Unisys Corporation today announced that its IntegratePlus family of object repository and software integration tools will support the Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 development system, released today by Microsoft.
Through new Unisys IntegratePlus software, available early in 1999, users will be able to integrate Visual Studio 6.0 with third-party development tools and with legacy applications and databases on both Unisys and IBM enterprise server environments. This combination will enable users to leverage existing programs to build new generations of enterprise-class applications.
"Organizations need to understand what areas of the legacy application can be re-used to quickly build new applications that integrate with their existing and emerging technology infrastructures," said Paul Gross, vice president of development tools at Microsoft Corp. "The open, extensible environment of Visual Studio and Unisys IntegratePlus software, with the enabling foundation of the Windows Distributed interNet Applications (Windows DNA) architecture, can make this ease of legacy integration a reality."
"Understanding the enterprise means understanding the importance of leveraging investments that have been made in business critical systems. Unisys IntegratePlus software will enable Visual Studio developers to have access to these critical resources, which they can then transform into reusable program components," said Joe Yaworski, vice president, Software Business Initiative, Unisys Computer Systems.
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About IntegratePlus
The Unisys IntegratePlus family of software is a modular, object repository-based set of tools and services designed specifically for the integration of new Windows NT-based applications with legacy data sources. Unisys IntegratePlus software is middleware and database independent, allowing the use of ActiveX technologies and Java and CORBA development tools to address all phases of the application development life cycle.
IntegratePlus is based on the Unisys Universal Repository (UREP), a fully object oriented repository for access, concurrent sharing and immediate updating of all business information. UREP is being used by independent software vendors (ISVs) and large corporations in various domains such as client/server and object development environments, data warehousing, meta data management, and business object management. Access the UREP home page at http://www.marketplace.unisys.com/products/urep for additional information.
About Microsoft Visual Studio
Unisys is one of many companies announcing support for Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0. Visual Studio 6.0 Professional Edition is a comprehensive suite of industry-leading development tools for building business applications for the Windows NT Server network operating system, including client/server, multitier and Web-based solutions. Visual Studio 6.0 Professional Edition features the Visual Basic 6.0 development system, the Visual C++ 6.0 development system, the Visual J++ 6.0 development system for Java, the Visual InterDev 6.0 Web development system, the Visual FoxPro 6.0 database development system, Windows NT Option Pack and the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) Library CD-ROM. Visual Studio 6.0 Enterprise Edition is the complete suite for rapidly building scalable enterprise solutions. The Enterprise Edition comes with all the components of the Professional Edition and also includes key enterprise and team development features designed to help developers rapidly build scalable, distributed applications that can be easily integrated with existing enterprise systems and applications. More information on Visual Studio 6.0 is available at http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/.
About Unisys
Unisys is an information technology solutions provider that has a portfolio of information services, technologies and third-party alliances needed to help clients capitalize on their information assets to enhance their competitiveness and responsiveness to customers. Unisys expertise is founded on the strengths of three global businesses: Information Services, providing consulting, application solutions, systems integration and outsourcing; Computer Systems, providing industry-leading technologies; and Global Customer Services, delivering comprehensive services and products supporting distributed computing environments. Access the Unisys home page on the World Wide Web -- http://www.unisys.com -- for further information.
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