IBM leads industry with cross-platform solutions; array of new products unveiled at COMDEX/Spring '96.CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 4, 1996--IBM strengthened its position as the premier provider of cross-platform solutions by unveiling 12 application development and data management solutions at COMDEX/Spring '96. Among today's announcements are: - VisualAge(a) for BASIC (code-named "Bart"), a new scripting technology for BASIC programmers using OS/2(a) and Windows(b) NT(b) 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. - The general availability of the 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) Database Server for Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. , part of the IBM Software Server family - An enhanced DATABASE 2 (DB2)(a) for Windows NT - New DB2 versions for the Windows 95, SCO (The SCO Group, Lindon, UT, www.sco.com) A leading vendor of Unix operating systems for the x86 platform. SCO had also offered Linux, but abandoned the line in the spring of 2003. The SCO Group is the combination of two companies: Utah-based Caldera, Inc. (b) OpenServer(b), and SINIX SINIX Siemens-Nixdorf Sinix Siemens Unix (b) operating systems - OpenDoc(b) for Windows, an industry-standard architecture for building software components. "The value proposition for customers is software that delivers high-quality performance and reliability, seven days a week, 365 days a year," said Steve Mills For the character in the "Shortland Street"" TV programme, see . Steve Mills (born Portsmouth, 9 December 1953, died Southampton, 1 August 1988) was a professional footballer with Southampton F.C. who career was cut short by a serious car accident and died of leukemia aged 34. , general manager, IBM Software Solutions Division. "That's the IBM promise: to provide innovative solutions, on platforms of choice, that will significantly extend the power and reach of our customers' systems." Application Development Line Up With the Windows operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. as the focus of today's announcements, IBM's line up of new application development tools includes: VisualAge for BASIC VisualAge for BASIC, the newest addition to the award-winning VisualAge family, goes into beta testing (programming) beta testing - Testing a pre-release (potentially unreliable) version of a piece of software by making it available to selected users. This term derives from early 1960s terminology for product cycle checkpoints, first used at IBM but later standard throughout the in June and will be available on the Internet for a limited time free of charge. This easy-to-use scripting technology allows developers to gain the efficiencies of 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 as they develop in the popular BASIC programming language. VisualAge for BASIC users can embed and script Microsoft Object Linking and Embedding See OLE. (operating system) Object Linking and Embedding - (OLE) A distributed object system and protocol from Microsoft, also used on the Acorn Archimedes. OLE allows an editor to "farm out" part of a document to another editor and then reimport it. (OLE)(b) 2.0 objects as they build client/server applications from their Windows desktop. VisualAge for BASIC for OS/2(a) extends advanced BASIC scripting capability to OS/2 users. TeamConnection IBM pioneered groupware for team developers with the introduction of TeamConnection(a)for OS/2. Now Windows development teams can collaborate on developing applications in the LAN-based client/server development environment that TeamConnection for Windows NT and Windows 95 provides. This powerful tool combines the industry's most robust object repository for storing objects with an advanced set of software configuration management services for managing each step of the development environment. VisualAge 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. VisualAge for COBOL enables customers to protect their information technology (IT) assets and leverage their IT skills, while evolving to a state-of-the-art development environment. Most of the world's mission-critical applications, comprising billions of lines of code The statements and instructions that a programmer writes when creating a program. One line of this "source code" may generate one machine instruction or several depending on the programming language. A line of code in assembly language is typically turned into one machine instruction. , are written in the COBOL programming language. IBM's new Windows tool speeds development by allowing COBOL programmers to construct client/server applications with their existing COBOL language skills. VisualAge Generator With a name change, added function and a new platform, VisualAge Generator (formerly VisualGen(a)) delivers a rapid-application development environment for generating C++ and COBOL applications. Now Windows developers can quickly and efficiently build applications that span the range of client/server systems, from PCs to workstations and mainframes. PL/I (Programming Language 1) A high-level IBM programming language introduced in 1964 with the System/360 series. It was designed to combine features of and eventually supplant COBOL and FORTRAN, which never happened. for Windows With its optimizing compiler and productivity tools, PL/I is the underlying programming language of thousands of enterprise applications. IBM is extending its rich functionality to Windows-based development environments with the general availability of PL/I for Windows. Data Roundup New Windows and UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). (b) database offerings from IBM include: DATABASE 2 (DB2) for Windows NT Version 2.1.1 IBM's flagship relational database, DB2, helps customers manage their business data securely and reliably. DB2 for Windows NT has been enhanced to provide a new graphical user interface graphical user interface (GUI) Computer display format that allows the user to select commands, call up files, start programs, and do other routine tasks by using a mouse to point to pictorial symbols (icons) or lists of menu choices on the screen as opposed to having to that improves administrative capabilities. Non-stop high performance makes DB2 the database of choice for the vast majority of Fortune 500 companies, and it will be used at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta this summer. Microsoft has also selected DB2 for Windows NT to carry the "Designed for Microsoft BackOffice" logo on packaging and marketing collateral. Database Server for Windows NT For customers needing an integrated server solution, the Database Server for Windows NT, generally available June 28, includes the enhanced DB2 for Windows NT, the DB2 World Wide Web Connection(a), and a software developer's kit See SDK. . This server is designed to support traditional data as well as multimedia and objects, provide World Wide Web support, and scale from kilobytes to terabytes of data. It is part of the IBM Software Server family, an integrated series of leading IBM and Lotus software solutions for Internet access, data management, collaborative computing and more. DB2 Version 2 for SINIX and SCO IBM is extending DB2 power to two new UNIX platforms. DB2 for the Siemens Nixdorf SINIX operating system is generally available. Beta testing for DB2 for Santa Cruz Operations SCO OpenServer(b) will begin in June. Distributed Data Connection Services for Windows Distributed Data Connection Services (DDCS DDCS Data Distribution and Command System DDCS Distributed Drive Communication System DDCS Digital Data Collection System DDCS Digital Data Communications Set DDCS Digital Document Customizing System )(a) for Windows is a new tool that significantly improves access from Windows desktops to data residing in large enterprise systems. DDCS can transparently access, process, and transport data between platforms. DB2 for Windows 95 Single User Version A single-user version of DB2 for Windows 95 is now available for standalone-system users, such as mobile workers and other users of standalone desktop systems. OpenDoc Debuts on Time IBM is on schedule with the beta testing of OpenDoc(b) for Windows to begin in late June. The momentum for this industry-standard component architecture continues to grow as more and more developers use OpenDoc's advanced functionality to build object-oriented software parts. OpenDoc components will support OLE objects, while providing full cross-platform and distribution capabilities. For More Information IBM, the world's largest software provider, creates, develops and manufactures the industry's most advanced information technologies, including computer systems, software, networking systems, storage devices and microelectronics. For Internet users, IBM offers complete information about the company, its products, services and technologies through the World Wide Web. The IBM home page is at http://www.ibm.com. 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. -0- (a) Indicates trademark or registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. (b) Indicates trademark or registered trademark of respective companies. CONTACT: IBM Media Relations Theo Chisholm, 914/766-1180 Internet: theoc@vnet.ibm.com or Brodeur & Partners (for IBM) Margaret Bonilla, 617/622-2840 Internet: mbonilla@brodeur.com |
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