Informix and Netscape Announce Intranet-Enabled Workgroup Database Solution; Premier Partners Program To Enhance Informix Integration with Netscape Software, Leading Applications and Tools.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.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 17, 1996--Informix Software, Inc. (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, and Netscape Communications Corporation (company) Netscape Communications Corporation - (Formlerly "Mosaic Communications Corporation", MCC) A company set up in April 1994 by Dr. James H. Clark and Marc Andreessen <marca@netcom. today announced an easy-to-use workgroup database solution for intranet and client/server applications. Called the Informix Workgroup Solution, the new product line consists of two intranet-enabled database products with an easy-to-use 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. Command Center INFORMIX-OnLine Workgroup Server for multi-user, LAN-based deployment and INFORMIX-OnLine Workstation, a single-user, PC version of OnLine Workgroup Server for small branch offices and remote sites. The Workgroup Solution is based on Informix's industry-leading Dynamic Scalable Architecture (DSA (1) (Directory Server Agent) An X.500 program that looks up the address of a recipient in a Directory Information Base (DIB), also known as white pages. It accepts requests from the Directory User Agent (DUA) counterpart in the workstation. ) in combination with Netscape FastTrack Server software and Netscape Navigator An earlier Web browser for Windows, Macintosh and X Windows from Netscape that provided secure transmission over the Internet. Soon after its introduction in 1994, Navigator, or just "Netscape," as it was commonly called, quickly became the leading browser on the Web. Gold premium internet client software -- a Web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. and authoring tool. Informix also announced its Workgroup Premier Partners Program to ensure tight integration of leading applications and tools with its Workgroup Solution. This complete Workgroup Solution will enable companies to share and distribute information cost-effectively and quickly to ensure that users have business-critical data at their fingertips "Fingertips" is a 1963 number-one hit single recorded live by "Little" Stevie Wonder for Motown's Tamla label. Wonder's first hit single, "Fingertips" was the first live, non-studio recording to reach number-one on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in the United States. for better decision making. Informix's Workgroup Solution supports both client/server and intranet applications, making it the ideal platform for developing and deploying any type of database-driven workgroup application on Microsoft Corp.'s 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. 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. . Informix also plans to offer its OnLine Workgroup Server on 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). platforms this year. Informix's Workgroup Solution will be available and supported worldwide. "Workgroup computing has rapidly evolved with the advent of high-performance Intel processors, Windows NT and Web technology. Information that once was centrally located is now being distributed throughout the entire workforce," said Brett Bachman, general manager of the Workgroup Solutions business unit at Informix. "By providing Informix's scalable database technology with Netscape's market-leading Web and client software in an easy-to-install-and-use package, the Workgroup Solution empowers customers to develop and deploy traditional client/server and leading-edge intranet applications in this new computing paradigm, reducing costs while increasing productivity." "Our customers have had great success using Netscape Navigator and Netscape SuiteSpot integrated suite of Web servers -- which includes the INFORMIX-OnLine Workgroup Server database and Netscape LiveWire A suite of management and development tools from Netscape for creating Netscape Web sites. It includes a site manager for maintaining HTML links, a compiler for developing server-side JavaScript applications and a library that provides SQL connectivity to a variety of databases. Pro for database connectivity -- to build live, on-line applications for corporate intranets," said Marc Andreessen (person) Marc Andreessen - The man who founded Netscape Communications Corporation in April 1994 with Dr. James H. Clark. Andreessen has been a director since September 1994. , senior vice president of technology at Netscape Communications Corporation. "This new, combined workgroup solution will make it easy for customers to leverage the open standards Specifications for hardware and software that are developed by a standards organization or a consortium involved in supporting a standard. Available to the public for developing compliant products, open standards imply "open systems;" that an existing component in a system can be replaced of the Internet for communication, collaboration and data access. As a member of the Premier Partners program, Netscape plans to continue working with Informix to ensure tight integration among our collective products." The Informix Workgroup Solution The Informix Workgroup Solution consists of two intranet-enabled database products with easy-to-use, 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 (GUI) management tools: INFORMIX-OnLine Workgroup Server and INFORMIX-OnLine Workstation. INFORMIX-OnLine Workgroup Server is a multi-user workgroup server designed for LAN-based deployment, where automated database administration, ease-of-use and application scalability are foremost. OnLine Workgroup Server features high-availability data replication to maximize access to critical data in the event of a system failure. OnLine Workstation is a single-user version of OnLine Workgroup Server designed specifically for application developers and PC desktop deployment in small branch offices or remote sites. OnLine Workstation includes developer libraries that allow developers to quickly and more easily create desktop applications. A key feature of the workgroup product line is Informix's Command Center, which provides end-users with a comprehensive set of easy-to-use database management tools via a single, intuitive, point-and-click GUI. The Command Center automates routine tasks, and proactively monitors and corrects potential and existing problems within the database system. The Command Center was designed with ease of use in mind and will enable users, who are not professional database administrators, to install and manage OnLine Workgroup Server or OnLine Workstation themselves. Solution Integrates Industry-Leading Technology The Informix Workgroup Solution integrates best-of-breed products from both Informix and Netscape into a single, manageable package that enables the development and deployment of a wide range of workgroup applications. The three key components of both OnLine Workgroup Server and OnLine Workstation include: -- Informix's Dynamic Scalable Architecture -- Informix's powerful Dynamic Scalable Architecture allows organizations to scale their applications from the single workstation to the enterprise without sacrificing database performance or necessitating costly code rewrites. -- Netscape FastTrack Server -- Netscape FastTrack Server is Netscape's next generation, Web server software, offering scalable services in an easy-to-set-up-and-use package. -- Netscape Navigator Gold Premium Internet Client Software -- Netscape Navigator Gold premium client software -- a Web browser and authoring tool -- provides client connectivity to the Workgroup Solution and integrates desktop, client/server and Web-based applications See Web application. . Workgroup Solution Translates Into Business Solutions Today's businesses Today's Business is a show on CNBC that aired in the early morning, 5 to 7AM ET timeslot, hosted by Liz Claman and Bob Sellers, and it was replaced by Wake Up Call on Feb 4, 2002. are extending their enterprise computing Refers to information technology in the larger company. See enterprise data and enterprise networking. environments to workgroups and mobile workers. Companies in banking, healthcare, hospitality, manufacturing, retail, telecommunications and transportation all need a cost-effective way to distribute and share information to ensure their workforce can respond faster to market fluctuations. Workgroup computing, whether via traditional client/server architectures An environment in which the application processing is divided between client workstations and servers. It implies the use of desktop computers interacting with servers in a network in contrast to processing everything in a large centralized mainframe. See client/server. or intranets, meets the information needs of these highly-competitive industries. The Informix Workgroup Solution is the only out-of-the-box, integrated solution that enables these businesses to extend their existing applications and to bring next-generation applications to the enterprise with seamless integration An addition of a new application, routine or device that works smoothly with the existing system. It implies that the new feature or program can be installed and used without problems. Contrast with "transparent," which implies that there is no discernible change after installation. and low cost. "When developing our product `Monet,' an interactive software system designed for Internet and intranet catalog publishing, we needed a database with easy configuration, superior performance and scalability, and the ability to store and manage large multimedia objects such as movie clips, images and audio. The INFORMIX-OnLine Workgroup Server was the best database to effectively met these needs," said Arman Bostani, executive vice president of Twin Sun, Inc., an Informix VAR. "With the INFORMIX-OnLine Workgroup Server embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. into Monet, we offer our customers a complete, high-performance catalog publishing solution that manages everything from dynamic Web-based publishing to on-line transactions." To learn more about Informix's workgroup product line and how it translates into business solutions, use The Workgroup Solutions Knowledge Site at http://www.informix.com/wgs. Informix's Workgroup Premier Partners Program To offer customers in these varied industries complete and innovative solutions for workgroup deployment, Informix has partnered with leading technology providers. Called Workgroup Premier Partners(a), these select providers work closely with Informix to ensure tight product integration in both client/server and intranet environments and to participate in joint Workgroup Solutions marketing and sales activities. Today's Informix Workgroup Premier Partners(a) include Borland International, Inc., Business@Web, CenterView Software, Inc., Informatica Corp., Netscape Communications Corp. and Spider Technologies, Inc. Informix and these companies are working together to bring unified, problem-free, complete solutions to customers, integrators and developers worldwide. Availability and Pricing The INFORMIX-OnLine Workgroup Server is priced at $295 per user with a five-user minimum. The INFORMIX-OnLine Workstation is priced at $499. The Informix Workgroup Solution product line is available currently on Microsoft Corp.'s NT Workstation and Windows NT. Informix also plans to offer OnLine Workgroup Server on UNIX platforms in 1996. OnLine Workgroup Server and OnLine Workstation will be sold and supported worldwide through Informix's direct and indirect channels. About Netscape Netscape Communications Corporation is a premier provider of open software for linking people and information over enterprise networks and the Internet. The company offers a full line of clients, servers, development tools, and commercial applications to create a complete platform for next-generation, live online applications. Traded on NASDAQ under the symbol "NSCP NSCP National Schistosomiasis Control Program NSCP National Space Communications Program NSCP Native (Mode) Service Control Point (Tandem) ," Netscape Communications Corporation is based in Mountain View, Calif. Additional information on Netscape Communications Corporation is available on the Internet at http://home.netscape.com, by sending email to info@netscape.com. Corporate customers can call 415/937-2555 while consumers can call 415/937-3777 for more information. About Informix Informix Software, based in Menlo Park, Calif., provides innovative database technology that enables the world's leading corporations to manage and grow their businesses. Informix is widely recognized as the technology leader for corporate computing environments, ranging from workgroups to very large OLTP (OnLine Transaction Processing) See transaction processing and OLCP. OLTP - On-Line Transaction Processing and data warehouse applications. Informix's database servers, application development tools, superior customer service, and strong partnerships enable the company to be at the forefront of many leading-edge information technology solution areas. With the acquisition of Illustra Information Technology's completely extensible database (database) extensible database - A DBMS that allows access to data from remote sources as if the remote data were part of the database. technology, Informix is now positioned as the first information management company capable of meeting the market's exploding need for a sophisticated database engine that combines enterprise scalability, robustness and 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. with the ability to store, retrieve, manage and manipulate virtually any kind of rich content data. More information about Informix is available via the World Wide Web at http://www.informix.com and http://www.illustra.com. -0- (a) Please refer to joint press releases of the aforementioned partners for in-depth details about each company, its products and its role in the Informix Workgroup Premier Partners Program. Note to Editors: The following are worldwide trademarks of Informix Software, Inc. or its affiliates, registered in the United States of America UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. The name of this country. The United States, now thirty-one in number, are Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, , as indicated by (R), and numerous other countries worldwide: INFORMIX(R); Dynamic Scalable Architecture(TM); and Dynamic Server(TM). Netscape, Netscape Communications, the Netscape Communications Corporation logo, Netscape Navigator, Netscape FastTrack Server, Netscape SuiteSpot, Netscape LiveWire Pro and Netscape Commercial Applications are trademarks of Netscape Communications Corporation. All other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners. Informix news releases are available at no charge through Business Wire's NewsOnDemand fax service. To immediately receive an index of available releases, call 800/356-0851. CONTACT: Informix Software Inc. Cecilia Denny, 415/926-6420 cdenny@informix.com or Netscape Communications Corp. Andrea Cook, 415/937-6711 andreac@netscape or Cunningham Communications Inc. Kristin Kryway, 408/764-0713 kristink@ccipr.com |
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