Instantiations' VA Assist Enterprise/J Streamlines Transition to IBM's New WebSphere Development Tools.Business Editors/High Tech Writers PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 18, 2001 New Version 3.0 Adds an Array of Powerful New Features to Assist Developers in Making the Transition from VisualAge(R) for Java(TM) to WebSphere Studio Development Environments Instantiations, a leading provider of advanced Java development and deployment solutions, announced today that it has begun shipping VA Assist Enterprise/J(TM) 3.0, the award-winning collection of productivity enhancements for IBM's VisualAge for Java development environment. The upgrade includes a whole array of powerful new features for assisting VisualAge for Java developers in making the transition to IBM's new WebSphere Studio Development Environments (Eclipse). "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) is starting to deliver their next generation of Java-based WebSphere software development tools. As with any new generation of technology, the real-world concerns of transition and migration are now at the forefront of the minds of enterprise application development managers," said Mike Taylor, 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. , Instantiations. "Instantiations is delighted to provide this new release of our very popular VA Assist Enterprise/J product that enables our customers to make a seamless transition to the new WebSphere Studio Development Environments from our partners at IBM." VA Assist Enterprise(TM) products streamline and enhance the entire software development effort, substantially reducing development costs and time-to-market while increasing developer productivity along the way. VA Assist Enterprise/J integrates seamlessly into the familiar VisualAge for Java browsers and Composition Editor, adding over 250 productivity features and commands. VA Assist Enterprise/J 3.0 is packed with valuable new features that provide VisualAge for Java (VAJ VAJ Visual Age for Java (IBM) ) developers with the tools necessary to start making the transition to IBM's new WebSphere Studio Development Environments (WSDE WSDE Washington State Department of Ecology (also seen as WDOE) WSDE Web Services Deployment Environment ). Some of those features include WSDE Import and Export Sets, WSDE Import and Export Tasks, WSDE/VAJ Project Synchronization (1) See synchronous and synchronous transmission. (2) Ensuring that two sets of data are always the same. See data synchronization. (3) Keeping time-of-day clocks in two devices set to the same time. See NTP. and an Options Page to configure WSDE/VAJ 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. characteristics. "VA Assist Enterprise/J provides a much needed bridge between VisualAge for Java and IBM's new WebSphere Studio development environments," said Scott Stanchfield, Co-author co·au·thor or co-au·thor n. A collaborating or joint author. tr.v. co·au·thored, co·au·thor·ing, co·au·thors To be a collaborating or joint author of: "He and a colleague . . . of Effective VisualAge for Java, Version 3. "With it, you can move Java code effortlessly ef·fort·less adj. Calling for, requiring, or showing little or no effort. See Synonyms at easy. ef  fort·less·ly adv. between the two environments, easing transition to IBM's next generation IDEs." Pricing and Availability The list price for VA Assist Enterprise/J 3.0 remains at $895 per developer. The upgrade is free to VA Assist Enterprise/J customers who have a current support contract. The product is available for immediate download from the company's web site at http://www.instantiations.com/assist. For additional information or pricing on this product, please contact our sales department at 800/808-3737 or by email at sales@instantiations.com. VA Assist Enterprise products from Instantiations are also available for IBM VisualAge VisualAge was the name of a family of computer integrated development environments from IBM, which included support for a few popular (and not so popular) computer programming languages. Early history VisualAge was born in the IBM development lab in Cary, North Carolina. Generator and VisualAge Smalltalk. Developers may download a free 30-day evaluation copy of all available products from Instantiations' web site. About Instantiations Instantiations, Inc. provides leading edge software products, services, and technologies for Java. As an advanced-tier IBM Business Partner, the company specializes in helping its clients build high performance software systems. Based in Tualatin, Oregon Tualatin (IPA: tu ɔ lə tn̩) is a city that is a southwestern suburb of Portland, Oregon, United States. , Instantiations was founded by a team of internationally recognized pioneers in the field of component software technology. Instantiations can be reached at 800/808-3737. More information may be found at http://www.instantiations.com. Instantiations, VA Assist and jFactor are trademarks of Instantiations, Inc. VisualAge and WebSphere are registered trademarks of IBM Corporation. Java is a trademark of Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. 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