Cincom acquires ObjectStudio's Germany operations from VMARK.CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 10, 1997-- Cincom Increases Global Sales, Marketing and Product Support for Object-Oriented Application Development Environment Cincom Systems (Cincom Systems, Inc., Cincinnati, OH, www.cincom.com) One of the largest and most experienced software companies in the world. Founded in 1968 by Thomas Nies, who has the distinction of being the longest-serving company chief in the industry, Cincom sells manufacturing, financial and Inc. today announced they have acquired ObjectStudio's German operations from VMARK. This includes support for the German, Austrian and Swiss ObjectStudio(TM) user community, and responsibility for operations and staffing for ObjectStudio throughout Germany. This agreement is effective immediately. Under terms of this agreement, Cincom Systems also has full worldwide rights and responsibilities for ObjectStudio, the object-oriented, Smalltalk product suite for enterprise application development. Cincom Systems will assume all customer responsibility, including ongoing technical product support, sales and consulting, and other activities for all German-speaking countries in Europe which have the largest ObjectStudio user base worldwide. To more effectively meet the needs of these users, Cincom Systems is adding approximately 25 people, highly skilled in object-oriented technology See object technology. , into its German operations. "Cincom Systems is excited to be able to increase our global support of ObjectStudio, one of the leading object-oriented integrated development environments See IDE. integrated development environment - interactive development environment in the marketplace," says Marco Emrich, senior director of Cincom's TOTAL FrameWork(TM) Group. "Since ObjectStudio is a strategic component of TOTAL FrameWork, users around the world will be able to take full advantage of Cincom's next-generation application development environment. ObjectStudio Supports Cincom Systems' Product Strategy Cincom Systems has aggressive product development and support plans for ObjectStudio to ensure a robust future and evolution path for all users. This includes new versions of the product itself, but also many complementary offerings with TOTAL FrameWork, Cincom Systems' next-generation application development environment. TOTAL FrameWork allows organizations to build applications that are highly adaptable to business and technological changes. These offerings include features like web integration, Java interoperability The capability of two or more hardware devices or two or more software routines to work harmoniously together. For example, in an Ethernet network, display adapters, hubs, switches and routers from different vendors must conform to the Ethernet standard and interoperate with each other. , distributed object Distributed objects are software modules that are designed to work together, but reside either in multiple computers connected via a network or in different processes inside the same computer. computing computing - computer through Object Request Brokers See ORB. (programming) Object Request Broker - (ORB) Part of the OMG CORBA specification, an ORB's basic function is to pass method invocation requests to the correct objects and return the results to the caller. , workflow enablement and distributed data access capabilities. To that end, Cincom Systems has also implemented an aggressive pricing and distribution strategy for ObjectStudio. For more information, please refer to Cincom's ObjectStudio Web site (www.cincom.com/objectstudio). Cincinnati-based Cincom Systems is among the world's largest software companies The Forbes Global 2000 includes the following list of the world's largest software companies. Relative rank Global rank Name Country Sales ($bil) Profits ($bil) Assets ($bil) Market Value ($bil) 1 54 Microsoft United States . It has developed and marketed business software for leading corporations for more than 28 years. Cincom offers mission-critical software ranging from document management and manufacturing applications, to solutions for object-oriented and fourth-generation language fourth-generation language (4GL) Fourth-generation computer programming language. 4GLs are closer to human language than other high-level languages and are accessible to people without formal training as programmers. application development. Cincom can be contacted by E-mail at info@cincom.com, by phone at 800/543-3010 or at its World Wide Web site (www.cincom.com). -0- TOTAL FrameWork is a trademark of Cincom Systems Inc. ObjectStudio is a trademark of CinMark Systems Inc. VMARK is a trademark of VMARK Software Inc. All other trademarks are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. NOTE TO EDITORS: There are three "at" symbols in the e-mail addresses See Internet address. e-mail address - electronic mail address contained in this press release. Two come before "cincom.com," and the other one comes before "hsr.com." This symbol may not appear properly in some systems. CONTACT: Cincom Systems Inc. Dan Dyer, 513/573-3492 ddyer@cincom.com or Hensley Segal Rentschler Kevin Dugan, 513/671-3811 kmd@hsr.com |
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