Taligent to become IBM subsidiary; Move Will Accelerate Delivery of Object Frameworks.CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 19, 1995--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 Taligent, Inc. today announced that Taligent will become an object technology development center, a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of IBM. The new center will continue development of Taligent technologies and accelerate their integration into IBM's complete range of cross-platform products, including IBM VisualAge VisualAge was the name of a family of computer integrated development environments from IBM, which included support for a few popular (and not so popular) computer programming languages. Early history VisualAge was born in the IBM development lab in Cary, North Carolina. C++(a), System Object Model (SOM) (a), Distributed SOM (DSOM See SOM. ) (a), and OpenDoc(b). The center will also work to ensure that the Taligent technologies are fully compliant with industry standards. The new technology center will be located at Taligent's headquarters in Cupertino, California. "Taligent's pioneering technology is an important element in our object-oriented software strategy for enterprise-wide distributed computing (1) The use of multiple computers networked throughout a wide geographical area, or the world via the Internet, in order to solve a single problem. See grid computing. (2) The use of multiple computers in an enterprise rather than one centralized system. ," said Steve Mills For the character in the "Shortland Street"" TV programme, see . Steve Mills (born Portsmouth, 9 December 1953, died Southampton, 1 August 1988) was a professional footballer with Southampton F.C. who career was cut short by a serious car accident and died of leukemia aged 34. , general manager, IBM Software Solutions Division. "Today's announcement will allow us to accelerate delivery to our customers. It reinforces our aggressive drive to provide software developers with powerful, cross-platform, object-oriented software that adheres to industry standards and meets enterprise needs." IBM will assume responsibility for marketing and distribution of all future Taligent products, enabling the center to focus on its core expertise of object-oriented framework development. Apple and Hewlett-Packard, who along with IBM were principal investors in Taligent, will retain licensing rights to Taligent technologies. Commenting on the announcement, David Nagel, Apple senior vice president of worldwide research and development, said: "Taligent has delivered superior technology, allowing others to create software for managing complex computing computing - computer and collaborative environments. We're confident that the Taligent technology will continue to flourish under IBM's stewardship. We look forward to continuing our excellent working relationship with IBM on object-oriented technologies See object technology. ." Bernard Guidon gui·don n. 1. A small flag or pennant carried as a standard by a military unit. 2. A soldier bearing such a flag or pennant. , HP vice president and general manager of the Computer Systems Group, said, "We're pleased with the work that's been done at Taligent. We plan to continue working with IBM to improve the accessibility of object technology for our customers." As one of the original architects of the Taligent frameworks, Mike Potel, vice president of technology, Taligent, commented, "Customer feedback has been enthusiastic about our framework-based programming model. The new center allows Taligent to concentrate on its leading-edge framework development efforts, which will accelerate the resulting object-oriented technology and products into IBM's cross-platform Open Class(a) and VisualAge(a) product families." Taligent was formed in 1992 by Apple and IBM to develop a new application system based on object-oriented technology. HP became the third investor in 1994. Taligent has operated as an independent company. Its first product, CommonPoint 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. (a), shipped in July 1995. CommonPoint is a complete, integrated, software platform composed of more than 100 object-oriented frameworks. It provides developers with a powerful platform-independent model A platform-independent model or PIM is a model of a software or business system that is independent of the specific technological platform used to implement it. The term platform-independent model is most frequently used in the context of the MDA approach. that supports interactive collaboration. Multiple users can share and update compound documents and data in real time even though their CommonPoint systems are running on different platforms. IBM also announced that CommonPoint for OS/2(a) is now available. Apple plans to deliver CommonPoint on MAC OS(b). Apple Computer, Inc., a recognized pioneer and innovator in the information industry, creates powerful solutions based on easy-to-use personal computers, servers, peripherals, software, online services, and personal digital assistants. Headquartered in Cupertino, California, Apple (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 : APPL APPL Application APPL Applied APPL Applicable APPL Applicant APPL Appliance APPL Association of Partners for Public Lands APPL Academy of Program and Project Leadership (NASA) APPL A Probability Programming Language ) develops, manufactures, licenses and markets products, technologies and services for the business, education, consumers, scientific and engineering, and government markets in over 140 countries. IBM, the world's largest software provider, creates, develops and manufactures the industry's most advanced information technologies, including computer systems, software, networking systems, storage devices, and microelectronics. IBM's Software Solutions Division provides data management, application development, multimedia and workgroup solutions for mission-critical applications on PCs, workstations, LANs and large servers. (a) Indicates trademark or registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. (b) Apple, Macintosh, and OpenDoc are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc; Mac OS is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. CONTACT: Nancy Morrison Apple Computer, Inc. (408) 862-6200 Internet: n.morrison@applelink.apple.com or Keith Mary Rantas-Drew IBM Media Relations (914) 766-1211 Internet: keithmaryr@vnet.ibm.com or Diane Samples Cunningham Communications for Taligent (408) 764-0766 Internet: diane@ccipr.com |
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