Cambridge Technology Partners to Use Riverton Software's HOW for Designing and Building Multitier Business Applications.CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 23, 1998-- HOW's Component Modeling Tools and Deployment Framework Drive Selection Riverton Software Corporation, a leading provider of component-based development technology for business applications, today announced an agreement with Cambridge Technology Partners (Massachusetts), 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 :CATP CATP Cambridge Technologies (stock symbol) CATP Coverage Acceptance Test Plan CATP Committee of Adaptation to Technical Process ) (Cambridge). Cambridge will use Riverton Software's HOW as one of its key modeling and development solutions. Cambridge, a leading international management consulting Noun 1. management consulting - a service industry that provides advice to those in charge of running a business service industry - an industry that provides services rather than tangible objects and systems integration firm, will use HOW for designing and building client applications on Microsoft Visual Basic and/or Sybase PowerBuilder platforms. "Component technology plays a key role in our ability to deliver innovative and strategic solutions to clients on a fast, fixed-time/fixed-price basis," stated Dr. Sanjiv Gossain, Chief Technology Officer, Cambridge Technology Partners. "Technologies such as Riverton Software's HOW enhance our productivity and help us meet client needs in rapid timeframes. Its deployment framework and its focus on component reuse enables us to replicate our successes across projects. It is easy to use and can be easily taught to our clients when we transfer application knowledge to them." HOW's component modeling tools and deployment framework are tightly coupled See tight coupling. with target development environments. For example, HOW for Visual Basic encourages business analysts and developers to model business solutions as multitier applications. From these models, HOW generates 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. components into Visual Basic that are automatically aware of such enterprise Microsoft technologies as Microsoft Transaction Server A TP monitor for Windows NT servers from Microsoft that supports transaction-based applications on LANs, the Internet and intranets. It also serves as the infrastructure for a multi-tier system. It is used in the middle tier between the client and the database server. (MTS (1) See Microsoft Transaction Server. (2) (Modular TV System) The stereo channel added to the NTSC standard, which includes the SAP audio channel for special use. 1. MTS - Message Transport System. 2. ) and ActiveX Data Objects (database, Microsoft, programming) ActiveX Data Objects - (ADO) Microsoft's library for accessing data sources through OLE DB. Typically it is used to query or modify data stored in a relational database. http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/ado270/htm/adostartpage1.asp. (ADO). OpenFrame, HOW's business component deployment framework, ensures that HOW-built components communicate across application tiers, providing working multitier and/or Internet applications automatically. Similarly, HOW for PowerBuilder supports the building of three-tier, thin-client or Internet PowerBuilder applications. OpenFrame for PowerBuilder ensures that server-based, middle-tier PowerBuilder components can automatically support application deployment across the enterprise, using a variety of application clients. HOW's support for multiple, popular development environments, and its ability to provide a single modeling environment with multiple deployment targets, enables Cambridge developers to design components once in HOW and generate them across different platforms. "We are very pleased that Cambridge Technology Partners has chosen HOW as one of its key modeling and development tools," said Bob Gleason, president of Riverton Software. "Cambridge Technology Partners is well known for its innovation and its aggressive pursuit of technology that advances its and its clients' ability to succeed, quickly. We designed HOW expressly for organizations like Cambridge Technology Partners. Therefore, their recognition that our products and services help them to build distributed and Internet business applications quickly and effectively is very gratifying grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. ." About Cambridge Technology Partners Cambridge Technology Partners is a new breed of consulting and systems integration firm. Since its founding in 1991, the company has applied its unique core values to the consulting and application development markets to fundamentally reinvent the way business and technology solutions are delivered. Working within a fixed-time/fixed-price model, Cambridge's services span management consulting, process innovation, custom and package software deployment Software deployment is all of the activities that make a software system available for use. The general deployment process consists of several interrelated activities with possible transitions between them. (including ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. applications), networking, and training to rapidly deliver end-to-end business systems that create immediate bottom-line impact for its clients. Cambridge has 53 offices and more than 4,300 employees worldwide. Cambridge on the Web: http://www.ctp.com About Riverton Software Corporation Riverton Software Corporation, based in Cambridge, Mass., is the leading supplier of component-based development tools and related services for business applications. The company's flagship product, HOW, extends component-based development capabilities to Visual Basic, PowerBuilder, and Java platforms. HOW is being used by over 300 corporate development organizations, package software vendors and system integrators, including such companies as Sun Life of Canada, First Bank Systems, United Health Care, Great American Life Insurance Company, EDS (Electronic Data Systems, Plano, TX, www.eds.com) Founded in 1962 by H. Ross Perot (independent candidate for the President of the U.S. in 1992), EDS is the largest outsourcing and data processing services organization in the country. and Cambridge Technology Partners. The company was founded in 1995 and is privately held. Additional information on Riverton Software can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.riverton.com. HOW and OpenFrame are trademarks of Riverton Software Corporation. All other products or company names are trademarks of their respective holders. |
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