Attachmate announces Visual Basic 4.0 and Visual C++ 4.0 support with powerful 32-bit communications tools; Attachmate's Enterprise Client/Server Series -- QuickApp, QuickPeer and QuickDB to provide three-tier client/server solutions for developers.BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 12, 1995--Attachmate(R) Corp. today announced plans to ship new versions of QuickApp(R), QuickPeer(TM) and QuickDB(TM). These additions to Attachmate's Enterprise Client/Server Series product family are designed to take full advantage of the 32-bit architecture featured in Microsoft(R) Visual Basic(R) 4.0 and Microsoft Visual C++(TM) 4.0. "The reliability of Attachmate's PC-based host communications products has always been strong," said Scott Crow, a senior programmer analyst A person who analyzes and designs information systems and designs and writes the application programs for the system. In theory, a programmer analyst is both systems analyst and applications programmer. In practice, the title is sometimes simply a reward to a programmer for tenure. with The Limited Credit Services. "We are looking forward to the 32-bit products which will allow us to use more robust 32-bit clients and take full advantage of 32-bit communications. This will definitely be another great step forward in client/server development." Attachmate's Enterprise Client/Server Series provides the most comprehensive set of solutions for integrating host-based information into new graphical client/server applications. Depending upon the extent which organizations choose to preserve host legacy applications, client/server development in a host environment can be achieved in three ways. These three ways are determined by the component of the host application - presentation (screens), data (databases), or business logic (programs) - with which the client component interfaces. In all cases, the Enterprise Client/Server Series products extend the capabilities of popular client/server development tools with powerful communications middleware. This completely insulates application developers from communications complexities and enables them to build enterprise client/server applications. "Attachmate is the only communications vendor to offer this breadth of 16 and 32-bit development tools for enterprise applications," said Bobby Clay, director of product marketing at Attachmate. "These tools shield developers from writing elaborate communications code by using technically advanced object-oriented capabilities." Presentations (Screens) - QuickApp QuickApp is the most advanced solution for integrating screen-based host data into new client/server applications built with leading client/server tools such as Microsoft's Visual Basic and Visual C++, Powersoft's PowerBuilder and GUPTA's SQL Windows See SQLWindows. . QuickApp's navigation technology empowers the developer to incorporate data from multiple host-resident screens -- without writing communications code! QuickApp brings together the best of both worlds: host and client/server. Now, corporate America can leverage their investment in screen-based host applications and take advantage of host security and transaction volume capacity. QuickApp supports IBM mainframe IBM mainframes, though perceived as synonymous with mainframe computers in general due to their marketshare, are now technically and specifically IBM's line of business computers that can all trace their design evolution to the IBM System/360. , AS/400, VAX (Virtual Address eXtension) A venerable family of 32-bit computers from HP (via Digital and Compaq) introduced in 1977 with the VAX-11/780. VAX models ranged from desktop units to mainframes all running the same VMS operating system, and VAXes could emulate PDP models , UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). , and Unisys hosts. Data (Databases) - QuickDB QuickDB is powerful host database middleware that seamlessly integrates information from host databases into new client/server applications. Through ODBC (Open DataBase Connectivity) A database programming interface from Microsoft that provides a common language for Windows applications to access databases on a network. access to host database environments, QuickDB extends the capabilities of popular query, reporting, and client/server tools, as well as desktop applications. In conjunction with client/server development tools, it gives developers the ability to build and execute database queries against host databases. QuickDB empowers users to retrieve and integrate host database information outside the scope of the host application. In the 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) environment, QuickDB can access data on DB2, DB2/400 and SQL/DS (SQL/Data System) A full-featured relational DBMS from IBM for VSE and VM environments that has integrated query and report writing facilities. SQL/DS - A database package from IBM including a relational DBMS. Distributed Relational Databases Architecture (DRDA (Distributed Relational Database Architecture) An IBM architecture for distributing data across multiple heterogeneous platforms. It also serves as a protocol for access to these databases from IBM and non-IBM platforms. DRDA uses LU 6.2 as its transport protocol. )-compliant databases without the need for intermediate gateways or host-based software. In the Unisys environment, QuickDB splits the processing between the client and the server, placing the application logic and 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. language processing
Language processing refers to the way human beings process speech or writing and understand it as language. on the client and I/O intensive Refers to an application that reads and/or writes a large amount of data. The performance of such an application depends on the speed of the computer's peripheral devices and can cause a computer to become I/O bound. See I/O bound. operations on the host. Business Logic (Programs) - QuickPeer QuickPeer offers a reliable communications middleware solution for integrating host business logic into new client/server applications. QuickPeer leverages investment in tried and true mainframe 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. , AS/400 C and RPG (Report Program Generator) One of the first program generators designed for business reports, introduced in 1964 by IBM. In 1970, RPG II added enhancements that made it a mainstay programming language for business applications on IBM's System/3x midrange computers. , and VAX C applications. QuickPeer allows developers to utilize leading edge client/server tools for new functionality, while employing QuickPeer to incorporate indispensable host business logic into client/server applications. QuickPeer generates the client communications code in the native script languages of popular client/server development tools. QuickPeer includes COBOL, RPG, and C communications code samples which can be modified and plugged into host programs. The end result: distributed three-tier client/server A three-way interaction in a client/server environment, in which the user interface is stored in the client, the bulk of the business application logic is stored in one or more servers, and the data are stored in a database server. See client/server. solutions. Pricing and Availability QuickApp, QuickDB and QuickPeer will be available in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , directly from Attachmate in October, 1995. QuickApp and QuickPeer will be priced at $995 per developer. QuickDB will be priced at $295 for DB2 and $195 for DB2/400. QuickApp, QuickPeer and QuickDB will also be available outside North America through Attachmate's worldwide distribution and channel network. International pricing will vary by market. About Attachmate Attachmate Corp., headquartered in Bellevue, is the world-wide leading market provider of enterprise connectivity software products that enable businesses to access, manipulate and exchange information and applications residing on host computers from desktop workstations. The company's leading product lines allow users to connect virtually any host or server, across any network, from any desktop, regardless of the operating system. Attachmate also manufacturers information access and productivity-enhancing software ranging from remote access and host communication products to client/server, groupware, host-server, and software management and distribution applications. You can reach Attachmate at 206/644-4010 or toll free 800/426-6283. -0- Editor's Notes: -- Attachmate and QuickApp are registered trademarks and QuickDB and QuickPeer are trademarks of Attachmate Corp. -- Microsoft and Visual Basic are registered trademarks and Visual C++ is a trademark of Microsoft Corp. in the United States and/or other countries. -- IBM and AS/400 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corp. -- VAX is a registered trademark of Digital Equipment Corp. -- Other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. CONTACT: Attachmate Corp., Bellevue Dennis L. Sullivan, 206/649-6551 |
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