Instantiations Ships Major Upgrade of VA Assist Enterprise/J; Version 2.0 Adds an Extraordinary Array of Powerful New Features and Functions to IBM's VisualAge for Java.Business Editors, High-Tech Writers PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 16, 2001 Instantiations, Inc. announced today that it has begun shipping VA Assist Enterprise/J(TM) version 2.0, the ultimate collection of productivity enhancements for IBM's award-winning VisualAge(R) for Java(TM) development environment. Now upgraded to include a whole new array of powerful features, VA Assist Enterprise/J provides developers with an unparalleled collection of add-in tools for building world-class e-business systems. "Timely delivery of software systems is critical to our business success," said Mark Herbsleb, IT Analyst-Senior, Principal Financial Group. "Developer productivity is a key ingredient to enabling timely delivery and VA Assist Enterprise/J delivers on that promise!" VA Assist Enterprise(TM) products streamline and enhance the entire 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 two hundred productivity features and commands. VA Assist Enterprise/J version 2.0 is packed with new features that provide VisualAge for Java developers with even greater productivity gains. Some of those features include enhanced code assist, method bookmark A stored location for quick retrieval at a later date. Web browsers provide bookmarks that contain the addresses (URLs) of favorite sites. Most electronic references, large text databases and help systems provide bookmarks that mark a location users want to revisit in the future. enhancements, intra-repository broadcast messaging, and global task automation. "Instantiations has created an amazing a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. tool that is a must have addition for any developer using VisualAge for Java," 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. "By adding these powerful new features, both for usability How easy something is to use. Both software and Web sites can be tested for usability. Considering how difficult applications are to use and Web sites are to navigate, one would wish that more designers took this seriously. See user interface and usability lab. and new functionality, Instantiations makes an already incredible development environment even more productive and user-friendly. This product pays for itself almost before you open its box!" Pricing and Availability The list price for VA Assist Enterprise/J version 2.0 is $895 per developer. The upgrade price for current VA Assist Enterprise/J customers is $195 per developer. The product is available for immediate download To receive a file transmitted over a network. In any communications session, "download" means receive, and "upload" means send. The download/upload often implies a big/little scenario, in which data is being downloaded from the "big" server into the "little" user's computer. 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 also 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 (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) 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. Vulcan Ventures, Inc. the investment organization of Paul G. Allen Al·len , Edgar 1892-1943. American anatomist who is noted for his studies of hormones and for the discovery (1923) of estrogen. , holds a minority ownership position in Instantiations. Instantiations can be reached at 800/808-3737. More information may be found at http://www.instantiations.com. Instantiations and VA Assist Enterprise are trademarks of Instantiations, Inc. VisualAge is a registered trademark of IBM Corporation. Java is a trademark of Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. . All other trademarks are the properties of their respective companies. |
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