Curl Corporation Wins Crossroads 2002 A-List Award; The Curl-TM- Content Language and Surge-TM- Software Platform Recognized as Industry's Leading Web Integrated Development Environment.Business/Technology Editors CAMBRIDGE Cambridge, city, Canada Cambridge (kām`brĭj), city (1991 pop. 92,772), S Ont., Canada, on the Grand River, NW of Hamilton. It was formed in 1973 with the amalgamation of Galt, Hespeler, and Preston, all founded in the early 19th cent. , Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 7, 2002 Curl Corporation, the leading software infrastructure company for the development and delivery of content in a Web-based environment, today announced that the Curl(TM) content language and Surge(TM) software platform were awarded the Crossroads 2002 A-List Award in the Web Integrated Development Environment See IDE. integrated development environment - interactive development environment category by Open Systems Advisors, Inc. (OSA 1. OSA - Open Scripting Architecture. 2. OSA - Open System Architecture. ). The Crossroads A-List Awards are given to technology providers that have successfully combined three elements critical to mainstream adoption: strategic focus, a viable product or service offering, and consistent business results for its customers. OSA draws upon industry-wide interviews with line-of-business and IT executives to identify the technologies and services that are making the strongest contribution to business results. The Crossroads 2002 A-List Awards recognize technologies that have achieved business results for early adopters and are ready for consideration by mainstream users. "Curl technology moves beyond the primitive look and feel of HTML-based applications and simplifies the development for more interactive Web-based applications See Web application. ," according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Nina G. Lytton, president of Open Systems Advisors, Inc. "Curl technology is a good fit for applications where end-user (job) end-user - The person who uses a computer application, as opposed to those who developed or support it. The end-user may or may not know anything about computers, how they work, or what to do if something goes wrong. productivity can be dramatically increased by a classic full-featured client-side experience." The Surge software platform, which includes the Surge plug-in, brings the performance and responsiveness of desktop programs directly to the Internet browser See Web browser. . At the heart of the Surge software platform is the advanced Surge runtime environment A configuration of hardware and software. It includes the CPU type, operating system and any runtime engines or system software required by a particular category of applications. See runtime engine. , which compiles content written in the Curl language and delivers smaller downloads, powerful programming functionality and an unprecedented level of performance and interactivity. It allows users to access applications written in Curl and share in the rich interactive experience Curl technology brings to the Web. The Surge software platform is an integral part of Curl Corporation's content development and delivery platform, which allows end users to experience powerful new content and distributed applications An application made up of distinct components running in separate runtime environments, usually on different platforms connected via a network. Typical distributed applications . "We are honored hon·or n. 1. High respect, as that shown for special merit; esteem: the honor shown to a Nobel laureate. 2. a. Good name; reputation. b. to be recognized by an industry organization as prestigious as the OSA's Crossroads program. The Crossroads A-List Award underscores our belief that Curl technology will be central to developing the next generation of Web applications. Finally, developers have the technology needed to build interactive and powerful Web applications, which completely transforms the end-user experience," said Bob Young, 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. and chairman of Curl Corporation. For more information about Curl Corporation or the Crossroads A-List Awards, please visit www.curl.com or http://www.crossroads-osa.com. About Open Systems Advisors, Inc. Founded in 1989, Open Systems Advisors, Inc. (OSA) provides a real-world perspective on using new technology in business. OSA's research is based on an ongoing and in-depth dialogue with hundreds of seasoned IT executives and business leaders who are using emerging technologies to achieve business results. OSA reports the Crossroads Decisions, confers the Crossroads A-List Awards and produces the Crossroads Conferences. For additional information, contact the company at: Open Systems Advisors, Inc., 268 Newbury Street, Boston, MA 02116, 617/859-0859, www.crossroads-osa.com About Curl Corporation Curl Corporation is a software infrastructure company whose content development and delivery platform enables true client/server functionality in a Web-based environment. The platform consists of a unified software environment that incorporates and extends the capabilities of existing Web technologies in a single integrated content language, and that uses the power of client-side processing to bring desktop application functionality to Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the , intranet and extranet applications. The result is better performing and more powerful Web-based applications; reduced development, deployment and maintenance costs; and more effective use of existing server and bandwidth capacity. Curl Corporation was named by Computerworld as one of the top 100 companies to watch in 2002. For more information, visit www.curl.com. Curl and Surge Lab are trademarks of Curl Corporation. Crossroads is a registered trademark, and Crossroads A-List, Crossroads Decisions and Bizno-tech are trademarks of Open Systems Advisors, Inc. All other trademarks appearing in this press release are the property of their respective owners. |
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