Colleges.com Earns an A+ With Pervasive's Tango.AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 2, 1999-- USA Today's # 1 Ranked Online College Community Built On Tango Web Development and Deployment Software Pervasive Software Pervasive Software Pervasive develops and distributes data infrastructure software that enable corporations to integrate, analyze, secure, manage and harvest data from disparate sources. , Inc.(TM) (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 :PVSW PVSW Pervasive Software Inc. )--a global pioneer in simplifying Web development, deployment and information management, today announced that Colleges.com has used Pervasive's Tango(TM) Web application software to build and deploy the first "virtual campus"--www.colleges.com. U.S. college students and college-bound high schoolers visit the site to perform research, conduct college and scholarship searches, check their free email@colleges.com, chat with other college students and even play online games based on assigned course material in their textbooks. Within three weeks of its launch, Colleges.com was named the top Internet-based college community by USA Today USA Today National U.S. daily general-interest newspaper, the first of its kind. Launched in 1982 by Allen Neuharth, head of the Gannett newspaper chain, it reached a circulation of one million within a year and surpassed two million in the 1990s. , which had polled its Web-savvy readership on the usability, entertainment value, content and visual appeal of leading collegiate sites. "Tango's power and flexibility are key to Colleges.com's success," said John Carrieri, founder and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Colleges.com. "There are few Web development tools robust enough to manage a whole community site. Tango was designed with dynamic, highly interactive communities like ours in mind." Pervasive's Tango is a fully integrated environment of Web development tools, the Pervasive.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. database workstation engine, an application server, and reporting functionality that radically simplifies the development and deployment of scalable, highly dynamic Web sites across multiple platforms Refers to two or more operating environments, which typically include the CPU family and operating system. For example, if versions of a program run on Windows and the Macintosh, the software is said to support multiple platforms. . Tango features sophisticated yet easy-to-use technology and an open, extensible architecture. A Flexible, Multi-Platform Solution for Web Applications "A major advantage of Tango is that we can do our development on the Macintosh then deploy on Sun Solaris," said Carrieri. "The Mac's fluid, intuitive interface is great for building Web applications. For deployment, we needed a powerhouse platform scalable to the demands of a high-traffic site, and Solaris is perfect for that." Tango supports development on both Macintosh and Windows, and cross-platform deployment on Windows NT/95/98, Solaris, AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) IBM's Unix-based operating system which runs on its Intellistation workstations and pSeries, p5, iSeries and i5 server families. and Macintosh. It also supports industry standards such as ODBC (Open DataBase Connectivity) A database programming interface from Microsoft that provides a common language for Windows applications to access databases on a network. , 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. , XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. , SQL, CGI CGI in full Common Gateway Interface. Specification by which a Web server passes data between itself and an application program. Typically, a Web user will make a request of the Web server, which in turn passes the request to a CGI application program. , JavaScript, JavaBeans and more, and operates with today's most widely used databases. Database and JavaScript Integration: Key to a High-Performing Site Colleges.com's Tango-based Ultimate Challenge Games(TM) engine is linked with top-selling textbooks to deliver the site's online games, which are played by college students for prizes and rewards--all while they are learning the course material. Tango's integrated JavaScript, which provides a fully functional Internet programming language, was used to build the game's engine. For creating other components, such as the site's search capability, prize giveaways and real-time sports updates, Tango enables easy manipulation of an underlying database for dynamic content delivery. "Colleges.com's interactive, visually rich site is a compelling implementation of Tango's rapid development and deployment environment," said Scott Bleakley, vice president of marketing for Pervasive. "The rocket-fast 3-D graphics display, sophisticated college search feature and instructional games capability have helped make Colleges.com the leading college community on the Internet." About Pervasive Software Pervasive Software, Inc. is a leading provider of software for easily managing information--in Internet applications, in Web devices and appliances, and in packaged business solutions. Developers worldwide depend on Pervasive for its powerful, easy-to-use Web development and deployment environment, its high-performing embedded database, and its reporting and data transformation tools--technologies that simplify the development, deployment, and maintenance of applications across a broad array of platforms. Pervasive's unique business model leverages a distribution channel of over 10,000 software developers, value-added resellers and systems integrators around the world. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Pervasive Software offers worldwide distribution, with offices in Toronto, Frankfurt, Paris, London, Brussels, Dublin, Tokyo and Hong Kong. For more information on Pervasive call (800) 287-4383 or (512) 231-6000, visit us at www.pervasive.com, or email info@pervasive.com. About Colleges.com Colleges.com is the leading college portal Web site and first "virtual campus" offering students a wide range of services ranging from chat, research, email and college searches to fun interactive gaming. For more information on Colleges.com, call (619) 597-7575, or visit the site at www.colleges.com. Pervasive, Pervasive Software, Pervasive.SQL, Tango Enterprise and Bolero bolero (bəlâr`ō), national dance of Spain, introduced c.1780 by Sebastian Zerezo, or Cerezo. Of Moroccan origin, it resembles the fandango. are trademarks or registered trademarks of Pervasive Software, Inc. All other company and product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. |
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