc. ACI US, Inc. was founded in 1987 as the United States publisher of 4th Dimension and the 4D product family. 4D has been the Apple Macintosh database standard for over seven years. In 1995, ACI introduced 4th Dimension for Windows 95, Windows NT, and Windows 3.1 environments. Object Master, also published by ACI US, is the advanced development environment of choice for professional programmers. ACI US, Inc. 20883 Stevens Creek Boulevard Cupertino, CA 95014 Tel 408/252-4444 Toll-free 800/881-3466 Fax 408/252-4829 http://www.acius.com -0- Note to Editors: Brands and products referenced herein are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. CONTACT: ACI US Marketing Sharon Miller, 408/252-4444 ext. 386 sharon@acius.com or ACI US Engineering Martin Pena, 408/252-4444 ext. 231 Dominique Hermsdorff, 408/252-4444 ext. 237 |
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