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PR: Unify Announces New OS/2, Native DB2 Support
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Timothy F. Sipples)
Sun Mar 31 15:48:06 1996
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Date: 31 Mar 1996 16:35:58 GMT
From: tsipple@vnet.IBM.COM (Timothy F. Sipples)
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Unify becomes only second-generation tools vendor to span all major open
systems environments with new OS/2, native DB2 support.
VISION and Unify's integrated application management product AppMan for VISION
support IBM strategies for interoperability and management.
SAN JOSE, Calif., February 23, 1996--Unify Corporation, a leading provider of
advanced, three-tier application development tools, today announced an
agreement with IBM to support Unify VISION and AppMan for VISION on OS/2, and
to provide native DB2 support for both the OS/2 and AIX platforms, extending
Unify VISION's leadership in native support of RDBMS platforms. With this
announcement, Unify VISION becomes the only second-generation tool that
supports the development and management of cross-platform, cross-database
applications that span all major open systems environments and scale from the
department to the enterprise.
In addition to OS/2, Unify VISION and AppMan for VISION currently support AIX,
Sun Solaris, DEC-Alpha, HP-UX, Windows NT, Windows 3.1, Windows 95 and
Macintosh. Existing VISION-based applications developed for these platforms
will now run on OS/2 without being recompiled. Unify will also enable access
to existing mainframe/host databases such as DB2 for MVS, DB2 for AS/400 and
DB2 for HP-UX through support of DRDA (distributed relational database
architecture).
According to Scott Canali, vice president of marketing at Unify, the
announcement is a boon to both current OS/2 and VISION customers, as well as
to companies looking for an industrial-strength development tool that will not
limit their choice of platforms. "IBM and Unify are delivering on customer
requirements for scalability, cross platform interoperability, and application
management," said Canali. "With Unify VISION and AppMan for VISION, developers
now have an outstanding environment for building and managing client/server
applications that can run without porting or recompiling on all major open
system platforms."
Management and interoperability are key IBM goals supported by Unify. AppMan
for VISION is the first product to automate the process of building managed
enterprise applications, and integrating them with leading software
distribution, and event and performance management systems, such as BMC
Patrol, IBM SystemView, Tivoli AMS, HP OpenView, and Microsoft SMS.
"By developing for OS/2 Warp and OS/2 Warp Server, Unify is exploiting the
broad function and incredible power of OS/2 to deliver real value to their
customers," said John Schwarz, vice president of marketing, IBM Personal
Software Products division. "VISION provides customers with the scaleable,
versatile tool they need for building and managing distributed client/server
applications across the enterprise. Unify's investment in developing VISION
for OS/2 is a strong testament to their belief in the IBM strategy to provide
seamless solutions across the enterprise, from the mainframe to the desktop."
Pricing and availability
Each VISION development kit costs $4,995. VISION v3.0 for OS/2 will soon be
entering beta, with general availability expected in 3Q96, and will include
native connectivity to DB2 on OS/2 and AIX, DRDA direct client-to-mainframe
connection, and access to mainframe data through an intermediate server
running either DB2 or DDCS/DRDA. Unify AppMan for VISION is priced at $1,995
for unlimited users, per operating system, per site and will be available on
OS/2 at the same time.
About Unify Corp.
Unify is a leading provider of advanced second-generation application
development tools for building and managing enterprise applications. Unify's
flagship product, Unify VISION, combines the flexibility and ease-of-use of
graphical client/server with the capability and performance requirements of
enterprise-level applications. VISION provides an automated graphical rapid
application development environment, advanced application partitioning, and
integrated application management capabilities.
Headquartered in San Jose, California, Unify has direct sales offices
throughout North America, Europe, and Japan, with a network of distributors,
VARs, OEMs and systems integrators worldwide. Unify's products include Unify
VISION, ACCELL/SQL, and the Unify DataServer family of products. Unify has
over 350,000 users worldwide, including leaders in telecommunications,
financial services, commercial industries, and government.
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