Crystal Systems Solutions Announces Release of Enterprise-Class Product for Microsoft Visual Studio .NET by its Subsidiary Mainsoft.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers HERZLIA, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--August 29, 2002 Microsoft Visual Studio Microsoft Visual Studio is Microsoft's flagship software development product for computer programmers. It centers on an integrated development environment which lets programmers create standalone applications, web sites, web applications, and web services that run on any platforms .NET Integration Program Yields Cross-Platform Support for Microsoft Visual Studio .NET Crystal Systems Solutions (Nasdaq:CRYS) announced today that its subsidiary, Mainsoft Corporation, the software porting company, began shipping a new product last week that enables companies to develop enterprise-class C++ applications using Microsoft Visual Studio .NET and rapidly deploy them to multiple Unix platforms. The product, Visual MainWin 5, delivers an unprecedented level of multi-platform performance, security, and scalability for today's enterprise-class applications, while providing a solid 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. foundation for building Web services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. . Visual MainWin 5 supports the vision of interoperable XML Web services based on Microsoft .NET See .NET. technology. "We appreciate Mainsoft's continued support of Visual Studio and our Web services vision," said Tom Button, vice president of Developer Marketing and Enterprise Tools at Microsoft Corporation (company) Microsoft Corporation - The biggest supplier of operating systems and other software for IBM PC compatibles. Software products include MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Windows NT, Microsoft Access, LAN Manager, MS Client, SQL Server, Open Data Base Connectivity (ODBC), MS Mail, . "Mainsoft technology enables Microsoft Visual Studio .NET developers to create Windows applications that also target the Unix platform." Developed in close cooperation with Microsoft through the Visual Studio .NET A suite of programming languages and development tools from Microsoft that supports the .NET environment. Upon its introduction in 2001, it included Visual C# and .NET versions of Visual Basic and Visual C++. See .NET. Integration Program (VSIP VSIP Visual Studio Industry Partner (Microsoft) VSIP Vietnam Singapore Industrial Park VSIP Visual Studio Integration Program (Microsoft) VSIP Voluntary Separation Incentive Program ), Visual MainWin 5 extends the Visual Studio .NET development environment to deploy C++ applications on multiple flavors of Unix. "Visual MainWin 5 is the result of our long-term and mutually beneficial Adj. 1. mutually beneficial - mutually dependent interdependent, mutualist dependent - relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed; "dependent children"; "dependent on moisture" relationship with Microsoft," said Yaacov Cohen cohen or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. , president 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 Mainsoft Corporation. "This new product demonstrates Mainsoft's commitment to delivering a cross-platform Web services infrastructure." At the core of Visual MainWin 5 is significantly enhanced performance, scalability and reliability. To achieve this, Visual MainWin 5 has been designed from the ground up for linear scalability and process isolation, enabling non-stop operation. Validated by around-the-clock testing at throughput rates of over 1,500 transactions-per-second, the new product achieves tremendous linear performance and scalability compared to its rivals. For example, on multi-processor machines, the core Microsoft XML engine in Visual MainWin 5 is 7 times faster than the widely available Apache Xerces XML. Since world-class security is another vital component of all enterprise applications, Visual MainWin 5 leverages industry-leader RSA's BSAFE encryption engine to provide cross-platform security. Finally, making key Microsoft .NET technologies cross-platform capable will entice more Independent Software Vendors and enterprises to migrate to Microsoft Visual Studio .NET. Visual MainWin 5 provides a solid foundation for successive Mainsoft releases containing additional technologies including XML4, SOAP Toolkit V3.0, ATL Server ATL Server is a technology for developing web based applications. It uses a tag replacement engine written in C++ to render web pages. It draws on the existing technologies like ISAPI and the Active Template Library. and MFC (Microsoft Foundation Class) An application framework for writing Microsoft C/C++ and Visual C++ applications. See application framework. MFC - Microsoft Foundation Class 7, thus enabling a smooth transition to Microsoft Visual Studio .NET. For the last several months, Visual MainWin 5 has been evaluated by beta customers with great success. "We were delighted with the performance of our DxDesigner suite using Visual MainWin 5, and we've found it easy to use Mainsoft's new product to extend DxDesigner to the next generation of .NET solutions," said Jared Gaillard, Engineering operations manager, Innoveda Corporation. About Mainsoft Corporation Mainsoft Corporation, the software porting company, enables businesses to develop applications once on Windows and deploy them rapidly to multiple Unix environments. Mainsoft is headquartered in San Jose, Calif. and has offices in Chicago, London and Israel. The world's largest independent software vendors and Fortune 1000 IT departments have relied on Mainsoft technology and expertise to deploy more than $1 billion in software on Unix since 1993. Crystal Systems Solutions Ltd. (Nasdaq:CRYS) is a major Mainsoft shareholder. For information and a free evaluation, visit www.mainsoft.com/vmw5. About Crystal Systems Solutions Crystal Systems Solutions Ltd. is a global provider of software products and tools for the modernization of existing legacy applications. Crystal's solutions enhance the software functionality within the corporate environment while efficiently deploying updated business processes and technologies. Crystal Systems Solutions is a member of the Formula Group (Nasdaq:FORTY), the largest Israeli IT group. For more information, please visit www.crystal-sys.com. Note: (c)2002 Mainsoft Corporation and "the software porting company" are trademarks, and Mainsoft and MainWin are registered trademarks of Mainsoft Corporation. All other products or company names mentioned are used for identification purposes only, and may be trademarked, registered, or copyrighted by their respective owners. |
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