Centura ships Centura Web Developer; Complete web development environment for transaction-intensive applications.MENLO PARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 19, 1997--Centura Software Corporation (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 :CNTR CNTR Center CNTR Container CNTR Control CNTR Counter ) today announced general availability of Centura Web Developer 1.1, a complete Web application development environment for creating large-scale, transaction- intensive applications where time-to-market is essential. Centura Web Developer (CWD CWD chronic wasting disease. ) enables programmers to easily build scaleable Web applications that access any major database, connect to any Web browser or server, and integrate with emerging Web technologies. "Centura Web Developer allows application developers to meet time-to-market objectives on their first Web application and while maintaining applications over time, adding functionality on the fly, re-using code and creating additional applications quickly and efficiently," said Michael Keddington, vice president of sales and marketing for Centura. Centura Web Developer provides exceptional power in developing Web applications efficiently and quickly by providing the following advanced functionality: -- Comprehensive fourth generation language (language) fourth generation language - (4GL, or "report generator language") An "application specific" language, one with built-in knowledge of an application domain, in the way that SQL has built-in knowledge of the relational database domain. (4GL) that eases the learning curve and reduces development time for building Web applications and delivers the power to codify business processes and rules -- Link to market-leading databases including Oracle, Informix, Sybase, DB2 and others -- Access TP Monitors and corporate infrastructures such as SAP -- Completely object-oriented -- An integrated development environment See IDE. integrated development environment - interactive development environment that provides graphical form generation, debugging functionality, coding assistants and navigation tools Centura Web Developer integrates easily with new Web technologies and enables programmers to leverage that power in new applications. Centura Web Developer's functionality for the Web includes: -- Dynamic generation of database-connected 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. pages -- Supports NSAPI (NetScape API) A programming interface on Netscape's Web Server. Using NSAPI function calls, Web pages can invoke programs on the server, typically to access data in a database. NSAPI is an alternative to using CGI scripts on Netscape Web servers. , ISAPI (Internet Server API) A programming interface on Internet Information Services (IIS), Microsoft's Web server. Using ISAPI function calls, Web pages can invoke programs that are written as DLLs on the server, typically to access data in a database. and CGI communication with Web servers via ForeSite -- Integration support for ActiveX and Java -- Support for S-HTTP S-HTTP Secure Hyper Text Transport Protocol and SSL security standards -- Integration with other Web technologies and tools such as JavaScript, VBScript, FrontPage, Shockwave, etc., via its deployment vehicle, ForeSite Integration Server Centura Web Developer utilizes the ForeSite Integration Server as its Web deployment vehicle. This combination provides a multi-tier architecture which offloads application processing from the client to ForeSite. This architecture allows clients to be as thin as needed, with only a Web browser installed to run the application. A development version of ForeSite Integration Server is included in Centura Web Developer to facilitate application testing. Developers who purchase and use Centura Web Developer get the benefit of working with an established application tool vendor. Centura Software Corporation provides the tools of choice for large scale bet-the-business development projects in a high percentage of the Fortune 1000. Centura delivers established technical support programs, consulting services and training. In addition, a large network of partners delivers consulting in application development and integration, training and support. Pricing and Availability Centura Web Developer is available now and is priced at $2,495. Centura Web Developer applications are deployed on the ForeSite Integration Server, which is priced and packaged separately. Centura Web Developer will provide support for development on Windows 95 or Windows NT. Support for deployment of Centura Web Developer applications is available on Windows 95 and Windows NT Server or Workstation 3.51 and 4.0 via ForeSite Integration Server. Centura Software Corporation Since its inception in 1984, Centura Software has enjoyed a rich history of technical innovation. Centura's SQLWindows and SQLBase were the first tools for serious SQL application development on PCs. Based on this success, it has grown into a global enterprise, with 26 offices, over 120,000 active developers, and 1.5 million end users around the world. Today Centura is pioneering robust technologies oriented toward the new world of Internet and Intranets with products such as ForeSite Integration Server and Centura Web Developer. The company's customers include Automatic Data Processing Same as data processing. (ADP (1) (Automatic Data Processing) Synonymous with data processing (DP), electronic data processing (EDP) and information processing. (2) (Automatic Data Processing, Inc., Roseland, NJ, www.adp. ), United Parcel Service United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE: UPS), commonly referred to as UPS, is the world's largest package delivery company, delivering more than 15 million packages[1] a day to 6.1 million customers in over 200 countries and territories around the world. , United Airlines, Citibank, Singapore Airlines, Siemens-Nixdorf, Daimler-Benz, and Ford Motor Company. For more information about Centura visit www.centurasoft.com . CONTACT: Centura Software Corp. Tom George, 415/321-9500 tom.george@centurasoft.com or Zoom Marketing Maureen Welch, 510/283-9777 mwelch@ccnet.com |
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