CS First Boston Selects Informix for High-Profile, Web-Based Global Research Library; Informix Service and Support Key to Project Success.MENLO PARK Menlo Park. 1 Residential city (1990 pop. 28,040), San Mateo co., W Calif.; inc. 1874. Electronic equipment and aerospace products are manufactured in the city. Menlo College and a Stanford Univ. research institute are there. 2 Uninc. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 11, 1996--Informix Software, 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 :IFMX IFMX Informix Corporation ), the leading provider of innovative database technology, today announced that CS First Boston First Boston Corporation was a New York-based investment bank, founded in 1932 and acquired by Credit Suisse in 1988, when it became 'CS First Boston'. Globally referred to as Credit Suisse First Boston after 1996, the First Boston part of the name was phased out in 2006. , a global investment banking firm, has built its new high-profile, Web-based Global Research Library (GRL GRL Girl GRL Greenland (ISO Country code) GRL Geophysical Research Letters GRL Air Greenland (ICAO code) GRL global reach laydown (US DoD) GRL Grain Length ) using Informix technology. The intranet/Internet application has been developed using the Informix Illustra Object-Relational Database A database that provides both relational and object database capabilities. See universal server. Management System (ORDBMS (Object Relational DBMS) See universal server. ) for extensibility to handle complex data; Informix's Web DataBlade module for generation of dynamic web content; and the PLS See playlist. Text DataBlade module for rapid, indexed, full-text search A search that compares every word in a document, as opposed to searching an abstract or a set of keywords associated with the document. Word processors and text editors contain full-text search functions that let you find a word or phrase anywhere in the document. within the database. CS First Boston is relying on Informix's business and technical support for the success of this project. In production today, The Global Research Library takes CS First Boston to a new level in electronic distribution of research, a crucial differentiating component among trading companies. Analyst reports and updates of investment vehicles are being distributed today in near realtime on a worldwide basis, via an intranet to traders, and in the future, via the Internet, to selected investors. The application runs on the Informix Illustra Server with plans to migrate to Informix's Universal Server (an object/relational database server) upon its release later this year. The system operates on Sun hardware and supports several thousand users throughout its worldwide operations, including four major installations in London, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Tokyo, and Zurich. The decision in favor of Informix was made after evaluating the ability to develop Web solutions with Informix's DataBlade modules versus CS First Boston's incumbent database system. Informix was selected for its uniquely integrated technology, as well as the reputation and financial stability of the company. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Michelle Kildunne, a director of Fixed Income Trading Technology at CS First Boston, the Informix solution extends CS First Boston's research distribution capability by providing a globally distributed architecture, platform independence, data integrity, and full text search. CS First Boston also expects Informix's technology to facilitate the development of Web applications. "Informix provides a completely integrated solution for us through its DataBlade technology -- this was key to our decision," said Kildunne. "There is nothing else commercially available that matches this technology. The alternative was to go with commercially separate products and internally develop the interface between the products for communications, transaction handling, and data integrity. We are looking forward to a robust Universal Server to further give us the differentiating edge needed to quickly and easily deliver subsequent services." "Our object/relational technologies give First Boston a higher degree of integration between datatypes, and the ability to develop new products and services in significantly less time than possible with any other database tool available today," stated Mike Hall, director of financial industry marketing at Informix. "This means tremendous competitive advantage and customer differentiation for First Boston in the global investment arena." To fully support CS First Boston on the GRL project, Informix is providing on-site consulting to assist in the design and implementation of the project, and in the process, to transfer Informix's object-relational expertise to First Boston. "The knowledge transfer is important because our DataBlade technology gives customers the flexibility to create new ways of managing information storage and retrieval information storage and retrieval, the systematic process of collecting and cataloging data so that they can be located and displayed on request. Computers and data processing techniques have made possible the high-speed, selective retrieval of large amounts of of complex data," added Hall. DataBlade Technology A DataBlade module is a software component that extends the 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. to manage new kinds of data. DataBlade modules add domain-specific expertise and key functionality required for native support of specific data types. DataBlade modules "plug-in" directly to the database, making the newly defined types and functions "first-class citizens" in the database. Informix customers may use a single DataBlade module or a number of DataBlade modules simultaneously to create a unique, integrated information management solution customized for their business needs. Customers can choose from a growing portfolio of prepackaged pre·pack·age tr.v. pre·pack·aged, pre·pack·ag·ing, pre·pack·ag·es To wrap or package (a product) before marketing. Adj. 1. DataBlade modules from Informix or third parties, or define and create their own with the DataBlade Developer's Kit. The Informix Web DataBlade module is an application development and management environment designed specifically for creating dynamic, scalable, multimedia-rich Web applications that enable developers to simply and quickly keep pace with change. The Informix Web DataBlade module allows both Web site content and application logic to be stored centrally in the Informix Illustra Server, enabling Webmasters, Web authors, and programmers to collaborate on application development. Storing all Web assets in a database gives Web sites all the features that databases have long provided to traditional client/server applications: ad-hoc queries, large-scale performance, security, and backup/recovery. The Informix PLS Text DataBlade module is a text search and management tool that provides sophisticated text analysis and matching capabilities. It was developed by Personal Library Software, Inc., an Informix DataBlade partner and one of the leading providers of standalone text search engines. The PLS Text DataBlade module and the Informix Illustra ORDBMS combine the advanced search algorithms of PLS with the Standard Query Language A generalized language that allows a user to select records from a database. It uses a command language, menu-driven method or a query by example (QBE) format for expressing the matching condition. (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. ), storage and security of a relational database. Customers with complex document management needs use the PLS Text DataBlade module to manage large libraries of policies, procedures, orders and forms online, making searches through vast amounts of textual information easy and efficient. About CS First Boston CS First Boston is an international investment bank working in close cooperation with Credit Suisse The Credit Suisse Group (SWX:CSGN, NYSE: CS) is a financial services company, headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland. It is the second-largest Swiss bank, behind UBS AG. to serve both users and suppliers of capital around the world. The Firm provides comprehensive financial advisory and capital-raising services, and develops and offers innovative financial products and services to a broad range of clients. In addition to the above functions of CS First Boston, the Firm will be merging with the corporate and investment banking business of Credit Suisse effective January 1, 1997. By combining the product capabilities and client relationships of Credit Suisse with those of CS First Boston, Credit Suisse First Boston Credit Suisse First Boston was originally the trading name of the Financière Crédit Suisse-First Boston, a London-based 50-50 investment banking joint venture formed in 1978 between the First Boston Corporation and Credit Suisse. will have the opportunity to build a truly unique institution. Credit Suisse First Boston, a global commercial and investment bank with $8.5 billion of equity capital, will provide all securities, derivatives, advisory and wholesale commercial banking activities of the Credit Suisse Group to a wide range customer base. The Credit Suisse Group will be formed from the existing corporate banking and investment banking activities of Credit Suisse, Bank Leu Bank Leu AG (pronounced "Loy," as in toy) was a Swiss private bank that existed from 1755 to 2007. Headquartered in Zurich, it was a subsidiary of Crédit Suisse from 1990. In 2007, it was merged with that company's other private banking units as Clariden Leu. , CS First Boston and Credit Suisse Financial Products. Through a global network of offices, Credit Suisse First Boston provides comprehensive financial advisory and capital raising services, and develops innovative financing for a broad range of clients. About Informix Informix Software, based in Menlo Park, Calif., provides innovative database technology that enables the world's leading corporations to manage and grow their business. Informix is widely recognized as the technology leader for corporate computing environments ranging from workgroups, to very large OLTP (OnLine Transaction Processing) See transaction processing and OLCP. OLTP - On-Line Transaction Processing and data warehouse applications. Informix's database servers, application development tools, superior customer service, and strong partnerships enable the company to be at the forefront of many leading-edge information technology solution areas. With the acquisition of Illustra Information Technology's extensible database technology, Informix is now positioned as the first information management company capable of meeting the market's exploding need for a sophisticated database engine that combines enterprise scalability, robustness and parallel processing with the ability to store, retrieve, manage and manipulate virtually any kind of rich content data. More information about Informix is available via the World Wide Web at http://www.informix.com and http://www.illustra.com. -0- Note to Editors: The following are worldwide trademarks of Informix Software, Inc., Informix Corporation, or their subsidiaries, registered in the United States of America UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. The name of this country. 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