Oracle Joins CI Labs, Supports OpenDoc Standard; World's largest supplier of information management software plans to participate in component software organization.SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 6, 1995--Accelerating the momentum of OpenDoc's acceptance as an industry standard, Component Integration Laboratories (project) Component Integration Laboratories - (CIL) An effort to create a common framework for interoperability between application programs on desktop platforms, formed by Apple Computer, Inc., IBM, Novell, Oracle, Taligent, WordPerfect and Xerox. , Inc. (CI Labs) announced with Oracle Corporation today that Oracle is joining the organization as a full member. With its membership in CI Labs, Oracle strengthens its commitment to OpenDoc with the goal to deliver cross-platform client/server application development tools adhering to all industry standards. OpenDoc is a standard component architecture, driven by CI Labs that will enable Oracle to provide customized vertical solutions more efficiently. Using interoperable The ability for one system to communicate or work with another. See interoperability. components, OpenDoc allows users and corporate IS to mix and match applications to create task-specific compound applications. "After evaluating OpenDoc for more than a year, we have found that it will enable us and our customers to combine applications and provide vertical solutions for specific departments, job functions or entire companies," states Sohaib Abbasi, senior vice president tools division at Oracle. "Oracle continues to support all commercially viable standards, and for Oracle, OpenDoc represents a cross-platform standard for the integration of documents and visual components." By leveraging the OpenDoc technology, Oracle will broaden its lead in database and development tool products. OpenDoc support will provide Oracle's customers with tools that produce higher quality cross-platform solutions by allowing them to concentrate on their core competencies A core competency is something that a firm can do well and that meets the following three conditions specified by Hamel and Prahalad (1990):
Oracle will use OpenDoc's distributed-by-design architecture to create solutions in a heterogeneous environment Using hardware and system software from different vendors. Organizations often use computers, operating systems and databases from a variety of vendors. Contrast with homogeneous environment. of laptops, desktops and client/server workgroups. Oracle plans to ship its first product with OpenDoc support when it releases its next version of Oracle Power Objects, a cross-platform client/server development tool, later this fall. Available for Mac OS, Windows and soon for OS/2, Oracle Power Objects will use the distributed capabilities in OpenDoc to continue to provide a higher degree of functionality across the enterprise than other visual programming tools. Through its membership in CI Labs, Oracle will bring its experience with database design and cross-platform development tools to the evolution of the OpenDoc standard. "Once again, Oracle is demonstrating its leadership in moving towards emerging standards," notes Jed Harris Jed Harris (born Jacob Hirsch Horowitz in Lviv, Austria-Hungary) (February 25, 1900 - November 15, 1979) was a renowned Austrian-American theater producer and director, and writer of film. , president of CI Labs. "They took control of the database market by being the first to adopt the SQL SQL in full Structured Query Language. Computer programming language used for retrieving records or parts of records in databases and performing various calculations before displaying the results. standard, and now they are getting a jump on the competition with component-based software." OpenDoc Makes Software Work Together A revolutionary transition in the software industry, OpenDoc component software offers increased functionality and flexibility to users and developers, while protecting current investments in software. The OpenDoc promise includes easier manipulation of data and tools for end-users, customizable applications in heterogeneous environments for information systems managers, and greater differentiation and competition for software developers. Users will be able to view and edit text, graphics and multi-media content within documents, without having to invoke To activate a program, routine, function or process. separate applications. Developers will focus on their areas of expertise and begin converting code for existing application modules into OpenDoc components, delivering more integrated products with quicker time to market. Organizations will benefit in strategic ways: re-engineering business processes, mining their companies' information assets, managing work-flow and helping teams be more productive. Oracle Corporation Oracle Corp., a $3 billion company, is the world's largest supplier of software for information management, and the world's second largest software company. The company offers its database, tools and applications products along with related 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 , in more than 90 countries around the world. For more information about Oracle, please call (415) 506-7000. Oracle's World Wide Web address is http://www.oracle.com/. CI Labs: The Open Industry Forum for OpenDoc Technology CI Labs is a non-profit vendor-neutral industry association promoting software integration and component software. CI Labs' OpenDoc components software architecture provides software integration that enables distributed, cross-platform components software and brings a new level of computing computing - computer power to users. CI Labs will provide reference source code, technical documentation, example software and validation See validate. validation - The stage in the software life-cycle at the end of the development process where software is evaluated to ensure that it complies with the requirements. services. In addition to Oracle, CI Labs full members include: IntelligentPad Consortium, Interactive Multimedia Association, Lotus Development Corp., Object Management Group, Pi Systems, Swift Consulting, Taligent, Inc., and the X Consortium. CI Labs' sponsors -- Adobe Systems Adobe Systems Incorporated (pronounced a-DOE-bee IPA: /əˈdoʊbiː/) (NASDAQ: ADBE) (LSE: ABS) is an American computer software company headquartered in San Jose, California, USA. , Inc., Apple Computer, Inc., 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) Corporation, and Novell, Inc., have provided significant financial support to the organization. Apple, IBM and Novell are developing OpenDoc implementations for Macintosh, OS/2 and Windows platforms, respectively. Phone CI Labs at 408/864-0300 or email cilabs@cilabs.org for more information. -0- Note to Editors: Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation. Oracle Power Objects is a trademark of Oracle Corporation. All other product or company names mentioned are used for identification purposes only, and may be trademarks of their respective owners. CI Labs acknowledges all trademarks as belonging to their respective owners. CONTACT: Component Integration Laboratories, Inc. P.O. Box 61747 Sunnyvale, CA 94088 408/864-0300, fax 408/864-0380 email: cilabs@cilabs.org or Niehaus Ryan Haller, Inc. Ken Pappas, 415/827-7078 601 Gateway Blvd., Suite 930 South San Francisco South San Francisco, city (1990 pop. 54,312), San Mateo co., W Calif.; inc. 1908. South San Francisco has several industrial parks; its manufactures include medical supplies and equipment, foods, paint, paper products, consumer goods, and clothing. , CA 94080 fax: 415/615-7901 email: ken@nrh.com or Applied Communications Maxwell Wood lives in Jacksonville, FL. Since 2003, he has recorded and performed music under the name "Applied Communications". At the end of 2005, Pitchfork Media called his record Uhhh Sort Of one of the fifteen worst releases of 2005. Corp. Burg Tenderich, 415/375-8881 345 Lorton Ave. STE STE Saint (French) STE Suite (US Postal Service) STE Societe (French: Society) STE Spanning Tree Explorer STE Software Test Engineer 105 Burlingame, CA 94010 fax: 415/375-8882 email: btenderich@appliedcom.com or Oracle Corporation Jennifer Keavney, 415/506-3429 500 Oracle Parkway Redwood Shores, California Redwood Shores is an upscale and desirable [1] waterfront neighborhood on the San Francisco Peninsula in California. It is located on the eastern edge of Belmont, but is actually part of incorporated Redwood City. 94065 fax: 415/506-7132 email: jkeavney@us.oracle.com |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion