Informix Software and AGS Ltd. Announce Release of Server Studio JE.Business/High Tech Editors MENLO PARK Menlo Park. 1 Residential city (1990 pop. 28,040), San Mateo co., W Calif.; inc. 1874. Electronic equipment and aerospace products are manufactured in the city. Menlo College and a Stanford Univ. research institute are there. 2 Uninc. , Calif./NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 29, 2001 Informix Software in Alliance with AGS AGS American Geriatrics Society. Ltd. Deliver Integrated Development & Management Environment (IDME IDME Integrated Development and Maintenance Environment ) Suite of Tools Optimized for Informix Software Database Servers Informix(R) Software, the database company, an independent operating company operating company A business that engages in transactions with outsiders. of Informix Corporation (Nasdaq:IFMX IFMX Informix Corporation ), and AGS Ltd., the leading provider of software tools for development and management of database applications, today jointly announced the release of Server Studio JE. Server Studio JE is an open architecture, OS platform-independent Integrated Development & Management Environment (IDME) deployment platform that will serve as the common foundation for integration of current and future development, deployment and management tools across the entire family of Informix Software's enterprise database products. Informix Software and AGS have been cooperating on tools for development of database applications and server management since 1999. In September of 2000, the two companies entered into a strategic collaboration agreement to form an alliance that provides joint engineering to assure continued interoperability The capability of two or more hardware devices or two or more software routines to work harmoniously together. For example, in an Ethernet network, display adapters, hubs, switches and routers from different vendors must conform to the Ethernet standard and interoperate with each other. of Informix Software's flagship enterprise database products and AGS' leading database development and management tools deployment platform -- Server Studio JE(TM). Informix(R) Software will distribute the core version of Server Studio JE(TM) to its customers free of charge, while, for those who require more advanced functionality, AGS will be making available an extensive collection of Add-in Modules. "Informix Software is dedicated to enhancing and supporting its database products to meet the needs of its customers," said Brian Staff, vice president of marketing for Informix Software. "The release of Server Studio JE represents a significant addition to the Informix product offering and demonstrates our commitment to providing customers with state-of-the-art database application development and management tools that will improve ease-of-use and protect the significant investments Informix Software customers have made in our database products." "We have worked closely with Informix Software and its installed base to optimize Server Studio JE(TM) to meet their needs for a more powerful, visual, coherent suite of database application development and management tools that will work across the entire family of Informix database servers," said Anatole Vishon, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , AGS Ltd. "Using the Server Studio JE(TM) Enterprise Data Command and Control Center (EDC EDC See: Export Development Corp. 3) will permit Informix Software customers to uniformly manage their Informix database resources with unprecedented ease, while enabling them to rapidly leverage Informix's latest database server technologies." About Server Studio JE Server Studio JE features an intuitive, easy-to-use graphical interface See GUI. that virtually eliminates the learning curve and sets a new standard for productivity in development, debugging (programming) debugging - The process of attempting to determine the cause of the symptoms of malfunctions in a program or other system. These symptoms may be detected during testing or use by real users. , analysis, optimization, deployment and management of database applications and of enterprise data resources. Now, developers can leverage Informix's latest enterprise database server technologies and deliver high quality critical line-of-business solutions in record time, while DBAs can effectively manage them with unprecedented ease. OS platform-independence of the Server Studio JE assures both developers and DBAs that no matter whether they are working in Windows, Unix or Linux, they will have a comprehensive, consistent and familiar set of state-of-the-art tools at their disposal. For more information, visit the Server Studio JE(TM) Web site at www.ServerStudio.com. About AGS Ltd. Founded in 1994, AGS (Advanced Global Systems, Ltd.) has been dedicated to providing powerful, state-of-the-art, easy-to-use database application development and management tools. AGS has consistently developed pioneering products and methodologies that make the development of databases and management of database servers more rigorous, maintainable, and reusable. AGS' unified enterprise data resources development, command and control center tools are used by software engineers, analysts and designers interested in taking a flexible, yet well architected approach to quickly developing quality critical line-of-business solutions. AGS has more than 4,500 users of its products worldwide, representing industries such as financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , manufacturing, telecommunications, and transportation and government. "Server Studio(TM)" is AGS' visual Integrated Development & Management Environment tools deployment platform flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. . For more information, visit the AGS Web site at www.agsltd.com. About Informix Software Informix Software, the database company, is a leading provider of database management systems for data warehousing See data warehouse. data warehousing - data warehouse , transaction processing Updating the appropriate database records as soon as a transaction (order, payment, etc.) is entered into the computer. It may also imply that confirmations are sent at the same time. Transaction processing systems are the backbone of an organization because they update constantly. and e-business applications. With more than 100,000 customers worldwide, Informix Software delivers high-performance database systems in markets including retail, financial services, government, health care, manufacturing, media and publishing, and telecommunications. For more information, visit the Informix Web site at www.informix.com. Informix Corporation and 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) recently announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement for IBM to acquire the assets of Informix Software in a cash transaction valued at $1 billion. The acquisition is subject to Informix shareholder and regulatory approvals, and is expected to close in the third quarter of 2001. (c)2001 Informix Corporation. All rights reserved. The following are trademarks of Informix Corporation or its affiliates, one or more of which may be registered in the U.S. or other jurisdictions: Informix(R), the database company(TM)and Informix Dynamic Server(TM). AGS(R)is a registered trademark, and Server Studio JE(TM)and Server Studio(TM) are a trademark of Advanced Global Systems, Ltd. Other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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