AgentSheets is Awarded the First North American Collaborative Partnership with Japan's Panasonic Fujitsu Uchida Yoko.Business Editors BOULDER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 14, 2000 AgentSheets, Inc. is pleased to announce it has become the first North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. software company to be awarded a collaborative partnership with the Japanese company PFU PFU plaque-forming unit; in virology, areas of cell lysis (CPE) in monolayer cell culture, under overlay conditions, initiated by infection with a single virus particle. , or Panasonic, Fujitsu, Uchida Yoko CO. Under the terms of the partnership, AgentSheets will receive funding to create a Japanese version of its award-winning AgentSheets(R) software environment for the PC platform. The new version will be unveiled in December and PFU will enjoy the non-exclusive Asian licensing and sales rights. The AgentSheets software, currently available for Macintosh computers, provides an environment where technical and non-technical users can easily create agent-based multi-media simulations. Users program agents with the included visual programming mechanisms, and they can compile their finished simulations into Java applets A Java program that is downloaded from the server and run from the browser. The Java Virtual Machine built into the browser is interpreting the instructions. Contrast with Java application. and share them on the Web. "The software introduces truly innovative ways of interaction and learning. It's an educational breakthrough that empowers all levels of users to create simulations, study and share them through the web," says Dr. Alexander Repenning, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of AgentSheets, Inc. AgentSheets has been used by students in grade school through graduate school, and by professional educators and NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. research scientists. The AgentSheets programming environment is based on three integrated components: end-user programmable agents; spreadsheet-like workspaces; and Ristretto, the automatic Java applet generator. Agents can be easily programmed through visual IF/THEN rules to collect and report real-time information from Web pages or databases, play MIDI MIDI in full Musical Instrument Digital Interface Protocol for transmission of musical data between digital components, such as synthesizers and a computer's sound card. MIDI uses 8-bit asynchronous serial transmission with a data rate of 31. sound, speak, compute To perform mathematical operations or general computer processing. For an explanation of "The 3 C's," or how the computer processes data, see computer. formulas, or react to mouse and keyboard commands Using the keyboard to navigate menus and buttons and select options. See Win Keyboard commands. . Ristretto then automatically compiles the information into a Java applet that can be accessed and run from anywhere on the Web. "We are thrilled to work with PFU to bring AgentSheets to the PC platform and the Japanese market," says Nadia Repenning-Gatti, vice president of Marketing for AgentSheets. "It is an honor for AgentSheets to be recognized by PFU. We are targeting the learning market, which includes corporate training as well as traditional students. We look forward to this award as an ongoing partnership." A free, trial version of AgentSheets is available on the AgentSheets, Inc. website. Please visit on the internet at: www.agentsheets.com or call 303/530-1773. Full review copies are also available. |
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