IBM Extends Power of Enterprise Computing to the PC With New Software Tool; Application Development Productivity Tool Simplifies Desktop Access to IBM Application Servers.DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--IBM CICS/MQSeries Technical Conference-- April 26, 1999--IBM today announced a new application development productivity tool that makes it easy for programmers This is a list of programmers notable for their contributions to software, either as original author or architect, or for later additions. See also: Game programmer, List of computer scientists to connect desktop application environments with back-end systems, extending the scalability and reliability of enterprise computing Refers to information technology in the larger company. See enterprise data and enterprise networking. environments to the PC. IBM VisualAge VisualAge was the name of a family of computer integrated development environments from IBM, which included support for a few popular (and not so popular) computer programming languages. Early history VisualAge was born in the IBM development lab in Cary, North Carolina. Interspace interspace /in·ter·space/ (in´ter-spas) a space between similar structures. in·ter·space n. A space between two things; an interval. (a), the latest addition to IBM's VisualAge software family, was previously marketed as Interspace software by Planetworks L.L.C., recently acquired by 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) . The new tool will enable programmers who use workgroup rapid application development (RAD (1) (Rapid Application Development) Developing systems incrementally and delivering working pieces every three to four months, rather than waiting until the entire project is programmed before implementing it. ) tools such as Sybase PowerBuilder(b) and Microsoft Visual Basic(b) to easily develop applications that utilize IBM's enterprise server environments, including IBM CICS (Customer Information Control System) A TP monitor from IBM that was originally developed to provide transaction processing for IBM mainframes. It controls the interaction between applications and users and lets programmers develop screen displays without Transaction Server (TS) for OS/390, IBM MQSeries and IBM WebSphere Application Server This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. , as well as to IBM VisualAge Generator server applications. VisualAge Interspace also provides a set of Java development utilities that integrate with VisualAge for Java, making the development of new applications for environments such as CICS TS even easier to develop and test. "The use of enterprise-scale application environments such as CICS TS continues to be critical for customers, especially as they move to e-business," said Joe Damassa, vice president of marketing, IBM Application Development Software. "IBM's focus is to provide the most productive and effective development support for these enterprise e-business environments, and to ensure that our tools accommodate our customers' diverse set of development skills. With the inclusion of VisualAge Interspace within the VisualAge application development family, IBM is providing customers with one-stop shopping for development tools that bridge workgroup and enterprise application development." IBM and Planetworks have had a successful marketing partnership for several years. The companies jointly developed and launched the IBM Application Mining program, which gives a modern simplified user interface to any existing application so that they can be accessed from PCs and the Internet by customers to open up new e-business opportunities. The relationship was extended across multiple IBM product lines, including the full range of application servers supported today. The acquisition provides IBM additional flexibility in delivering best-of-breed development tools to customers building e-business applications. "IBM's purchase of Planetworks and their Interspace product is a significant strategic move that enables Visual Basic and PowerBuilder programmers to use their current skill sets and familiar programming environments to access IBM's middleware Software that functions as a conversion or translation layer. It is also a consolidator and integrator. Custom-programmed middleware solutions have been developed for decades to enable one application to communicate with another that either runs on a different platform or comes from a infrastructure and legacy environments," said Beth Gold-Bernstein, senior analyst, Hurwitz Group. "Our company was faced with the requirement of accessing legacy data on our CICS/MVS systems from our PowerBuilder applications. We decided to implement a three-tier architecture solution which uses Interspace together with CICS Client for Windows, CICS/6000 and CICS/ESA CICS/ESA Customer Information Control System/Enterprise Systems Architecture (IBM) to handle communications between the PC, RS/6000 and IBM S/390," said Jeff Harasym, systems engineer, MTS (1) See Microsoft Transaction Server. (2) (Modular TV System) The stereo channel added to the NTSC standard, which includes the SAP audio channel for special use. 1. MTS - Message Transport System. 2. Communications Inc. "Interspace performed its function perfectly. Our developers became productive in a very short time since Interspace's learning curve was minimal. We are currently planning on using Interspace to interface with other legacy applications via MQSeries. Based on our past experience, we're confident that Interspace will perform equally as well." Pricing and Availability VisualAge Interspace will be available for sale on April 28 through IBM sales and System Integrators. The product will be priced at $2495 per developer seat and $3495 per processor for runtime. IBM global technical support will also be extended to existing Planetworks customers worldwide. About IBM VisualAge Family IBM's award-winning VisualAge tools provide the optimal development environment for creating applications to run on IBM CICS TS, MQSeries, WebSphere, Lotus Domino, DB2, OS/390, OS/400 and embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. devices. The VisualAge family is a suite of standards-based application development tools for the enterprise, designed to help customers productively build scalable e-business applications. The development tools are designed to enable developers of various skill levels to utilize the most effective enterprise programming environments in the industry. More information about today's announcement and IBM's family of VisualAge development tools can be found at http://www.software.ibm.com/ad/ interspace/ About IBM IBM creates, develops and manufactures the industry's most advanced information technologies. IBM offers complete information about the company, its products, services and technologies through the World Wide Web. The fastest, easiest way to get information about IBM Software is to go to the IBM Software home page at http://www.software.ibm.com. (a) Indicates trademark or registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation (b) Indicates trademarks or registered trademarks of 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, and Sybase, Inc. |
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