🚀 go-pugleaf

                                                                              
Software Solutions Press Coverage                                             
                                                                              
Jan. 24, 1996                                                                 
                                                                              
The following is a summary of recent press coverage of products               
from the Software Solutions Division and of competitors' products:            
                                                                              
 Notes Still Center of IBM Strategy                                           
 PC Week: Jan. 8, 1996, p. 31                                                 
In question-and-answer format, this article quizzes Steve Mills,              
general manager, Software Solutions Division, on topics including the         
World Wide Web, Lotus Notes, Java and Microsoft Corp. (See Jan. 19            
notice on IBMSWS category for excerpts.)                                      
                                                                              
 VisualAge for Smalltalk                                                      
 Data Management Review: December 1995                                        
Reviews functionality, strengths, weaknesses, service provisions.             
                                                                              
 Bank Using Cobol VisualAge to Migrate to OO, Client/Server                   
 Application Development Trends: December 1995                                
According to Kevin J. Cummings, senior technical service analyst              
with Canada Trust of London, Ontario, IBM's VisualAge will ease the           
migration of his 250 Cobol programmers working on IBM mainframes              
"Indeed, Volvo Data of Sweden has found that Cobol programmers                
can master OO Cobol in one or two days, providing a painless                  
migration path to OO technology."                                             
                                                                              
                                                                              
 IBM Ships Groupware for Developers                                           
 Application Development Trends: December 1995                                
"IBM has begun shipping a new LAN-based client/server development             
environment that allows teams to collaborate during each step                 
of the development cycle."                                                    
                                                                              
 IBM Unveils Details on VisualAge for the Web                                 
 Newsbytes News Network: Dec. 11, 1995                                        
"IBM's forthcoming special edition of VisualAge for the Web will              
provide 'snap-in' components for end-user queries as well as for              
user-selectable database gateways for the Web."                               
                                                                              
 Team Connection                                                              
 OS/2 Magazine: January 1996, p. 15                                           
Brief product description.                                                    
                                                                              
 ISPF 4.2: The Momentum Continues                                             
 Enterprise Systems: December 1995                                            
"Major new improvements include AIX and HP-UX workstation support,            
the Workplace, up to 32 split screens and more GUI features. Further          
workstation integration continues to blur the line between host               
and workstation."                                                             
                                                                              
 IBM Extends VisualAge for SmallTalk                                          
 Midrange Systems: Dec. 15, 1995, p. 24                                       
Product announcements.                                                        
                                                                              
 In Praise of PL/I                                                            
 Enterprise Systems Journal: Dec. 1, 1995                                     
This article covers the new PL/I features found in IBM's PL/I                 
compiler for OS/2 and concludes with possible future of PL/I                  
in today's I/S shop.                                                          
                                                                              
 Developing News                                                              
 Beyond Computing: December 1995                                              
Summary of events at the Software Development '95 East show.                  
"IBM's Software Solutions Division showed the Developer Connection            
for OS/2, which provides the latest tools, prerelease software,               
product demos and other information on CD via an annual subscription."        
                                                                              
 ColoradOS/2 Conference                                                       
 Dr. Dobb's Special Report: Jan. 1, 1996, p. 2                                
This article quotes IBM's PSP director of strategic relations John            
Soyring: "IBM is 100 percent committed to OS/2 on the network and on          
the desktop. Period." Also covers Object REXX's appearance                    
at the conference, describing O-REXX as "impressive."                         
                                                                              
 Can Tools Vendors Get It Together?                                           
 Software Magazine: Jan. 1, 1996, p. 59                                       
"Repositories and point-to-point bridges are two paths application            
development tool suppliers are taking to integrate their offerings."          
Article quotes Skip McGaughey, market manager for the VisualAge               
family of products.                                                           
                                                                              
 Moving to OOUI                                                               
 OS/2 Developer: January 1996                                                 
"Getting the most from the Workplace Shell in client-server                   
applications." Article describes how to add an object-oriented                
user interface and application logic to a financial portfolio                 
management application. Products in use are all IBM -- OS/2 Warp,             
VisualAge fro C++, SOMobjects and DB2 for client/server.                      
                                                                              
 Tool Taxonomy Update II: Many Tools at Lower Prices                          
 Application Development Tools: December 1995                                 
Article covers what to look for in the move to client/server                  
development tools.  Mentions 1995 IBM survey which showed that 90             
percent of the Fortune 1000 operate in IMS legacy environments.               
Also mentions VisualAge and VisualGen as tools employing a                    
CASE "Lite" approach, "combining the best of client/server tool               
functionality and CASE in a single tool set."                                 
                                                                              
 All the Threads, All the Time                                                
 OS/2 Magazine: January 1996, p. 28                                           
Article defines "multitasking" and describes how to "build your own           
multithreaded applications" in REXX. Includes a short history of DOS          
and OS/2 evolutions.                                                          
                                                                              
 REXX Interprocess Control                                                    
 OS/2 Magazine: January 1996, p. 27                                           
"While it's not difficult to insert a REXX API into an application,           
the real challenge involves inertia, perceived need and                       
communication."                                                               
                                                                              
 Making REXX Look Pretty                                                      
 OS/2 Magazine: January 1996, p. 49                                           
"You can present data in a comfortable, readable format with                  
REXX, without much effort." Article gives how-to examples.