Thomson Software Products accelerates Ada 95 release plans; agreement with Intermetrics enhances current Ada 95 product offering.SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 27, 1995--Thomson Software Products (formerly Alsys) Wednesday announced the signing of an agreement with Intermetrics Inc. of Cambridge, Mass., to integrate Intermetrics' AdaMagic Front End compiler technology with the ObjectAda Ada 95-based development environment. The agreement will make it possible for Thomson Software Products Thomson Software Products (TSP) was a software development corporation based in Norwalk, Connecticut with engineering and support facilities in Norwalk and San Diego, California. Established in July 1995, the corporation became half of Aonix in 1996. to offer a full Ada 95 object-oriented programming object-oriented programming, a modular approach to computer program (software) design. Each module, or object, combines data and procedures (sequences of instructions) that act on the data; in traditional, or procedural, programming the data are separated from the environment in the first half of 1996. ``Since the successful introduction of our ObjectAda development environment over a year ago, we have experienced increased customer demand to bring a fully compliant Ada 95 development environment to market sooner than we anticipated,'' stated Jacques Brygier, director of Ada product marketing. ``With the combined resources and expertise of both Intermetrics and Thomson Software Products, we will provide a more complete, feature-rich Ada 95 implementation, on more platforms, than any other environment available today. ``Our history as a leading developer and supplier of superior Ada technology has allowed us to react swiftly to changing market requirements, providing us with the flexibility to meet customer demands and bring products to market quickly that maintain our high standards of quality and excellence.'' Thomson Software Products is working closely with Intermetrics to integrate AdaMagic with ObjectAda. The resulting technology release will be known as ObjectAda 7.0, and will feature a powerful front-end compiler integrated with an enhanced version of the ObjectAda development environment. Full Ada 95 functionality will be available, and will include multi-language capabilities, increased object-oriented support and a scalable, tightly integrated and flexible set of development tools. Different versions of bundled environments will be provided according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the specific needs of customers. ``We are delighted that Thomson Software Products has chosen AdaMagic as part of their complete Ada 95 solution,'' said Mike Ryer, Intermetrics' Ada marketing manager. ``Thomson Software Products' leadership in the industry will give them the opportunity to very quickly provide Ada 95 on a full range of platforms. ``Their excellent code generators and environments together with the AdaMagic Front End will ensure a robust, full-featured development system.'' Transitioning ObjectAda Customers ``We will continue to support customers using our existing products, and will provide them with a solid upgrade path to ObjectAda 7.0 and beyond for the various host and cross platforms,'' continued Brygier. ``As before, we will provide the tools to help ease the transition process from Ada 83 to Ada 95, while preserving investments in existing applications.'' Ada 95 is the next-generation Ada language revision which incorporates object-oriented programming (OOP See object-oriented programming. OOP - object-oriented programming ) capabilities and increased support for real-time systems Real-time systems Computer systems in which the computer is required to perform its tasks within the time restraints of some process or simultaneously with the system it is assisting. . Ada 95 is both an 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. (American National Standards Institute See ANSI. (body, standard) American National Standards Institute - (ANSI) The private, non-profit organisation (501(c)3) responsible for approving US standards in many areas, including computers and communications. ANSI is a member of ISO. ) and ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. (International Standards Organization See ISO. ) standard. The first release of ObjectAda 7.0 will be available on HP 9000 Series 700 and 800, Sun SPARC/Solaris, 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 and Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. 95 and Windows NT platforms. The first product based on ObjectAda 7.0 technology is scheduled to ship in the first half of 1996. Intermetrics Intermetrics is a 500-person software and systems engineering company with headquarters in Cambridge. The company performs research, software engineering and independent verification and validation (testing) Independent Verification and Validation - (IV&V) The verification and validation of a software product by an organisation that is both technically and managerially separate from the organisation responsible for developing the product. for the government and major corporations. Intermetrics also markets off-the-shelf software products, including Ada and C/C C/C Center to Center C/C Combustion Chamber C/C Command/Control C/C Crew Chief C/C cabin cruiser (US DoD) C/C chief complaint (medical) C/C Channel-to-Channel C/C Communication and Collaboration ++ compilers, the AdaMagic Front End and SAMeDL database interface. Intermetrics was the lead contractor for the design of the Ada 95 language and produced the reference manual and rationale. Company specialty areas include language design, compilers and tools, real-time applications, multimedia tools and Internet/World Wide Web engineering services. Thomson Software Products Thomson Software Products is a $75 million software company with more than 400 employees and more than 20,000 product installations worldwide. Company headquarters are located in Norwalk, Conn., with European headquarters in Paris. Sales offices, distributors and licensed agents are located throughout North America, Europe and the Pacific Rim. The company offers a wide range of high-productivity software products, including a variety of native and cross-development Ada environments; NOMAD, a family of 4GL products and capabilities for cross-platform, client/server environments; and the TeleUSE User Interface Management System product lines. CONTACT: Thomson Software Products Andrea Williams, 619/457-2700 or Intermetrics Inc. Mike Ryer, 617/661-1840 or Nadel Phelan Paula Phelan, 408/335-7745 |
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