Year 2000 Wire/Ravel Software Releases New Shrink-Wrapped Y2K Impact Assessment and Compliance Tools for IBM, H-P, DEC and Unisys Cobol.SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 23, 1998--Ravel Software, Inc.,(TM) a leader in Year 2000 software tools and services, today announced the extension of its Y2K-in-a-box-tools line to include support for the Cobol programming language. UNRAVEL 2000 for Cobol is a complete, low-cost methodology in a shrink -wrapped product, and is available immediately for four mainframe Cobol versions: 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) , H-P, Unisys and DEC VAX (Virtual Address eXtension) A venerable family of 32-bit computers from HP (via Digital and Compaq) introduced in 1977 with the VAX-11/780. VAX models ranged from desktop units to mainframes all running the same VMS operating system, and VAXes could emulate PDP models . Similar to the UNRAVEL 2000 family of products, the Cobol tools are designed for simple installation on Windows 95 or NT systems. The tools are also based on a powerful parsing See parse. parsing - parser engine and include an easy-to-use "walk-through" wizard interface that will be familiar to all users of Ravel's family of client/server Y2K See Y2K problem and Y2K compliant. Y2K - Year 2000 tools. Programmers will be guided through impact assessment, pre-change analysis, reporting, and project planning. Automatically generated project plans will answer management's key concerns such as: -0- -- How long will the process take? -- What is the total cost incurred? -- When will the project be completed? -0- About UNRAVEL 2000 for Cobol Ravel's Cobol offering takes a different approach than most existing Cobol Year 2000 remediation tools. The offering is divided into two, separately sold modules: impact assessment and remediation. The low-cost impact assessment tool will report all the details of the code analysis and allow management to decide whether or not to proceed with remediation. The second module is the compliance editor that allows for quick navigation to, and repair of, all potentially date sensitive parts of the code. The Cobol compliance editor can generate unit test code for debug and audit purposes so analysts have proof of repair. "At this late stage of preparing for the new millennium, many companies still have not started many of their Cobol projects and need the help of a company with multi-platform/multi-language experience," said Ravel CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Dave Ghosh. "Companies who have delayed remediating their Cobol code now have a low-cost method of doing a detailed Cobol impact analysis as well as triage triage Division of patients for priority of care, usually into three categories: those who will not survive even with treatment; those who will survive without treatment; and those whose survival depends on treatment. planning. These companies can then obtain UNRAVEL 2000 for Cobol compliance editor for specific systems that require immediate attention." UNRAVEL 2000 for Cobol builds on the experience of Ravel's earlier Cobol product and service offerings. They use a similar user interface to that found in its 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 ++, Visual Basic, PowerBuilder and Unix Shell products (sold under Viasoft's OnMark brand name), as well as the UNRAVEL 2000 products for Oracle Forms, Oracle Reports, Perl, 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. , FoxPro, SQR Query and reporting software from Hyperion Solutions Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (www.hyperion.com) that provides a graphical front end for designing and generating complex, high-volume reports. and JAM. The new Cobol tools list at $4,995 each per single user copy. The Compliance Editor module can be separately purchased for $50,000 per user, or $150,000 for a five-seat license. As is usual with Ravel's products, there are no line of code fees or other hidden restrictions. About Ravel Software, Inc. Ravel Software, Inc. is a privately held application software tools and services provider with headquarters in San Jose, California San Jose (IPA: /ˌsænhoʊˈzeɪ/) is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara County. . Founded in 1995, Ravel is a leader in shrink-wrapped Y2K tools, enterprise integration tools and application migration services. Serving both client/server and mainframe environments, Ravel offers tools for 19 languages designed to aid organizations in impact assessment through remediation of their Year 2000 problem Year 2000 problem, Y2K problem, or millennium bug, in computer science, a design flaw in the hardware or software of a computer that caused erroneous results when working with dates beyond Dec. 31, 1999. , maintenance tools to handle the euro conversion, and migration/integration tools for Oracle environments. Ravel distributes their products directly, through major OEM's such as Viasoft, through strategic relationships such as the Oracle Millennium Provider program, and through a worldwide set of alliance partners. The company may be reached at 408/955-1990 or at www.unravel.com on the Internet.
CONTACTS: Ravel Software Inc., San Jose
Kathleen Means, 408/955-1990 x5922
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