ObjectShare Announces Full Platform Support for VisualWorks 3.0; Long Awaited New Platforms For VisualWorks Available Soon.IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 23, 1998--ObjectShare Inc. (Nasdaq:OBJS) the object-oriented solutions provider for network computing Storing and/or running applications in servers in a network. See cloud computing and network computer. , Wednesday announced that the popular ODBC (Open DataBase Connectivity) A database programming interface from Microsoft that provides a common language for Windows applications to access databases on a network. vendors Gemstone gemstone Any of various minerals prized for beauty, durability, and rarity. A few noncrystalline materials of organic origin (e.g., pearl, red coral, and amber) also are classified as gemstones. , Objectivity and Versant are incorporating support for VisualWorks into their products. The company has also announced that it has introduced early release editions of VisualWorks 3.0 ports for the PowerMac, AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) IBM's Unix-based operating system which runs on its Intellistation workstations and pSeries, p5, iSeries and i5 server families. and Digital Alpha Unix. "We are especially pleased to announce support for VisualWorks 3.0," said Monty Williams, Gemstone director of Smalltalk engineering. "Due to customer demand, we are delivering this support ahead of schedule to assure our latest ODBMS (Object DataBase Management System) See object database. technology is available for our customers using VisualWorks to build large scale systems requiring robust persistence." "VisualWorks continues to set the standard for building portable, dynamic applications for mission critical business and this release provides support for important high-performance servers," stated Jim Smith, senior vice president of sales and marketing. "With the release of these key platforms, extensions and partner products we feel the Smalltalk community is well equipped for building distributed applications across the application lifecycle." VisualWorks for Digital Alpha Unix and a pre-release version of AIX are available now, according to Smith. Smith added that the company expects to begin distribution of a pre-release version of the PowerMac in early October and that support for SGI (SGI, Sunnyvale, CA, www.sgi.com) A manufacturer of workstations and servers, founded in 1982 by Jim Clark. The company was founded as Silicon Graphics, Inc., but changed to its acronym in 1999. will be available in the fourth quarter. Pre-release versions of GemBuilder for Smalltalk are available now via special request from ObjectShare and GemStone Systems Inc. GemStone can be reached at 503/533-3000 or www.gemstone.com. Objectivity/DB for Smalltalk and Versant will be available in Q4. Objectivity can be reached at 650/254-7100 or www.objy.com and Versant can be reached at 510/789-1500 or www.versant.com. VisualWorks is a powerful object-oriented application development environment for building state-of-the-art network computing applications that are completely portable across Windows, Macintosh and most UNIX platforms. VisualWorks developers benefit from an integrated development environment See IDE. integrated development environment - interactive development environment , that includes a powerful suite of development tools, including ObjectLens for bridging between relational databases and objects, 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. interface painter and the proven ANSI (American National Standards Institute, New York, www.ansi.org) A membership organization founded in 1918 that coordinates the development of U.S. voluntary national standards in both the private and public sectors. It is the U.S. member body to ISO and IEC. compliant VisualWorks Smalltalk language. VisualWorks applications are easy to maintain, enable rapid development and allow dynamic response to changes in your business. The 3.0 release of VisualWorks includes improved deployment tools for reducing application footprint, more widgets for UI development, and improved development tools to enhance developer productivity. The VisualWorks product suite also includes add-ons which enable deployment to the Web, development of n-tier distributed applications, enhanced development tools, interfacing to external code, creation and access of COM components and flexible access to relational databases from Oracle and Sybase. About ObjectShare Inc. Founded in 1983, ObjectShare is the leader in object-oriented solutions for network computing. With complete support for industry standards using Java or Smalltalk, the company offers its development environments, frameworks, along with consulting, education and support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services worldwide. With headquarters in Irvine, the company also maintains offices in Sunnyvale, Germany, Japan, and the United Kingdom. For more information about ObjectShare, call 800/759-7272 or 949/833-1122. ObjectShare's World Wide Web address (URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. ) is http://www.objectshare.com. VisualWorks, Distributed Smalltalk, VisualWave, PARTS and Visual Smalltalk are either registered trademarks or trademarks of ObjectShare Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. Other product and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. |
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