Asymetrix InfoModeler Wins PC Week Corporate IT Excellence Award.BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 1, 1996--Asymetrix Corporation, an Internet application development tools vendor for learning, decision support systems and multimedia software, today announced that InfoModeler 1.5 has received PC Week Labs' award for Corporate IT Excellence (ITX ITX Isopropylthioxanthone ITX Intermediate Text Block ITX Interactive Transaction Executive ITX Indian Text Exchange Awards) in the Client/Server Data Modeling category. The staff at PC Week Labs conducted an in-depth review of more than 1,000 products in 50 different categories, with InfoModeler excelling in performance against several client/server data modeling products including Vivid's Clarity and LogicWorks ERWin. PC Week reaches a controlled subscriber base that includes more than 300,000 qualified buyers who purchase desktop, networking and other enterprise computing Refers to information technology in the larger company. See enterprise data and enterprise networking. products in volume. "For the ITX awards we selected the one product in each category that we considered to be the best overall for solving the complex business problems of large corporations," said David Berlind, director of PC Week Labs. InfoModeler 1.5, an innovative, Windows-based, business modeling tool for database design and implementation that uses business facts, rules, and examples to communicate in plain English Plain English (sometimes known, more broadly, as plain language) is a communication style that focuses on considering the audience's needs when writing. It recommends avoiding unnecessary words and avoiding jargon, technical terms, and long and ambiguous sentences. business requirements. This approach provides two important benefits to the database developer; accurate and user verifiable business requirements and automatic database definition 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. code generation. This saves days of time-consuming and tedious development efforts. InfoModeler supports multiple databases, including 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. , Microsoft Access A database program for Windows, available separately or included in the Microsoft Office suite. Access is programmable using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). Access can read Paradox, dBASE and Btrieve files, and using ODBC, Microsoft SQL Server, SYBASE SQL Server and Oracle data. , dBASE for Windows, Sybase, Ingres, Informix, Powersoft PowerBuilder and 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) . "It is gratifying grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. to be recognized for what we too believe is the best product available to professionals who want to take the guesswork out of database design," said Jim Billmaier, Asymetrix president and chief executive officer. "But we have no intention of resting on our laurels. We are continuing to improve InfoModeler and look forward to submitting a new version later this quarter to PC Week Labs for review." Asymetrix Corporation Asymetrix Corporation is an Internet application development tools vendor for learning, decision support systems and multimedia software worldwide. For additional information, contact Asymetrix at (800) 448-6543, or on the World Wide Web at http://www.asymetrix.com. -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: Asymetrix and InfoModeler are trademarks of Asymetrix Corporation and Asymetrix is registered in the USA and may be registered in certain other countries. dBASE is a registered trademark of Borland International, Inc. Visual Basic is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Sybase is a registered trademark of Sybase, Inc. Informix is a registered trademark of Informix Software, Inc. IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation. Intel is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation. Other products and companies mentioned herein are used for identification purposes only and may or may not be trademarks of their respective companies. CONTACT: Asymetrix Corporation Ann Bagley, 206/637-5859 annb@asymetrix.com Web Site: http://www.asymetrix.com or GCI GCI Ground Circuit Interrupter GCI Getty Conservation Institute GCI Global Commerce Initiative GCI Green Cross International (non-profit international environmental organization) GCI Growth Competitiveness Index GCI Great Cities Institute San Francisco Suzy Bauter, 415/974-6200 sbauter@gcigroup.com |
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