Data General selects ADAPT for pick-to-GUI migration.WESTBORO, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 18, 1997--Data General Corp. announced the selection of ADAPT 5, a legacy-to-GUI application development toolset, as its preferred solution for assisting companies in the move from Pick systems to modern redesigned applications for client/server environments. ADAPT, the flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. of Adapt Technologies Inc., enables third generation langauge-oriented development shops to rapidly build high-quality GUI-client/server applications while reusing all valuable legacy code. ADAPT benefits include code-free GUI-building, support for very rapid prototyping Building a part one layer at a time using a method of additive fabrication such as 3D printing. Such parts are used for concept modeling to determine if the product design meets the customer's expectations. and automatic distribution of run-time applications to multiple clients. The Pick edition of the product will also include a tool for automatically converting Pick Basic code to Microsoft's Visual Basic. In addition, Data General also offers ADAPT solutions for COBOL COBOL: see programming language. COBOL in full Common Business-Oriented Language. High-level computer programming language, one of the first widely used languages and for many years the most popular language in the business community. , C and C++ developers. 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. Dan Sapir, vice president of Strategic Alliances at Data General, "Data General's extensive involvement in the Pick marketplace has primarily focused on migration solutions to modern platforms and operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. . Until now, none of the existing solutions allowed functional and GUI (Graphical User Interface) A graphics-based user interface that incorporates movable windows, icons and a mouse. The ability to resize application windows and change style and size of fonts are the significant advantages of a GUI vs. a character-based interface. redesign without requiring a total rewrite of the application. ADAPT provides us and our customers with a best-of-both-worlds alternative to this painful trade-off." "Our strategic alliance with Data General, coupled with their well-established position in the Pick market, enables us to deliver and support a superior GUI-building solution for this important but often overlooked market segment," said Saul Simon, senior vice president of Marketing, Adapt Technologies. About Adapt Technologies Adapt Technologies Inc., based in Burlington, Mass., develops and markets legacy-to-GUI application development tools. The company's flagship product, ADAPT, enables enterprises to rapidly build user-centric, Microsoft-compliant GUI applications for client/server and I-net environments while preserving what is valuable in their current legacy systems. About Data General Data General Corp. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :DGN DGN Design (file) DGN Dirección General de Normas (Standards Organization in Mexico) DGN MicroStation Design File (file format/extension) ), headquartered in Westboro, Mass., specializes in servers, storage systems and related software and services for customers worldwide. The company reported revenues of $1.3 billion for fiscal 1996. Additional information on Data General Corp., its products and its services is available on the Internet at http://www.dg.com -0- All brands and product names appearing in the press release may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. CONTACT: Brodeur Porter Novelli Gina Rezendes, 617/587-2839 grezendes@brodeur.com or Adapt Technologies Inc. Saul Simon, 617/229-9229 ssimon@adpt.com |
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