Sapiens International launches FALCON Reverse Compiler to address year 2000 and legacy migration projects.RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK Research Triangle Park, research, business, medical, and educational complex situated in central North Carolina. It has an area of 6,900 acres (2,795 hectares) and is 8 × 2 mi (13 × 3 km) in size. Named for the triangle formed by Duke Univ. , N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 17, 1997-- CGK CGK Jakarta, Indonesia - Soekarno Hatta International (Airport Code; aka Cenkareng) , a subsidiary of Siemens Nixdorf See Fujitsu Siemens. Information Systems of Germany, will market and sell FALCON in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria Sapiens sa·pi·ens adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of Homo sapiens. [Latin sapi International Corporation N.V. (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 : SPNSF), the market leader in application development productivity, today launched its new Full Assembler Language CONversion tool, code named FALCON, a fully automated Reverse Compiler that converts mainframe Assembler programs to 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. "C" source code. The new product is aimed at mainframe data center environments looking to solve year 2000 or legacy migration problems. The generated "C" programs are fully compatible with the original programs, and may be utilized across multiple platforms and operating systems, such as 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). , AS/400 and Windows NT. FALCON can be especially useful in porting applications from the mainframe to other environments, enabling the development and maintenance of Assembler programs, with deployment to multiple platforms. FALCON can also help in downsizing (1) Converting mainframe and mini-based systems to client/server LANs. (2) To reduce equipment and associated costs by switching to a less-expensive system. (jargon) downsizing , providing the ability to run mainframe applications on new platforms, without having to rewrite the code. FALCON has already been used to convert hundreds of complex Assembler programs containing millions of lines of Assembler code. First global marketing agreement: CGK (Computer Gesellschaft Konstanz GmbH), a subsidiary of Siemens Nixdorf Information Systems of Germany, was the first to sign an exclusive agreement to market and sell FALCON in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. CGK offers solutions in automated data entry and migration of applications across platforms. "FALCON is the ideal tool for allowing companies to make critical changes to legacy applications and to port them to popular servers and operating systems," says Shai Sole, Executive Vice President of Research and Development, of Sapiens International. "We are very satisfied with the efficiency of the generated code, allowing fully automated conversions without any manual modifications." FALCON and the year 2000: With the year 2000 quickly approaching, FALCON's ability to convert the older, complex Assembler programs to platforms that support C is especially useful. Because of the shortage of Assembler programmers and the abundance of C programmers, most companies have sufficient resources to handle the year 2000 challenge once their old Assembler code is converted to C. Thanks to FALCON's fully automated conversion process, year 2000 programmers do not have to waste valuable time rewriting Assembler code. FALCON is only one part of Sapiens' comprehensive answer to the year 2000 challenge. A full description of the Sapiens Year 2000 solution is also being released today. About Sapiens Sapiens International (NASDAQ: SPNSF) is the market leader in application development productivity. The Company develops and markets Rapid Application Development tools and provides consulting 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 that enable customers worldwide to build, manage and maintain high-quality business critical solutions in extraordinarily short time frames. The Company's installed base of more than 300 customers worldwide includes General Accident Insurance Group, Guardian Royal Exchange, Honda, 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) , International Paper, the Israeli Air Force The Israeli Air Force (IAF; Hebrew: זרוע האויר והחלל, Zroa HaAvir VeHaḤalal , Nissan, Norwich Union, Principal Financial Group and USAA USAA United Services Automobile Association USAA Urban Superintendents Association of America USAA United States Achievement Academy USAA United States Arbitration Act of 1925 USAA United States Axemen's Association USAA United States Air-Table-Hockey Association . Information about Sapiens and the company's products is available on the World Wide Web at http://www.sapiens.com . SAPIENS is a registered trademark and ObjectPool is a trademark of Sapiens International Corporation N.V. Other brand and product names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Brand and product names are mentioned herein for reference purposes only. Except for historical information contained herein, the matters set forth in this release are forward-looking statements that are dependent on certain risks and uncertainties, including such factors, among others, as market acceptance, market demand, pricing, changing regulatory environment, changing economic conditions, risks in new product and service development, the effect of the company's accounting policies and other risk factors detailed in the company's SEC filings. CONTACT: Steve Kronengold Sapiens International Tel: +972-8-9382 777 e-mail:steve.k@sapiens.com or John W. Heilshorn, Jr. Lippert/Heilshorn & Associates, Inc. Tel: (212) 838-3777 e-mail:john@lhai.com |
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