Uniscape Provides Software Internationalization Solution for BMC Software.REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 12, 1999-- Uniscape(R), a leading provider of globalization globalization Process by which the experience of everyday life, marked by the diffusion of commodities and ideas, is becoming standardized around the world. Factors that have contributed to globalization include increasingly sophisticated communications and transportation solutions for the enterprise, announced today it has been selected by BMC Software BMC Software, Inc. NYSE: BMC, is an American enterprise management software provider, focusing on IT infrastructure applications. BMC was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas. , Inc. to provide enabling technology for the internationalization The support for monetary values, time and date for countries around the world. It also embraces the use of native characters and symbols in the different alphabets. See localization, i18n, Unicode and IDN. internationalization - internationalisation of the company's Application Service Assurance (ASA Asa (ā`sə), in the Bible, king of Judah, son and successor of Abijah. He was a good king, zealous in his extirpation of idols. When Baasha of Israel took Ramah (a few miles N of Jerusalem), Asa bought the help of Benhadad of Damascus and )(tm) software. The integration of Uniscape's Global C 3.0 multilingual solution will enable BMC (BMC Software, Inc., Houston, TX, www.bmc.com) A leading supplier of software that supports and improves the availability, performance, and recovery of applications in complex computing environments. to reduce the time, effort and cost required to prepare its products for international distribution. "Uniscape's Global C is important to our globalization efforts," said Keith James, senior manager, Globalization, BMC Software. "After considering a number of other products, we chose Global C based on its ability to provide a sound architecture and methodology for developing and managing multilingual applications by employing a single code base." For over 18 years, BMC Software has focused on the management and optimization of mission-critical applications and data. Application Service Assurance represents the culmination of BMC's core product development. As an end-user-oriented solution, ASA ensures that critical applications and data are always available, perform optimally, and can be quickly and completely recovered. "Uniscape delivers mission-critical solutions for companies involved in international sales and operations management Operations management is an area of business that is concerned with the production of goods and services, and involves the responsibility of ensuring that business operations are efficient and effective. ," explains Alex Pressman, president of Uniscape. "The implementation of Global C will help BMC lower its development and maintenance costs and speed the delivery of globalized products to their customers." Global C is a multilingual, multi-platform run-time library (operating system, programming, library) run-time library - A file containing routines which are linked with a program at run time rather than at compile-time. The advantage of such dynamic linking is that only one copy of the library needs to be stored, rather than a copy being for PC, 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). and mainframe platforms. Global C enables software developers to reduce the time and effort required to prepare their software applications for international markets and multilingual contexts. Applications written using Global C are easily localized by changing simple data files, and do not require modification to program code. Global C enhances both single platform development and cross-platform portability by providing a function superset A group of commands or functions that exceed the capabilities of the original specification. Software or hardware components designed for the original specification will also operate with the superset product. However, components designed for the superset will not work with the original. API. The result: Global C provides developers with the maximum available functionality, while minimizing the development effort, overcoming native OS deficiencies. In addition, Global C 3.0 provides Unicode support on multiple operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. including AS/400; UNIX and Windows 3.1/95, eliminating the need to port source code to each OS. About BMC Software BMC Software, Inc. is an industry leader in delivering Application Service Assurance ASA(tm) solutions -- enterprise-level software and support that improves the availability, performance and recovery of critical applications and data in complex computing environments. BMC Software is the world's 12th largest independent software vendor and a Forbes 500 company, with revenues exceeding $730 million in fiscal 1998. The company is headquartered in Houston, Texas “Houston” redirects here. For other uses, see Houston (disambiguation). Houston (pronounced /'hjuːstən/) is the largest city in the state of Texas and the , with offices worldwide. For more information, please call 800/841-2031 or 713/918-8800. About Uniscape Founded in 1996, Uniscape, Inc. provides a suite of solutions for enterprises at every stage of the globalization process. These solutions enable companies to automate and optimize their globalization process, cutting their costs, time to market and thereby realizing greater international revenues. Uniscape's full line of products includes Global C(tm), Global Checker(tm), GlobalXchange(tm) and Global Checker Suite. Uniscape's expert consulting and training services have been used effectively by many leading software vendors. Visit Uniscape on the Internet at www.uniscape-inc.com. For sales information and seminar schedules, please contact Uniscape directly at 650/596-1430. Note: Uniscape is a registered trademark of Uniscape, Inc. Global C, Global Checker and Global Xchange are trademarks of Uniscape, Inc. BMC Software, Application Service Assurance, and ASA are registered trademarks of BMC Software, Inc. in the USA and in other select countries. |
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