CONNECT! Widgets Pro speeds construction of sophisticated Java applets.SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 20, 1996--CONNECT! CORP., founded in 1993, a premier provider of Java(TM) solutions, Thursday announced CONNECT! Widgets Pro(TM), a collection of sophisticated, pre-built, reusable components for the Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. Java(TM) environment. Widgets Pro(TM) joins the CONNECT! product line, which already includes the top selling user interface component library, CONNECT! Widgets. Widgets has been licensed by many leading commercial software development firms, including SUN, 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) , HP, SCO UNIX An enhanced version of Unix System V Release 3.2 for Intel processors from SCO. In 1989, SCO Unix was introduced as a major upgrade to SCO XENIX with more security, networking and standards conformance. , FTP Software FTP Software was a software company incorporated in 1986 by James van Bokkelen, John Romkey (author of the MIT PC/IP package), Nancy Connor, Roxanne van Bokkelen (nee Ritchie), Dave Bridgham and several other founding shareholders. , Starfish Software Starfish was founded in 1994 by Philippe Kahn, best known for his invention of the camera phone and his most recent company Fullpower Technologies. The founding vision of Starfish was global synchronization and integration of wireless and wireline devices, which translated with the and Anderson Consulting. Widgets Pro(TM) consists of the following eight components: picture fields with formatting and validation, group box panel, multi-column list box, grid control, scrolling panel, calendar, progress window, and splitter panel. Pricing for the product is $399.95 per license with royalty free distribution. A bundle containing both Widgets and Widgets Pro(TM) will be available for $599. Existing Widgets users will be able to purchase a license to Widgets Pro for $199. Widgets Pro(TM) will be available towards the end of July. The BETA Widgets Pro(TM) demonstration is available at http://www.connectcorp.com/widgetpro.html. Founded in 1993, CONNECT! CORP. is a premier provider of Java(TM) solutions. The company offers CONNECT! Enterprise, a suite of applications for enterprise level customer management constructed with Java(TM) and CONNECT! Widgets, the top selling commercial quality library of user interface components for Java(TM) and the CONNECT! Quick software distribution system for Java. A privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. , CONNECT! CORP. is based in Scottsdale. More information about CONNECT! CORP. is available on the World Wide Web at http://www.connectcorp.com. -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: CONNECT!, CONNECT! CORP., CONNECT! Enterprise, CONNECT! Widgets, CONNECT! Widgets Pro, CONNECT! Quick and the CONNECT! logo are trademarks of CONNECT! CORP. Netscape Navigator An earlier Web browser for Windows, Macintosh and X Windows from Netscape that provided secure transmission over the Internet. Soon after its introduction in 1994, Navigator, or just "Netscape," as it was commonly called, quickly became the leading browser on the Web. is a registered trademark of Netscape Communications Corp. All other product names are trademarks of their respective companies. CONTACT: CONNECT! CORP., Scottsdale Wayne D. Williams 602/483-6636; 602/596-6950 (fax) E-mail: wayne.williams@connectcorp.com World Wide Web: http://www.connectcorp.com |
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