Antares Alliance Group and OnNet Solutions announce agreement to deliver dynamic Internet and intranet applications.DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 25, 1997--Antares Alliance Group and OnNet Solutions today announced a strategic alliance that will have a dramatic impact on the richness of Internet and intranet applications that OnNet delivers to its clients. Through this agreement, OnNet Solutions is now providing highly skilled consulting and implementation resources that focus on the development of Web-based solutions using Antares Alliance Group's EdgeworX. EdgeworX is the first object-oriented Web development and execution framework based on Microsoft's (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :MSFT MSFT Microsoft (stock symbol) MSFT Movimento Sociale Fiamma Tricolore (Italy) MSFT Multi-Stage Fitness Test MSFT Master of Science in Family Therapy MSFT Macalester Students for Fair Trade ) DCOM (Distributed Component Object Model) Formerly Network OLE, it is Microsoft's technology for distributed objects. DCOM is based on COM, Microsoft's component software architecture, which defines the object interfaces. and Visual Basic for Applications (VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) A subset of Visual Basic that provides a common language for customizing Microsoft applications. VBA supports COM, which allows a VBA script to invoke internal functions within Excel, Word and other COM-based programs or to make use of ). Microsoft's VBA provides developers with a powerful, yet easy-to-use language for delivering server-based Web applications. EdgeworX Release Candidate 3.0 can be accessed from the Web at http://www.edgesite.com and commercial availability of the product is scheduled for second quarter of 1997. "OnNet Solutions brings a wealth of experience in training corporate staffs in Internet applications and usage, creating Web pages, developing interactive sites, developing and integrating software and technology, installing firewall systems, security systems and setting up servers and network control centers," said Chuck Haag, OnNet Solutions' president and COO. "The first generation of Web tools addressed information presentation only. EdgeworX is the only Web software solution that fills the need for tools that deliver applications for interactive, electronic commerce-oriented business transactions. We intend to make EdgeworX the cornerstone of our development tool strategy and expect to leverage more growth in our application development software solutions areas as a result." EdgeworX is a standards-based framework that allows developers to quickly build and deploy highly interactive Web applications. At the heart of the EdgeworX framework is EdgeCOM, a class library of DCOM objects representing the basic components of a Web application. The EdgeworX developer focuses on defining the application structure and the properties of the individual objects rather than on writing 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. and 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. . EdgeworX incorporates cross-functionality with Microsoft Office Microsoft's primary desktop applications for Windows and Mac. Depending on the package, it includes some combination of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Outlook along with various Internet and other utilities. , ODBC (Open DataBase Connectivity) A database programming interface from Microsoft that provides a common language for Windows applications to access databases on a network. data access and dozens of other applications from Microsoft and third party software vendors via ActiveX technology. "We're extremely pleased that OnNet Solutions selected EdgeworX as their Internet development and deployment framework of choice," said Olivier Thierry, vice president and general manager, Antares Alliance Group's Internet Line of Business. "The agreement between our companies offers OnNet customers a secure and proven solution for their Internet and intranet needs." "OnNet Solutions is employing EdgeworX in our Dallas office to provide our customers with dynamic Web-based business solutions," said Dan Swanson, vice president and chief engineer at OnNet. "Because EdgeworX is the first Web development tool which is based completely on the object-oriented paradigm, the reusable nature of the objects cuts subsequent application development time in half." Antares Alliance Group Antares Alliance Group, a global software company formed by equity partners Amdahl Corp. and EDS (Electronic Data Systems, Plano, TX, www.eds.com) Founded in 1962 by H. Ross Perot (independent candidate for the President of the U.S. in 1992), EDS is the largest outsourcing and data processing services organization in the country. , develops and markets a unique suite of highly scalable software solutions to help individual developers and organizations build and execute object-oriented Web applications and enterprise-level client/server applications. Antares Alliance, founded in 1993, has operations in 20 countries. Internet users Internet user n → internauta m/f Internet user Internet n → internaute m/f can access more information at http://www.edgesite.com . OnNet Solutions OnNet Solutions is a leading edge Internet/intranet professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. firm. OnNet Solutions Consulting Services is a leader in helping businesses transform themselves into more competitive organizations and in applying Web-based technologies. The firm's news releases, service offerings and other useful information are available on OnNet Solutions' Web site http://www.ons.net . -0- Note to editors: Antares, Antares Alliance and EdgeworX are trademarks of Antares Alliance Group. Microsoft, Visual Basic, ActiveX and Windows are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corp. in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and/or other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. CONTACT: Antares Alliance Group Barbara Claire Morrow, 972/447-5717 bmorrow@aag.com or FitzGerald Communications Caryn Converse, 617/494-9500 cconverse@fitzcomm.com or OnNet Solutions Chuck Haag, 214/365-6502 Chuck_Haag@ons.net |
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