Synon makes strong entry into high end client/server tool market; more than $2 million worth of Obsydian shipped in first month.CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 8, 1994--Synon has made a strong entry into the second generation client/server tool market shipping $2 million worth of Obsydian in its first month of availability. Obsydian Release 1.0 is the long awaited development environment used to design and develop enterprise-wide, client/server business applications. Synon, along with newcomers Forte and Dynasty, currently dominate the high end client/server tools market where complex mission critical applications reside. Rick Brown, vice president of Worldwide marketing for Synon, said, "Obsydian's tremendous success demonstrates the pent-up demand for an enterprisewide client/server development tool that is robust enough to deliver high-end strategic applications yet is practical and affordable enough to be used for tactical development as well." Brown expects Obsydian to generate more than $20 million for Synon in 1995. Object Engineering Obsydian is a new integrated full life cycle, workstation-based toolset that uses innovative software technology called "Object Engineering." Object Engineering combines the data modeling and design abstraction benefits of Information Engineering with the re-use advantages provided by Object Orientation. It is Object Engineering that differentiates Obsydian from other second generation client/server tools. Neil Hamilton Neil Hamilton may refer to:
Abstract Business Objects The key to implementing object Engineering is the utilization of Abstract Business Objects as a critical input to the application design process. Abstract Business Objects are representations of common business entities. They represent both the structure and behavior of the entities at both the application design and implementation levels. For example, an Abstract Business Object in Obsydian such as "simple transaction" is a representation of common business transactions such as sales orders The sales order, sometimes abbreviated as SO, is an order received by a business from a customer. A sales order may be for products and/or services. Given the wide variety of businesses, this means that the orders can be fulfilled in several ways. , purchase orders, and invoices. This Abstract Business Object provides both the logical data structure in the form of a data model as well as the behavioral structure for implementation components such as application programs and user interfaces. Using an Object engineering approach with Abstract Business Objects the application developer models business entities and then relates them to Abstract Business Objects. The Obsydian class libraries contain a rich set of Abstract Business Objects. Each Abstract Business Object consists of a complete set of design and implementation components. The re-usable business and design objects of Obsydian allows a developer to rapidly deliver enterprise-critical applications with the high quality of proven components and the ease of enhancement of a model based design The dawn of the electrical age brought with it various novel, innovative and advanced control systems. It was as early as 1920's when the two strands of technology, control theory and control system, came together to produce large scale integrated systems. . Architecture Obsydian's Object Engineering architecture utilizes a class library that contains an expandable source of re-usable objects. These objects provide the application developer with three categories of prefabricated pre·fab·ri·cate tr.v. pre·fab·ri·cat·ed, pre·fab·ri·cat·ing, pre·fab·ri·cates 1. To manufacture (a building or section of a building, for example) in advance, especially in standard sections that can be easily shipped and components with which to build strategic applications. These components (design objects, business objects, and application frameworks) reflect different levels of abstraction for application building blocks. Developers familiar with the concepts of building relational applications scan quickly access the power of object orientation using Obsydian's Object Engineering approach. Release 1.0 Obsydian Release 1.0 contains a client/server generator for AS/400 servers with Windows clients. It includes support for flexible application partitioning Separating an application into components that run on multiple servers. Programming languages and development systems that support this architecture, known as "three-tier client/server," may allow the program to be developed as a whole and then separated into pieces later. , sophisticated workgroup support, object configuration for multiple environments, and conflict resolution. Obsydian will support a DB2/400 database in its first release. Jason Ray, director of MIS for Compex Systems, said: "Obsydian's response time for retrieving and changing data on the AS/400 has been superb. We've been using several other Windows tools to access AS/400 data and Obsydian is infinitely superior." Release 2.0, expected to be shipped in mid-1995, will include NPT NPT National Pipe Taper (pipe thread specification) NPT Non-Proliferation Treaty NPT Nonprofit Times NPT Newport (Rhode Island) NPT Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty NPT Neath Port Talbot (nonprogrammable terminal) support as well as generators to support multiple UNIX servers, specifically, 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) RISC RISC in full Reduced Instruction Set Computing Computer architecture that uses a limited number of instructions. RISC became popular in microprocessors in the 1980s. System/6000 and Hewlett Packard HP-9000. Obsydian: Features Obsydian is comprised of design tools, class libraries and various environment generators. The design tools contain graphical diagramming facilities for business modeling and database design; an action diagrammer for process design an "intelligent" 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 (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. ) editor for user interface design. Obsydian's specially designed object browser A utility that provides a hierarchical view of the Java classes in a Java application. It typically comes in an integrated development environment (IDE). See IDE. provides quick access to libraries of design and business objects. Workgroup Development Obsydian supports development teams working concurrently and/or independently on any part of a design by implementing essential features such as object versioning (functional, deployment and national language variants), workgroup repository, and multi-model development. Obsydian; Methodology James Martin James Martin or Jim Martin may refer to: Politicians:
TCSM Technical Counter Surveillance Measures TCSM Tethered Complex on A Supported Metal (chemistry) TCSM Tandem Computerized Switching System TCSM Teleconferencing Service Module (The Client/Server Methodology) product to guide Synon customers through application development with Obsydian. TCSM for Obsydian is expected to be available in the first quarter of 1995. Pricing & Availability Obsydian is currently shipping and is priced at $8,750 per developer, with a minimum order of two copies. Application run-times are not required. Synon Corp. Synon Corp., a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. with headquarters in Larkspur Larkspur, city, United States Larkspur, city (1990 pop. 11,070), Marin co., W Calif., a prestigious residential suburb of San Francisco near Mt. Tamalpais; inc. 1908. The region's scenic beauty and excellent beaches attract many visitors. , Calif., is a leading provider of advanced application development tools for building industrial-strength commercial applications. The company's two product lines are Obsydian and Synon/2E. The company has more than 5,000 customers worldwide and operations in more than 40 countries. For more information call 415/461-5000 or write to Synon Corp., 1100 Larkspur Landing Larkspur Landing is the main Golden Gate Ferries ferry terminal in Larkspur, Marin County, California. The terminal is a regional hub receiving heavy feeder service from throughout the north bay for commuter ferries to Downtown San Francisco. Circle, Larkspur, CA 94939. -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: Synon and Obsydian are registered trademarks of Synon Corp. Other product names herein are trademarks of their respective firms. CONTACT: Marty Tacktill, 415/461-5000 |
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