GemStone partners with OTI to deliver code management product for GemStone Smalltalk; Object development teams now can build partitioned client/server object applications with centralized code management.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 5, 1996--Two leaders in object-oriented programming object-oriented programming, a modular approach to computer program (software) design. Each module, or object, combines data and procedures (sequences of instructions) that act on the data; in traditional, or procedural, programming the data are separated from the -- GemStone gemstone Any of various minerals prized for beauty, durability, and rarity. A few noncrystalline materials of organic origin (e.g., pearl, red coral, and amber) also are classified as gemstones. (R) Systems Inc. and Object Technology International Inc. (OTI) -- today announced a technology and marketing agreement to create a version of ENVY/Developer supporting GemStone Smalltalk. Developers building three-tier enterprisewide business object solutions will now be able to integrate application code across development environments seamlessly, independent of where the code will actually execute. "As a result of this partnership, we will now be able to control our team development efforts from a single repository," said Mark Anderson Mark Anderson
(company) Texas Instruments - (TI) A US electronics company. A TI engineer, Jack Kilby invented the integrated circuit in 1958. Three TI employees left the company in 1982 to start Compaq. . "It will be much easier to build partitioned applications that leverage GemStone's unique multi-user Smalltalk implementation. These standardized standardized pertaining to data that have been submitted to standardization procedures. standardized morbidity rate see morbidity rate. standardized mortality rate see mortality rate. tools, across client and server Smalltalk, will shorten our development cycle for enterprisewide applications and improve our bottom line." "Our growing customer base, many of whom currently use ENVY/Developer, has been requesting this capability," said Doug Pollack pollack: see cod. pollack or pollock Either of two commercially important North Atlantic species of food fish in the cod family (Gadidae). , GemStone vice president of marketing. "Now, using the integrated team development in ENVY/Developer, our customers will maximize the GemStone Smalltalk development environment for building and maintaining complex applications." "This partnership is driven by GemStone customer requirements for large project support," said Randy Best, president, OTI/U.S. "Our new development efforts with GemStone extend ENVY/Developer's position as the dominant multi-vendor Smalltalk component management system." ENVY/Developer, well-established as the de facto standard Hardware or software that is widely used, but not endorsed by a standards organization. Contrast with de jure standard. de facto standard - A widespread consensus on a particular product or protocol which has not been ratified by any official standards body, such as ISO, for multi-programmer Smalltalk development environments, is a collaborative component management environment allowing teams of Smalltalk programmers to develop and reuse libraries of components. It includes the version control, configuration management and team programming features required for large-scale application development. Developers will be able to integrate ENVY/Developer for GemStone with other ENVY/Developer versions, such as that for ParcPlace-Digitalk's VisualWorks and IBM's VisualAge, to effectively build enterprise business model solutions. "Smalltalk vendors are pulling together to deliver solid customer solutions," said Reed Phillips, executive director, Smalltalk Industry Council. "As the market matures, customers will continue to raise the standards for Smalltalk development. IBM's recent acquisition of OTI is a strong vote of confidence for Smalltalk technology." Availability OTI will develop, maintain and enhance ENVY/Developer for GemStone, while GemStone will license, market and distribute it to its customer base. Product will be available during the second half of 1996. Pricing has not yet been established. Object Technology International Inc., an IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) subsidiary, is a world leader in object-oriented technology See object technology. providing advanced research and technology components for software engineering. The company's primary business is joint development and technology licensing through alliances with major corporations. OTI's portfolio of software components, tools, technologies and processes enables the development, delivery and support of object-oriented systems. GemStone Systems Inc. provides business object server technology for Fortune 1000-class corporations involved in business re-engineering efforts based on object technology. The GemStone business object server supports the demanding requirements of business-critical, enterprisewide application environments and provides seamless co-existence with existing relational and legacy systems. GemStone Systems Inc. is located at 15400 NW Greenbrier greenbrier: see smilax. Parkway, Suite 280, Beaverton, Ore. 97006. Phone: 503/629-8383; Facsimile: 503/629-8556; Toll-free: 800/243-9369; Web site: http:\\www.gemstone.com; E-mail: info@gemstone.com. -0- GemStone is a registered trademark of GemStone Systems Inc. ENVY is a registered trademark of Object Technology International Inc. All other company and product names are trademarks of the individual companies. CONTACT: KVO KVO Keep Vein Open KVO Key-Value Observing KVO Kunstvakonderwijs (Dutch) KVO Keeler, Vandyke, O'Brien (KVO Industries; Santa Rosa CA) Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most Erika Houge or Ann Dupuis 503/221-7411 or 503/221-2367 ann_dupuis@kvo.com or GemStone Systems Inc. Tricia Bull, 503/614-3417, triciab@gemstone.com or Object Technology Inc. Randy Best, 602/222-9519, randy_best@oti.com NOTE TO EDITORS: In the Internet/email addresses noted in this news release, there is an "at" symbol between: -- ann_dupuis AND kvo.com -- triciab AND gemstone.com -- randy_best AND oti.com This symbol may not appear properly (or at all) in some systems. |
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