Active Software Markets ActiveWeb to Silicon Graphics; Two Companies Collaborate to Provide Technology for the Corporate Intranet and Internet.MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 1, 1996--Active Software, Inc., a privately-held company focused on extending information systems to the Web, today announced that it has forged an on-going technology relationship with Silicon Graphics, Inc. Leaders in Intranet and Internet enterprise technology, Silicon Graphics intends to price list, market and sell Active Software's ActiveWeb on a non-exclusive basis. Active Software's ActiveWeb is a software communications system In telecommunication, a communications system is a collection of individual communications networks, transmission systems, relay stations, tributary stations, and data terminal equipment (DTE) usually capable of interconnection and interoperation to form an integrated whole. that allows dissimilar resources such as applications, databases and Java-enabled browsers to exchange information across corporate intranets and the Internet. ActiveWeb allows organizations to quickly and easily take advantage of the tremendous power of intranets and the Internet for enterprise computing Refers to information technology in the larger company. See enterprise data and enterprise networking. . "We are extremely pleased to be working with Silicon Graphics to offer our products on their industry leading WebFORCE platform," said Jim Green
Born in Alabama, Green moved to Canada to avoid being drafted for the Vietnam War. , chairman and co-founder of Active Software. "The scalability and performance of Silicon Graphics servers will give ActiveWeb customers a powerful solution for their Intranets and the Internet." "Silicon Graphics is committed to providing innovative solutions for tying legacy applications into the exploding Internet and Intranet enterprise market," said Ross Bott bott n. Variant of bot1. , vice president and general manager for Silicon Graphics' Network Systems Division. "This relationship continues the growth of our solutions strategy with the powerful ActiveWeb technology for meeting the development and deployment requirements of the fastest growing part of the Enterprise Market." ActiveWeb Information Broker and Adapters to Run on WebFORCE Platform Active Software plans to port and optimize optimize - optimisation ActiveWeb Information Broker and adapters for Silicon Graphics' WebFORCE servers. The ActiveWeb Information Broker exchanges information between information resources (1) The data and information assets of an organization, department or unit. See data administration. (2) Another name for the Information Systems (IS) or Information Technology (IT) department. See IT. that may reside on different machines. The adapters map information from corporate resources such as a databases or applications to the Information Broker, enabling developers to "publish" information to the Information Broker. Users run Java applications A Java program that is run stand alone. The Java Virtual Machine in the client or server is interpreting the instructions. Contrast with Java applet. See servlet. that "subscribe" to one or more information sources. The Information Broker ensures the reliable delivery of information across the network, even if the connection is unreliable. Additionally, the Information Broker can provide a guaranteed delivery of service, even for occasionally connected subscribers. Active Software will provide support for the Information Broker and adapters which will interoperate See interoperable. with other non-Silicon Graphics components of ActiveWeb. Availability and Pricing Active Software's Java client adapters and Java development tools are immediately available on the Silicon Graphics WebFORCE servers. The ActiveWeb Developer Suite is priced at $4,995. Additional developers are priced at $2,495. The Information Broker for Silicon Graphics is priced at $5,000 and is expected to be available before the end of 1996. ActiveWeb dbAdapters for Informix, Oracle, and Sybase will be available at the same time as the Information Broker and are priced at $3,000 per adapter A device that allows one system to connect to and work with another. An adapter is often a simple circuit that converts one set of signals to another; however, the term often refers to devices which are more accurately called "controllers. . About Active Software, Inc. Active Software, founded in 1995 and headquartered in Mountain View, California For the census-designated place, see Mountain View, Contra Costa County, California. For other places called "Mountain View", see . Mountain View is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. The city gets its name from the views of the Santa Cruz Mountains. , is a privately-held company focused on extending information systems to the Web. Specifically, the company develops a software communications system, ActiveWeb, that allows dissimilar resources such as applications, databases, and Java-enabled browsers to exchange information across corporate intranets and the Internet. Active Software is funded by Enterprise Partners; Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers; and Sierra Ventures. For more information, please visit Active Software at http://www.activesw.com or send e-mail to info@activesw.com. -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: ActiveWeb, ActiveWeb Information Broker and ActiveWeb dbAdapter are trademarks of Active Software, Inc. Silicon Graphics is a registered trademark and WebFORCE is a trademark of Silicon Graphics, Inc. Java is a trademark of Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. , Inc. All other company or brand names may be trademarks of their respective holders. CONTACT: Evans Communications Lisa Sheeran, 415/648-0347 |
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