Acucorp Unveils Robust, New AcuSQL With Mainframe Data Access; Enables COBOL Users to Bridge Open Systems and Access Current Data Warehouses.SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 24, 1999--Acucorp Inc., a leading provider of portable, open system COBOL COBOL: see programming language. COBOL in full Common Business-Oriented Language. High-level computer programming language, one of the first widely used languages and for many years the most popular language in the business community. development tools, Wednesday announced the commercial release of AcuSQL(tm), which seamlessly allows customers to access corporate DB2 data on IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) AS/400 and S/390 mainframes from the Desktop with graphically enhanced versions of their existing COBOL applications. AcuSQL gives DB2 database users quick and cost-effective access to existing data warehouses on IBM S/390 mainframes and IBM AS/400 midrange systems. AcuSQL is easy to use with embedded SQL SQL statements that are written into a high-level programming language such as C or Pascal. In a preprocessing stage, the SQL code is converted into function calls, which may be optimized to provide the fastest results. (ESQL ESQL Embedded Structured Query Language ESQL Extended Structured Query Language ESQL Embedded Standard Query Language ESQL Extended Sql ESQL Embedded Sql ) COBOL applications, and supports the full suite of time-tested Acucorp COBOL development and deployment products. "AcuSQL was easy to install, it was fully operational in an hour, and we installed it without the need to change any of our present programs," said beta user Chris Hewetson, managing director of Computer Systems For Distribution, PLC. "We find the ease of use and reliable uptime of AcuSQL extremely valuable." As part of the AcuSQL product suite, new, more-robust versions of ACUCOBOL(tm)-GT and AcuBench(tm) have also been announced Wednesday. ACUCOBOL-GT v.4.2 provides efficient, new control functions to save time and money, and AcuBench(tm) v.4.2 is a more-powerful workbench for Windows that allows programmers to rapidly develop and deploy new COBOL applications. The entire product suite is designed to shrink development time and reduce the expense of complex programming tasks. "This latest suite of innovations gives today's cost-conscious and efficiency-driven IT managers the power to more fully exploit legacy COBOL applications," said Dr. Pamela Coker, president and chief executive officer of Acucorp. "Continuous product improvement is at the heart of our commitment to help our customers protect valuable COBOL assets and realize added profitability across the enterprise." ACUCOBOL-GT v.4.2's new control functions include: a scroll bar A vertical bar on the right side of a window or a horizontal bar at the bottom of a window that is used to move the window contents up and down or left and right. The bar contains a box with square or rounded corners, which together look like an elevator in a shaft. control for character-based systems; a tree view control for hierarchical data in a relational list; a paged grid control for viewing multiple records; seven new library routines; and five new compiler options to further expand its ability to cut costs, save time and solve problems for programmers. All AcuSQL-enabled applications gain the support of the ACUCOBOL-GT development system and the new AcuBench Integrated Development Environment See IDE. integrated development environment - interactive development environment (IDE). AcuSQL seamlessly integrates with AcuBench, Acucorp's powerful COBOL workbench See Micro Focus. for Windows that also enables graphical editing of GUI (Graphical User Interface) A graphics-based user interface that incorporates movable windows, icons and a mouse. The ability to resize application windows and change style and size of fonts are the significant advantages of a GUI vs. a character-based interface. (Graphical User Interface graphical user interface (GUI) Computer display format that allows the user to select commands, call up files, start programs, and do other routine tasks by using a mouse to point to pictorial symbols (icons) or lists of menu choices on the screen as opposed to having to ) front-end for the user. AcuSQL allows users to deploy ESQL COBOL code while moving applications to a Windows system and retaining access to their IBM DB2 data on the security of a mainframe. AcuBench integrates Acucorp's development tools to speed application development for COBOL programmers via three main components: Project Manager, which makes program development easier and more efficient by providing clear and consistent organization, display and access to all project files; Code Editor, which allows users to generate and manage COBOL source code; and Screen Painter, by which users can drag and drop A graphical user interface (GUI) capability that lets you perform operations by moving the icon of an object with the mouse into another window or onto another icon. For example, files can be copied or moved by dragging them from one folder to another. graphical elements to easily create GUI screens for ACUCOBOL-GT applications without writing a single line of code. With more than 1 million end users, Acucorp provides superior technology for developing open system COBOL applications. Acucorp developed the first truly portable COBOL compiler (currently ported to more than 600 platforms), the first GUI for COBOL and the first patented COBOL to relational database interface. Acucorp's customers include Chrysler, GE Capital, McDonald's, Shell Oil Company, Tower Records, the United States Air Force United States Air Force (USAF) Major component of the U.S. military organization, with primary responsibility for air warfare, air defense, and military space research. It also provides air services in coordination with the other military branches. U.S. and Warner/Elektra/Atlantic. Acucorp continues to design, develop and market robust solutions for legacy extension COBOL development and deployment. Founded in 1988, Acucorp is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. , with headquarters in San Diego and additional offices in Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands and England. Acucorp's products are distributed in more than 70 countries throughout the world. Contact Acucorp Inc., 8515 Miralani Drive, San Diego, Calif. 92126 at Phone: 800/262-6585, Fax: 619/689-4555 or Web site: www.acucorp.com. Note to Editors: Acucorp, AcuCOBOL, Acu4GL, AcuServer, AcuBench, AcuODBC and AcuSQL are trademarks of Acucorp Inc. Other brand and product names are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their holders. |
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