Saratoga Systems announces availability of major new release of SPS sales automation software.CAMPBELL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 23, 1996--Saratoga Systems Inc., a leading worldwide supplier of account management and sales automation Sales Automation - Sales Force Automation software, is now shipping a major new release of its product SPS (Standby Power System) A UPS system that switches to battery backup upon detection of power failure. See UPS. SPS - Symbolic Programming System. Assembly language for IBM 1620. . The new release, SPS 3.5, provides significant new features and enhancements to the Windows, DOS, 32-bit DOS and OS/2 versions of SPS. These enhancements include support for Microsoft's Open Database Connectivity See ODBC. (standard, database) Open DataBase Connectivity - (ODBC) A standard for accessing different database systems. There are interfaces for Visual Basic, Visual C++, SQL and the ODBC driver pack contains drivers for the Access, Paradox, dBase, Text, Excel and Btrieve (ODBC (Open DataBase Connectivity) A database programming interface from Microsoft that provides a common language for Windows applications to access databases on a network. ) standard, Microsoft Access A database program for Windows, available separately or included in the Microsoft Office suite. Access is programmable using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). Access can read Paradox, dBASE and Btrieve files, and using ODBC, Microsoft SQL Server, SYBASE SQL Server and Oracle data. , Sybase SQL Anywhere (Watcom SQL), support for DB2 for AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) IBM's Unix-based operating system which runs on its Intellistation workstations and pSeries, p5, iSeries and i5 server families. (DB2/6000), a drag and drop A graphical user interface (GUI) capability that lets you perform operations by moving the icon of an object with the mouse into another window or onto another icon. For example, files can be copied or moved by dragging them from one folder to another. schedule planner, an integrated interface to WordPerfect 6.0 and an enhanced graphical user interface graphical user interface (GUI) Computer display format that allows the user to select commands, call up files, start programs, and do other routine tasks by using a mouse to point to pictorial symbols (icons) or lists of menu choices on the screen as opposed to having to . Support for ODBC, Microsoft Access and Sybase SQL Anywhere The support for Microsoft's ODBC standard opens up the path to many of the ODBC-compliant databases for use by SPS. Among the first to be fully supported by SPS are Microsoft Access and Sybase SQL Anywhere, the powerful new version of Watcom SQL. This enhancement gives remote users of SPS the ability to use a third-party database at the laptop level. All the functionality of Access and Sybase SQL Anywhere are available while supporting the distributed database synchronization inherent to SPS. Expanded Support for IBM's DB2 Family Support for the DB2 family of database systems has been enhanced in SPS 3.5. DB2 for AIX, which runs on the AIX operating system on an RS/6000, is now supported. SPS now also supports DB2 for OS/2 and DB2 for MVS (Multiple Virtual Storage) Introduced in 1974, the primary operating system used with IBM mainframes (the others are VM and DOS/VSE). MVS is a batch processing-oriented operating system that manages large amounts of memory and disk space. . Data can be migrated from any database already supported by SPS to a DB2 for AIX database using tools provided in SPS. WordPerfect 6.0 Interface A new interface to WordPerfect 6.0 is part of SPS 3.5. WordPerfect may be launched from within SPS via a pull-down menu item, making data in the SPS database available to WordPerfect to fill templates. Drag and Drop Schedule Planner A new scheduling function has been added to the SPS Report Writer that integrates the powerful selection capabilities of the SPS Report Writer and the SPS Calendar facility. A user can run a report to select contacts and use "Schedule" as the output mode. From a single screen, the user can drag and drop contacts to a calendar time slot, rearrange appointments, and review the list of contacts not yet scheduled. Other New Features, Enhancements and Functionality The latest release provides a more streamlined installation procedure for remote users, one-step appointment scheduling, and an enhanced Help facility, including Cue Cards. Enhancements to the database design facility include support for a free-form text field, which may be added to any record in the database, and a lookup-table function, which can be used to automatically populate fields in the SPS database. Priced at $1,250 per copy, SPS 3.5 is now available. Volume prices are available upon request. Upgrades are free of charge to existing customers. Other versions of SPS are available for 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) RS/6000 environments; for the MVS operating system using DB2 (IBM's relational database); and for IBM and IBM-compatible PCs and laptops running the OS/2 operating system. For more information, contact Saratoga Systems Inc., 1550 South Bascom Ave., Campbell, Calif. 95008. Telephone 408/371-9330. Fax: 408/371-9376. Internet: http://www.saratogasystems.com. CONTACT: Cooper/Iverson Marketing Paula Johns, 619/929-9193 paula@cts.com Stella Vanderpool, 619/292-7400 stella@coopiver.com |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion