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Subject: IBM Plans VisualAge Technology for Java
  
IBM Plans VisualAge Technology for Java
  
May 17, 1996
  
IBM has announced its plans to offer VisualAge* tools for the
Java** programming environment.  The tools, which will be
available during the second half of 1996, will provide a complete
development environment, including an editor, debugger and browser,
along with a Java class library and a VisualAge Data Access
builder for visually constructing data access through use of Java
Database Connection (JDBC)**.
  
The VisualAge family of software application development tools
allows developers to construct applications visually by connecting
pre-fabricated, reusable software components from an expansive
library of pre-defined classes and parts from IBM and other vendors.
IBM's unique visual-construction-from-parts technology will be
extended to the Java programming environment, enabling developers
to visually build Java "applets."
  
"VisualAge has proven to be an incomparable choice for building
powerful applications for both host-based and client/server
computing," said Skip McGaughey, application development market
manager, IBM.  "The new IBM Java tools will extend VisualAge's
powerful capabilities to the World Wide Web, thus accelerating
a developer's path to Java."
  
Java is an unparalleled cross-platform programming environment for
the Internet, allowing ubiquitous distribution of applets.  An
applet created in Java can be downloaded from the Internet to
anywhere in the enterprise, immediately delivering critical
information to the user.  Java applets also support user inter-
action, providing for delivery of "live" content (i.e., immediate
computation of data) and manipulation of screens.
  
IBM will begin beta testing of VisualAge Java tools early in
second half of 1996 with general availability before year end.
  
*    Indicates a trademark or registered trademark of
     International Business Machines Corporation.