Willamette Industries Selects Synon Solutions for Automatically Generating Enterprise Windows NT and AS/400 Applications.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.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 6, 1998-- Large Forest Products Company Initiates Cross-Platform (software, hardware) cross-platform - A term that describes a language, software application or hardware device that works on more than one system platform (e.g. Unix, Microsoft Windows, Macintosh). E.g. Netscape Navigator, Java. and Productivity Gains Using Synon's Obsydian Application Development Environment Synon Corporation, a leading provider of advanced, model-based development solutions for 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. NT, the AS/400, and Java today announced that Willamette Industries, a leading global forest products company, has selected Synon's Obsydian development environment to architect key applications on the Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. and AS/400 platforms. Willamette is in the process of using Synon's model-based, automatic generation solutions to provide a multi-platform application environment for maximum productivity. Willamette, a $4 billion a year wood products company with 103 plants throughout the world and 1.8 million acres of timberland in the U.S., plans to undergo several strategic development projects in the coming months. The initial project is a fiber acquisition application to be deployed on Windows NT using Synon's Obsydian development environment and the Obsydian for Windows NT/BackOffice generator generator, in electricity, machine used to change mechanical energy into electrical energy. It operates on the principle of electromagnetic induction, discovered (1831) by Michael Faraday. . This project will be followed by roll stock, data warehousing See data warehouse. data warehousing - data warehouse , and other applications for the AS/400 and Windows NT. Future plans include development using Synon's Java capabilities. "With Synon' model-based approach, we will be able to maximize and protect our IT investments with the capability to move quickly to new technologies and platforms such as Windows NT and Java," said Cam A. Henderson, vice president--chief information officer at Willamette. "The use of Synon patterns has enabled Willamette to take a high-level approach, using business models and application generators Software that generates application programs from descriptions of the problem rather than by traditional programming. It is at a higher level and easier to use than a high-level programming language such as C/C++ or COBOL. to speed the development of our applications and realize significant gains in efficiency." Obsydian is a client/server application development solution that accelerates the implementation of enterprise-wide business systems through its ability to define and reuse reuse - Using code developed for one application program in another application. Traditionally achieved using program libraries. Object-oriented programming offers reusability of code via its techniques of inheritance and genericity. business objects, or "patterns," and automatically generate code. Obsydian uses extensive class libraries of business "patterns," enabling the efficient development of scalable enterprise applications, increasing productivity, and reducing development and maintenance costs. Once an application is developed in Obsydian, it can automatically be regenerated for new platforms. "We are pleased that Willamette will be able to realize significant benefits through the use of Synon's model-based approach," said Keith Jaeger jaeger (yā`gər), common name for several members of the family Stercorariidae, member of a family of hawklike sea birds closely related to the gull and the tern. The skua is also a member of this family. , vice president of development at Synon. "Willamette's schedule of planned development projects demonstrates their rapid moves to exploit new technologies and advances, and Synon is right in step to facilitate these important transitions." Willamette has already deployed applications using the Synon/2E development environment for AS/400 development projects. Willamette has signed a multi-seat license agreement with Synon to begin the initial fiber acquisition project, and expects to continue its use of Obsydian for enterprise client/server development efforts. About Willamette Willamette Industries is a vertically integrated forest products company with 103 manufacturing facilities and 1.8 million acres of timberland. About Synon Synon Corporation, 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, California Larkspur is a city in Marin County, California, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 12,014. Larkspur is located in western California, north of San Francisco, near Mount Tamalpais. , is a leading provider of model-based, integrated development technologies and services for customer and commercial application development. For more information on Synon, please visit www.synon.com. Note to Editors: Synon and Obsydian are registered trademarks of Synon Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. Other names used herein may be trademarks of their respective companies. CONTACT: Synon Corporation Shawn Gathas, 415/461-5000 ext. 1860 skg@synon.com or Neale-May and Partners Derek Kober 650/328-5555 ext. 126 dkober@nealemay.com |
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