WATCOM TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION HIGHLIGHTS INTEROPERABILITY WITH SYBASE SYSTEM 10 AND MICROSOFT SQL SERVER.NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Dec. 6, 1994 -- Watcom International announced today that it will feature a technology demonstration of Watcom SQL interoperability with Sybase System 10 and Microsoft SQL Server A relational DBMS from Microsoft that is a major component of the Windows Server System. It is Microsoft's high-end client/server database and is closely integrated with Microsoft Visual Studio and the Microsoft Office System. this week at DB/Expo (Booth #336) in New York and DB World (Booth #247) in Chicago. The technology demonstration will include a version of Watcom SQL that executes both a subset of Transact-SQL stored procedures and Watcom's existing implementation of the draft 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. standard stored procedure language. The demonstration also includes technology that translates stored procedures and triggers between Watcom SQL and databases using the Transact-SQL language, including Sybase System 10 and Microsoft SQL Server. This new technology will enable the development of applications, including stored procedures, that have a single code base running on both the Sybase System 10 family and Watcom's shrink-wrapped standalone and workgroup database servers. Watcom is investigating the extension of this technology to other stored procedure languages to enable interoperability with SQL SQL in full Structured Query Language. Computer programming language used for retrieving records or parts of records in databases and performing various calculations before displaying the results. database servers from other vendors. The company expects to make product announcements in 1995 concerning the technologies being demonstrated. Headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario, Watcom International Corp. is a leading provider of application development tools. Watcom is 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 Powersoft Corp. (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 :PWRS PWRS Pacific Western Rail Systems (Surrey, BC, Canada model railroading reseller) PWRS Pacific Western Rail Systems (Surrey, British Columbia, Canada) PWRS Prepositioned War Reserve Stock ), which has 18 field offices throughout North America, subsidiaries in the U.K., France, Spain and the Benelux countries and distributors in more than 50 countries throughout North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Australia and Asia. Watcom introduced its PC-based client/server SQL database servers in 1992, providing the first SQL database servers which deliver the simplicity, openness, scalability and cost effectiveness required for the PC marketplace. Watcom has established itself as an industry leader in optimizing compiler technology for Intel-based PCs with its Watcom 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 ++ products. On November 14, 1994, Sybase, Inc. and Powersoft announced that the companies' boards of directors had unanimously approved a definitive agreement to merge and create the worldwide leader in client/server software. -0- Watcom is a trademark of Watcom International. Powersoft is a registered trademark of Powersoft Corporation. Sybase is a registered trademark of Sybase Corporation. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are properties of their respective owners.
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