Bristol Technology and Siemens Nixdorf Collaborate to Deliver Microsoft COM for RM Servers.NICE, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 7, 1998 -- 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). developers to have the ability to create distributed applications across a heterogeneous environment Using hardware and system software from different vendors. Organizations often use computers, operating systems and databases from a variety of vendors. Contrast with homogeneous environment. with the use of Bristol's Wind/U product Bristol Technology Inc., the market leader in cross-platform development solutions, and Siemens Nixdorf See Fujitsu Siemens. Information Systems AG, Paderborn, the largest European supplier of information technology, today announced an expansion to their worldwide partnership. Bristol Technology and Siemens Nixdorf will collaborate to deliver 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 ) Component Object Model (COM (1) (Computer Output Microfilm) Creating microfilm or microfiche from the computer. A COM machine receives print-image output from the computer either online or via tape or disk and creates a film image of each page. ) on Siemens Nixdorf's series of RM Enterprise Servers. The COM support already available in Bristol's Wind/U(R) cross-platform product for Reliant UNIX will be enhanced for distributed objects Software modules that are designed to work together but reside in multiple computer systems in a private network or on the global Internet. A program in one machine sends a message to an object in a remote machine to perform some processing. , thus strengthening the interoperability between NT platforms and RM servers by Siemens Nixdorf. Bristol Technology is providing enabling technology and development support for Siemens Nixdorf's COM effort and will offer a complete Win32 implementation, the Wind/U Software Development Kit (SDK (Software Developer's Kit) See developer's toolkit and Windows SDK. SDK - Software Developers Kit (or "Software Development Kit"). ), that is tightly integrated with Siemens Nixdorf's Reliant UNIX COM product. "Combining the proven Wind/U with our COM product leads to quicker time to market and furthers best integration of UNIX and Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. ," said Bernd Puschendorf, Vice President Marketing of Siemens Nixdorf's Open Enterprise Computing Refers to information technology in the larger company. See enterprise data and enterprise networking. Line of Business. "Our customers will benefit from the ability to write and run distributed applications across a heterogeneous environment." "Bristol and Siemens Nixdorf's collaborative effort to support Microsoft COM on Reliant UNIX will become the platform standard for interoperability," said Keith Blackwell, president of Bristol. "As a tools provider for Reliant UNIX, we look forward to leveraging COM with Reliant UNIX in our Wind/U product." About Wind/U Wind/U enables software developers to use a single source code base (the Windows API, MFC (Microsoft Foundation Class) An application framework for writing Microsoft C/C++ and Visual C++ applications. See application framework. MFC - Microsoft Foundation Class , and COM) for development on multiple platforms, including Windows 95, Windows NT, UNIX, OpenVMS and OS/390. This results in shorter development cycles, lower software maintenance costs, and higher return on investment as applications move more quickly to market. About the Component Object Model (COM) Microsoft's Component Object Model provides a standard way to write components and applications. It provides the richest set of integrated services, the widest choice of easy-to-use tools, and the largest set of available applications. COM is used on over 150 million systems worldwide. According to Giga Information Group, the market for third party components was $410 million in 1997 and is expected to grow to $670 million in 1998. About Bristol Technology Headquartered in Danbury, CT, Bristol Technology Inc. has a European subsidiary in Amersfoort, The Netherlands and a development center in Bangalore, India. Bristol develops, markets, and supports the Wind/U family of Windows and UNIX cross-platform development products. Founded in 1991, the company was listed in the 1997 Inc. 500 as one of the fastest growing private companies in the U.S. In addition to Wind/U, its products include HyperHelp(TM), software for creating UNIX-based on-line help systems with WinHelp functionality; Xprinter(TM), software for adding sophisticated printing capabilities to UNIX-based applications; and Jprinter(R), a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) Pronounced "wiz-ee-wig." It refers to displaying text and graphics on screen the same as they will print on paper or display on a Web page. network printing system for Java. For more information, please visit Bristol's home page: http://www.bristol.com About Siemens Nixdorf Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme, AG (SNI) was formed in the mid 1990s by the merger of Nixdorf Computer AG and the Siemens' Data Information Services (DIS) division. AG, Paderborn, Germany, is a systems partner with universal expertise in the field of information technology. It is one of the world's largest companies in this area and is the largest supplier of information technology of European origin. In the past fiscal year (1 Oct. 1996 - 30 Sept. 1997) Siemens Nixdorf had incoming orders worth DM15.9 billion and revenues of DM15.4 billion. The company has a workforce of about 36,000 and is represented in about 60 countries. Siemens Nixdorf is a separate legal unit within the Siemens organization. In fiscal 1996/97, Siemens AG had worldwide sales of DM106 billion and new orders worth DM113 billion. Founded in 1847, the company numbers among the world's largest electrical and electronics companies. Siemens Nixdorf can be reached by visiting http://www.siemensnixdorf.com on the World Wide Web. 1998 Bristol Technology Inc. Bristol Technology and Wind/U are registered trademarks of Bristol Technology Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
CONTACT: Meagahn D. Moody
Bristol Technology Inc., 203/798-1007
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Lothar Lechtenberg
Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG
+49/89/636-50076
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