New ILOG JViews 2.0 Delivers Industry's Most Advanced Visualization Features, Highest Performance for Java GUIs; Brings Richness of Native-Platform GUIs to Web-Based Apps.MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 19, 1998--ILOG (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 NMS See NetWare Management System. : ILOGY), the world's leading vendor of software components, today introduced ILOG JViews 2.0, a new enhanced version of its award-winning ILOG JViews 100% Pure Java Refers to initiatives from Sun that specify 100% compliance with its Java specification. The goal is to maintain a consistent, single interface for Java so that all Java Virtual Machines can run all Java programs. See Holy Grail. graphics library. Besides the industry-leading performance ILOG JViews is already known for, the new release includes sophisticated visualization features never before available in a single Java product - web-based mapping, relationship displays and easy-to-design, data-aware icons. ILOG JViews 2.0 is built to give developers the fastest, most comprehensive solution for designing and maintaining high-end, web-based GUIs for demanding applications that handle large amounts of data that must be updated in real time, such as facilities planning and highway traffic management. Until now, most web interfaces have been limited to simple forms, in contrast to the richer interfaces that native-platform GUIs can offer. With demand growing quickly for web-based interfaces, developers have had few options for creating the more sophisticated visualization end users have come to expect. Now, with ILOG JViews 2.0, developers can design highly customized, visually rich Java interfaces that are as advanced as those in traditional applications. These significant new capabilities will help developers as they create web-enabled, mission-critical applications like workflow and network management. Comprehensive Mapping Support The new map manager in ILOG JViews 2.0 enables the creation of interfaces in which custom screen objects sit on top of intelligent map data. Mapping functions such as georeferencing, decluttering and projections are fully supported, as are more than 80 percent of the most common raster and vector map  Vector Map (VMAP), AKA Vector Smart Map, is a vector-based collection of GIS data covering the earth at various detail levels. data products. "The new mapping capabilities provided by ILOG JViews 2.0 gives us a wide range of features, great performance and it will really make our product stand out," said David Hyduke, director of business development at Comsearch. His company is using ILOG JViews 2.0 to develop a web-based interface for designing and planning wireless networks, which will be part of an upcoming product. Comsearch also chose ILOG JViews 2.0 for time-to-market reasons. "Not using the ILOG product would have lengthened the project by 50 percent," said Hyduke. Advanced Graph Layout "We're using ILOG JViews 2.0 to build a sophisticated 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. for an electronic document management product," said Alex Boisvert, technical director of Studio Explomedia Inc.'s Project Globalise. "We've found JViews 2.0 to be a strategic supplement to Swing/JFC. ILOG JViews saved our team weeks of development time and provided a well-designed foundation for our product's user interface. We especially appreciate JViews 2.0's new graph layout capabilities." The graph manager in ILOG JViews 2.0 produces applications in which users can better visualize the relationships between business objects. It implements a sophisticated node-link drawing capability that allows custom screen objects to serve as parts of a connected graph (mathematics) connected graph - A graph such that there is a path between any pair of nodes (via zero or more other nodes). Thus if we start from any node and visit all nodes connected to it by a single edge, then all nodes connected to any of them, and so on, then we will . Network topologies, workflow diagrams and hierarchy displays are common applications of the graph metaphor. The graph manager also provides a number of specialized graph layout algorithms that can be used to rearrange the elements of the graph in order to obtain a more readable presentation of the data. Easy Creation of Smart Icons The graphics framework that is a core part of ILOG JViews can efficiently store tens of thousands of graphic objects. Adding to this capability in the new version is a smart icon designer that enables developers to create new custom graphics objects and then connect them to the application data, using simple point-and-click editing. These data-aware "smart icons" automatically manage their own color and form whenever their associated application data is updated. Pricing and Availability ILOG JViews 2.0 runs on any Java platform Running Java programs under the Java Virtual Machine (JVM). Java "platform" refers to the running of Java programs versus Java itself, which is a programming language. Java programs are machine independent and run intact on any hardware platform that has a Java interpreter (JVM). and any 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. that supports JDK (Java Development Kit) A Java software development environment from Sun. It includes the JVM, compiler, debugger and other tools for developing Java applets and applications. Each new version of the JDK adds features and enhancements to the language. 1.1 or later, including Netscape Communicator An earlier suite of Web browsing and groupware tools from Netscape that were packaged as a bundle starting with Navigator 4.0. Communicator refers to any Netscape Navigator product with a version number less than 6.0. , Microsoft Explorer and Sun's HotJava. Prices start at $6,500 for a single developer license. The product is available now. About ILOG ILOG is the world's leading provider of advanced C, C++ and Java software components for graphics and resource optimization. ILOG products deliver high-performance data visualization See information visualization. for user interfaces; integer, linear and constraint solvers for resource optimization, scheduling, logistics and planning applications; dynamic rule systems for intelligent agents and real-time data Real-time data denotes information that is delivered immediately after collection. There is no delay in the timeliness of the information provided. Some uses of this term confuse it with the term dynamic data. flow control; and components for integrating modules with real-time and relational data sources. ILOG was founded in 1987, and now employs over 440 people in seven countries. Visit www.ilog.com for additional information. ILOG is a registered trademark, and ILOG JViews is a trademark of ILOG. All other company and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Note to Editors: ILOG JViews 2.0 will be presented at the SIGS SIGS Special Interest Groups SIGS Security in the Government Sector (New Zealand) SIGS Synthetic Imagery Generation System SIGS Simplified Inertial Guidance System SIGS Special Intelligence & General Service Conference for Java Development, San Jose, October 19-20, 1998 - Booth 416. |
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