CA AND SPYGLASS ANNOUNCE STRATEGIC ALLIANCE TO CREATE A COMPLETE WEB-ENABLED DATABASE SOLUTION; In Unprecedented Global Agreement, CA To Embed Spyglass Web Server Technology Into Every Copy Of CA-OpenIngres/ICE.ISLANDIA, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 16, 1996--Computer Associates International, Inc. and Spyglass, Inc. today announced an unprecedented global agreement that accelerates the deployment of electronic commerce applications, dramatically improving the accessibility of information over the Internet and corporate Intranets. The solution brings together the mission-critical reliability and integrity of CA-OpenIngres/ICE with Spyglass' high performance Web server technology, facilitating the use of the Internet for real-time enterprise-wide information access. CA will embed at no additional charge Spyglass Web Server technology in each copy of CA-OpenIngres/ICE, the 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. (hypertext mark-up language)-enabled relational database relational database Database in which all data are represented in tabular form. The description of a particular entity is provided by the set of its attribute values, stored as one row or record of the table, called a tuple. solution optimized and extended for Internet and Intranet use. "Instead of database-enabling a Web server, CA has chosen to Web server-enable our database," said Yogesh Gupta, senior vice president of product strategy for CA. "As the Web increasingly becomes an enabler for client/server applications, an integrated solution with a Web Server embedded within the database, rather than being bolted on, is critical for deploying applications." "CA has a long history of delivering world-class database solutions," said Douglas Colbeth, 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 Spyglass. "Embedding our premium Web server technology into every copy of CA-OpenIngres/ICE makes Ingres an optimal solution for deploying Internet and Intranet business on the Web." Scaleable and self-managing, CA-OpenIngres/ICE is ideally suited to World Wide Web usage where user demand and system needs are difficult to predict. With its powerful array of information delivery tools for Web applications, CA-OpenIngres/ICE allows enterprise data to be accessed anywhere, anytime. Web queries can be directed against multiple disparate data sources without changing the Web application or requiring the data to be physically stored within CA-OpenIngres/ICE. CA-OpenIngres/ICE's industry-leading replication facility provides additional capabilities for Web servers. These include consolidation and dissemination of corporate data, along with fault tolerance See fault tolerant. (architecture) fault tolerance - 1. The ability of a system or component to continue normal operation despite the presence of hardware or software faults. This often involves some degree of redundancy. 2. created through multiple asynchronous Refers to events that are not synchronized, or coordinated, in time. The following are considered asynchronous operations. The interval between transmitting A and B is not the same as between B and C. The ability to initiate a transmission at either end. servers. Spyglass provides Web server components, including a high performance, adaptable HTTP server The software that services HTTP requests, which is the protocol of the Web. The term may refer only to the HTTP services in the Web server, or the term can be used as a synonym for "Web server." See Web server and HTTP. engine, that offer the best overall Web performance while reducing network and server overload. The Spyglass Server Web Technology Kit (WTK WTK Wireless Toolkit WTK WorldToolKit (Proprietary Graphics API) WTK We the Kings (band) WTK Well Tempered Klavier (JS Bach) WTK Wireless Tool Kit ) is a bullet-proof, high performance tool suitable to applications ranging from high-traffic commercial sites to personal Web servers. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : CA), with headquarters in Islandia, N.Y., is the world leader in mission-critical business software. The company develops, licenses and supports more than 500 integrated products that include systems and database management, application development, manufacturing and financial applications. CA has 9,000 people in 130 offices in 36 countries and had revenue of $3.2 billion in calendar year 1995. CA can be reached by visiting http HTTP in full HyperText Transfer Protocol Standard application-level protocol used for exchanging files on the World Wide Web. HTTP runs on top of the TCP/IP protocol. ://www.cai.com on the World Wide Web or emailing info@cai.com. Spyglass, Inc. (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 :SPYG) licenses World Wide Web client and server technologies. Spyglass technology is currently licensed by 60 customers, including AT&T, Digital Equipment Corp., 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) , Microsoft, Oracle and Triteal. Spyglass technology has been licensed for use in over 150 Internet-based products and services. Spyglass' headquarters are located at 1240 E. Diehl Road, Naperville, Ill. 60563, with research and development facilities in Champaign, Ill. and Cambridge, Mass. and regional sales offices in Cambridge, Mass., Morristown, N.J. and San Ramon, Calif. -0- All referenced product names are trademarks of their respective companies. CONTACT: Bob Gordon, CA 516-342-2391 bobg@cai.com or Randy Pitzer, Spyglass 708-245-6500 rpitzer@spyglass.com |
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