IISG announces Wingz 2.5 and HyperScript Tools 1.5 for Windows NT/95 and MacOS.LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 1, 1997--Investment Intelligence Systems Group (IISG IISG Internationaal Instituut voor Sociale Geschiedenis (Dutch: International Institute of Social History; Amsterdam, Netherlands) ) today announced the release of enhanced versions of the Wingz graphical spreadsheet package and the analytical development environment, HyperScript Tools (HST (1) See Hubble Space Telescope. (2) An earlier asymmetrical modem protocol from U.S. Robotics that included error control and compression and transmits from 4800 to 14400 bps in one direction and from 300 to 400 bps in the other. ) for Windows NT 4.0, Windows 95 and MacOS 7.6. 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). versions of this new product, including Sun, 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) , HP and SGI (SGI, Sunnyvale, CA, www.sgi.com) A manufacturer of workstations and servers, founded in 1982 by Jim Clark. The company was founded as Silicon Graphics, Inc., but changed to its acronym in 1999. platforms, are currently in BETA and expected to ship early this summer. This latest release of Wingz and HST provides numerous performance improvements, new Internet/Intranet support and compatibility with additional data file formats. The powerful and highly efficient Wingz spreadsheet engine has been further tuned to deliver breakneck speed for complex operations. Already the largest and fastest spreadsheet available, this new version continues to solidify Wingz' position as the premiere software application for handling large data sets. In order to coexist and share information with other spreadsheet products, version 2.5 includes support for the latest Excel and Lotus files. The new Internet features allow users to publish Wingz spreadsheets, including fully formatted data and charts, directly to HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. files. "Future versions of the product will also provide server-based delivery of customized HyperSheets to web browsers as distributed Internet/Intranet applications," said Stefan Zauchenberger, vice president of IISG. "Our customers want to move the unique power of HyperSheets onto the Internet to reach a broader base of users." The bundled DataLink application has also been enhanced in version 2.5 to support all ODBC-compliant data sources, including Oracle, Informix, Sybase and DB2. About Wingz Wingz is the largest and most versatile graphical spreadsheet application available today. Wingz allows you to carry out the most sophisticated range of analytical and statistical procedures with a vast worksheet matrix and over 400 built-in functions. The product includes extensive computational capabilities and a comprehensive suite of charting tools which are ideal for financial, scientific and engineering applications. The functionality of Wingz spreadsheets can also be extended using the powerful, object-based scripting language, HyperScript. Power users will appreciate the option to scale up to HyperScript Tools for more sophisticated application development. About HyperScript Tools HyperScript Tools is a multi-platform, visual programming environment which allows developers to create customized graphical applications for data analysis and presentation. The product is comprised of a suite of graphical development tools including screen and menu painters integrated with the powerful, English-like HyperScript(R) programming language. The HST environment provides users with ideal components for developing sophisticated, data-driven EIS (1) (Executive Information System) An information system that consolidates and summarizes ongoing transactions within the organization. It provides top management with all the information it requires at all times from internal and external sources. and DSS (1) (Digital Signature Standard) A National Security Administration standard for authenticating an electronic message. See RSA and digital signature. (2) (Digital Satellite S solutions which run on heterogeneous hardware and retrieve data from various external sources, such as SQL databases and real-time data feeds. Wingz worksheets, or custom "HyperSheets(R)" act as the core building blocks for most HST programs. These applications can be deployed on UNIX, Windows or Macintosh with the Wingz 2.5 product or bundled with the HST 1.5 runtime module. Pricing and Availability Existing customers with a valid maintenance agreement will be updated to the new version at no charge. Version 2.x users without a current contract may purchase maintenance and receive the update for a nominal fee. Wingz users with versions prior to 2.x who buy maintenance have the option to upgrade to 2.5 for significant discount off the list price. To place an order in the United States, customers should call 800/494-WINGZ (9464), in Europe (44) 171 628 6960 or (33) 145 23 13 72. Notes to Editors Investment Intelligence Systems Group (IISG) comprises three entities: Investment Intelligence Systems Corp. (IISC IISC Indian Institute of Science IISC Interaction Institute for Social Change ); Investment Intelligence Systems Limited (IISL IISL Institut International sur le Droit de l'Espace (ESA) ) and IIFS IIFS Institutions Offering Islamic Financial Services IIFS Individual Integrated Fighting System IIFS International Institute of Forensic Science - Investment Intelligence Financial Systems Corp. Group offices are located in London, Edinburgh, Paris, Nassau, New York Nassau, the name of several places in New York State, may refer to:
IISG's principal products include deal capture and position keeping systems, data distribution systems, financial market arbitrage, investment accounting and administrative systems and the recently acquired WINGZ(R) and HyperScript(R) Tools. In 1992, IISG acquired the intellectual property rights of the Integrated Dealer Support System (IDSS IDSS - Intelligent Decision Support Systems ); 1994/5 saw the acquisition of WINGZ(R) and HyperScript(R) Tools from INFORMIX(R). In early 1995 IISG acquired the financial systems division (FSD) of Extel Financial Limited. CONTACT: IISC (United States) Jane Hollingshead, 913/663-4472 or IISG (United Kingdom) Sarah Tree, (44) 171 628 6960 or IISG, France Luc Morin, (33) 145 23 13 72 |
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