Informix Expands Application Development Tools Suite With Informix Dynamic 4GL; Partners Grow Customer Base With Enhanced Competitive Applications.BURLINGAME, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 4, 1998-- Informix Dynamic 4GL Delivers True Graphical User Interfaces To 4GL Applications Informix Partner Forum (June 4, 1998) -- Informix Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :IFMX IFMX Informix Corporation ), the leading provider of innovative database technology, announced expansion of its application development tools suite, with the introduction of an exciting new product, Informix(R) Dynamic 4GL. Informix Dynamic 4GL enables transformation of character based Refers to the use of fixed size fonts or to using text commands, all of which are in contrast to a graphical interface (graphics based). See text based. 4GL programs into Windows and Motif Graphical User Interface (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. ) database applications, with a simple recompile To compile a program again. A program is recompiled after a change has been made to it in order to test and run the revised version. Programs are recompiled many times during the course of development and maintenance. See compile. . Informix Dynamic 4GL enables VARs and database developers to respond to key market and business pressure, by providing high performance, robust, visual applications, at low cost and in short time frames, without sacrificing their existing investment in applications, infrastructure and staff. "Informix believes in an open systems approach to application development," said Steve Hill
Steve Hill (born 1954 in Huntsville, Alabama) is an American Christian clergyman and evangelist. , vice president and general manager, Tools Business Unit, Informix. "We are committed to ensuring that our partners and corporate developers are able to use their preferred, mainstream development environments to develop and deploy database-aware applications. Delivering Informix Dynamic 4GL is part of our commitment to help our customers and partners deliver competitive solutions." Informix Dynamic-4GL Takes Partner Applications To A New Level Informix VARs and end users depend on INFORMIX-4GL for their core business applications. New business requirements demand a solution that allows them to easily migrate users to newer, easy to use, visually appealing GUI environments, without losing existing investments in hardware, software, and human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. . Informix Dynamic 4GL leverages existing code and infrastructure, so that complex character based 4GL applications, with thousands of screens and millions 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. , can be deployed with enhanced, visual interfaces in months, not years. Businesses benefit by delivering visually appealing and competitive front-end applications, while maintaining their mature code and reliable feature set. Informix Dynamic 4GL offers customers a choice of deployment options from character, Windows 3.11, Windows 95, 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. and X11 Window See X Window. System (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). and Macintosh) clients, to NT and UNIX servers. Informix Dynamic 4GL's "thin client" three tier architecture, combined with these flexible deployment options allows customers to deploy new, state of the art GUI applications within existing desktop and network infrastructures. Businesses are able to upgrade to higher end Coordinates: For other places with the same name, see Billinge. Higher End or Billinge Higher End is a district of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England. desktops and networks 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. their business needs, not according to the demands of a new application. Kent McNall, president of Apropos Retail Management Systems, an Informix partner and provider of retail chain solutions said, "Informix Dynamic 4GL allowed us to rapidly develop a competitive new user interface for our application suites, while retaining our mature, stable code base. One of the major benefits of our thin-client solution is the ability for our customers to retain their investment in legacy hardware as they migrate naturally to newer systems," McNall continued. "Many retailers have large investments in 386 and 486 PC's as well as ASCII terminals which might not have the capability of running a 'fat client' application under Windows 95. Those systems will run our applications with excellent performance. The fact that Informix Dynamic 4GL enables us to run the same code and GUI interface on everything from Windows 95/386-based PC's to the latest UNIX or Windows NT systems is a real bonus. We don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. of a more flexible approach on the market." Informix Dynamic 4GL is an entirely new product, re-architected from the core, with significant performance advances and feature set expansions, as compared to INFORMIX-4GL. Powered by technology licensed from Four J's Development Tools, Informix Dynamic 4GL incorporates sophisticated advances in compiler, development tools, runtime environments, and virtual machine technology. "We are extremely pleased to be working closely with Informix on this exciting new product," commented Jean-Georges Schwartz, managing director, Four J's Development Tools. "Informix Dynamic 4GL represents a real future for 4GL, and for businesses who demand state of the art interfaces with no sacrifices in performance or manageability." Informix Dynamic 4GL Saves Development Costs - Leverages Existing Investments Because Informix Dynamic 4GL leverages existing applications and infrastructure, customers benefit from substantial savings over alternative re-engineering efforts. The costs of re-engineering with a new development tool are significant, and the resulting, "Version 1" application may lack the robust characteristics and rich features of the original product. Since Informix Dynamic 4GL is based on 100% INFORMIX-4GL, partners and customers get the best of both worlds - state of the art interfaces, and a mature, reliable application. Informix Dynamic 4GL allows customers to leverage their familiarity with 4GL application development along with the high performance capabilities of the company's line of Informix Dynamic Server(tm) databases. The implementation of new interfaces happens in months, not in years as re-engineering efforts take place, and the transition is smooth and predictable. For many customers, this low risk, fast time to market approach can be critical to their business success. "Using Informix Dynamic 4GL enabled us to quickly achieve a high return on our investment by providing for a rapid time-to-market solution that preserves past investments made by us and our customers and prospects --especially when compared to the time and expense that is involved in re-engineering efforts," said Jack Stork stork, common name for members of a family of long-legged wading birds. The storks are related to the herons and ibises and are found in most of the warmer parts of the world. , vice president of Customer Services for Pentamation." Another important cost savings is the inclusion of the Informix Dynamic Virtual Machine (DVM DVM Doctor of Veterinary Medicine. DVM abbr. Doctor of Veterinary Medicine DVM Doctor of Veterinary Medicine. ) in Informix Dynamic 4GL. DVM allows developers to write 4GL applications once, and run them anywhere where the DVM has been ported. In addition to reduced porting demands, applications which run on the DVM consume less disk space and memory, significantly reducing hardware and memory costs. New development is also simplified because only one set of source code is developed, maintained and deployed across multiple client and server platforms. Informix Provides Choice Of Tools For Application Development Informix's application development tools suite provides partners and customers with a choice of development options so they can build solutions based on their particular needs and skills base. For partners and developers who select a visual, client side IDE for programming languages such Basic, Java and C++, Informix provides open APIs that give fast, industry standard access to their high performance databases. The Informix Data Director(tm) product family builds on these APIs to provide even more developer productivity, and tighter integration with Informix database products. And for those who need a visual environment and the power of 4GL, Informix provides Informix Dynamic 4GL. "Informix Dynamic 4GL is targeted at expanding our partners' existing and new business, by giving their customers higher end user satisfaction, while retaining their investment in Informix applications and their current competitive presence in the marketplace," said Stephen Sykes The Right Reverend Professor Stephen Whitefield Sykes (b. 1 August 1939) retired as Principal of St John's College, Durham at the end of August 2006. He was formerly the Church of England Bishop of Ely, and has held professorial chairs in divinity at both Durham and , general manager of Informix 4GL Tools. "This exciting release demonstrates our continued commitment to give our partners and customers a choice of tools, so they can build robust solutions that leverage all the capabilities of our server." Availability Informix Dynamic 4GL is scheduled for availability in the third quarter of 1998. Pricing will be available at time of shipment. About Informix Informix Corporation, the world's database technology leader, based in Menlo Park, California Menlo Park is a city in San Mateo County, California in the United States of America. It is located at latitude 37°29' North, longitude 122°9' East. Menlo Park had 30,785 inhabitants as of the 2000 U.S. Census. , provides innovative database products that assist the world's major corporations to attain competitive advantage. Informix is widely recognized as the technology leader for corporate computing environments ranging from small workgroups to very large parallel processing parallel processing, the concurrent or simultaneous execution of two or more parts of a single computer program, at speeds far exceeding those of a conventional computer. applications. Informix's database servers, application development tools, superior customer service, and strong partnerships enable the company to be at the forefront of major information technology solution areas including data warehousing See data warehouse. data warehousing - data warehouse , OLTP (OnLine Transaction Processing) See transaction processing and OLCP. OLTP - On-Line Transaction Processing , and Web/content management. For more information, visit our Web site at http://www.informix.com. -0- Note to Editors: Informix news releases are available at no charge through Business Wire's NewsOnDemand fax service. To immediately receive an index of available releases, call 1-800-356-0851. -0- The following are trademarks of Informix Corporation or its affiliates: Informix(R), Informix Dynamic Server(tm), and Informix Data Director(tm).
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