SNiFF+ Selected as Preferred Development Environment; NCR Includes TakeFive Software as Part of its Fusion+ Partner Program.CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 4, 1997--TakeFive Software, Inc., a subsidiary of Integrated Systems, Inc. (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 :INTS INTS Interdisciplinary Studies INTS International Neurotrauma Symposium INTS Integrated NIMA Telecomm System INTS Improved Night Targeting System ), announced today that NCR (NCR Corporation, Dayton, OH, www.ncr.com) A technology company specializing in financial terminal transactions, retail systems and data warehousing. Until the late 1990s, NCR was heavily invested in the hardware side of the industry, known worldwide as a major manufacturer of computers has selected SNiFF+ as the preferred development environment for NCR's scalable WorldMark Server platform. SNiFF+ is a suite of development tools that enables developers to manage complex, cross-platform software development. Featuring unparalleled flexibility and advanced object-oriented architecture, SNiFF+ is the number one integrated software development environment used by the financial and the telecommunications industries. "TakeFive's SNiFF+ on our WorldMark platform allows us to replace our internally developed application development environment with a more robust and scalable tool suite," said Mike Denny, vice president of NCR's CSG CSG - constructive solid geometry Product Marketing. "We see SNiFF+ as an ideal development environment for building top quality solutions." "We're very excited to have been selected for NCR's Fusion+ partner program. NCR is a leading provider of reliable, high availability systems for mission critical applications, and we see this as a great opportunity to work with them to bring their customers solutions for sophisticated, advanced application development on the NCR platform," said Gil Chita, Director of Marketing at TakeFive Software. With its open architecture, SNiFF+ is the only environment that gives developers the flexibility to integrate their choice of editors, compilers, debuggers, and source code managers with a consistent GUI. SNiFF+ offers the significant advantage of supporting multiple-language development by providing browsers and cross-referencers for C, C++, Java, CORBA (Common Object Request Broker Architecture) A software-based interface from the Object Management Group (OMG) that allows software modules (objects) to communicate with each other no matter where they are located on a private network or the global IDL (1) (Interface Definition Language) A language used to describe the interface to a routine or function. For example, objects in the CORBA distributed object environment are defined by an IDL, which describes the services performed by the object and how the data and FORTRAN, that enable code comprehension and reverse engineering. SNiFF+ also provides a language sensitive editor Language Sensitive Editor - (LSE) A language-sensitive editor from DEC. with semantic navigation, a documentation tool for code reuse, and a build system for managing UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). make files. SNiFF+ interfaces to a multitude of software development tools such as revision control systems, CASE tools and run-time testing tools, and can be customized to enforce development policies. NCR NCR (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :NCR) is the leader in delivering commercial open computer systems for transaction processing and decision-support solutions to customers in all industries. The company, with headquarters in Dayton, Ohio, has 38,000 employees, including 20,000 service professionals in 1,100 locations and 130 countries. NCR solutions help improve businesses by turning customer information into results, protecting existing information technology investments, reducing risks and ensuring success. TakeFive Software TakeFive Software was founded in 1992 with a charter of improving the software development process by providing pragmatic, industrial-strength solutions that improve the productivity and creativity of programmers and development teams. TakeFive Software's flagship product, SNiFF+ was ranked as the "most innovative new software application" at SunWorld 1995 and was chosen "Best OO-Product of the Year 1996 -- Category Java" by OBJEKT Spektrum and Java-Spektrum magazines. TakeFive Software, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Integrated Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:INTS), is based in Cupertino, CA. For more information on TakeFive Software products and services, access the World Wide Web (WWW WWW or W3: see World Wide Web. (World Wide Web) The common host name for a Web server. The "www-dot" prefix on Web addresses is widely used to provide a recognizable way of identifying a Web site. ) site at http://www.takefive.com . CONTACT: Nadel Phelan Paula Phelan, 408/439-5570 Ext. 222 paula@nadelphelan.com or TakeFive Software, Inc. Gil Chita, 408/777-1440 Ext. 225 gil@takefive.com |
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