Contact: Name: Julie Andrews Jay Chaudhry Company: Alexander Communications IQ Software Voice: 404/897-2300, ext. 322 770/446-8880 EMail: jay@iqsc.com
Atlanta (September 12, 1995) _ IQ Software (NASDAQ: IQSW), a leading supplier of client/server data access solutions, today announced a technological breakthrough in multivendor database access and reporting and immediate availability of IQ/Objects, a new object-based family of data query and reporting tools.
IQ/Objects introduces object-based query and reporting using intelligent objects called SmartObjects as reusable building blocks. This is a major improvement over "banded" or "frame- based" query and reporting tools. SmartObjects have the intelligence to make decisions to invoke or pass information to other objects based on query results providing more power and flexibility. Business users at all levels of technical sophistication can query data from different vendors' databases simultaneously, integrating and consolidating the results to one, or more, reports for true enterprise-wide decision support.
"IQ/Objects represents the most dramatic breakthrough in query and reporting capabilities in the last ten years," said Charles R. Chitty, president and CEO of IQ Software. "With reusable intelligent objects, IQ/Objects brings a new level of ease-of-use and sophisticated functions to all levels of the organization. Users can create meaningful queries that include 3D graphics, multidimensional crosstabs, and sound and video annotations _ all in a single document."
Taking full advantage of object technology, IQ/Objects allows users to simply develop and store SmartObjects as "prefabricated building blocks" to select and analyze the data they need. Reusability allows business users to look at data in multiple ways easily and quickly increasing productivity and reducing time and effort to support decision making and management. IQ/Objects also includes a powerful KnowledgeBase which allows database administrators to create virtual views of relevant corporate data regardless of which database the data reside on. Users select data for their query from meaningful business terms rather than cryptic database jargon.
IQ/Objects allows users to create sophisticated queries and reports by simply assembling SmartObjects. SmartObjects are prefabricated building blocks, comprised of intelligent objects which are reusable and can communicate with each other. "Data is there to be accessed, isn't it? We are data rich and information poor," said Shaku Atre, president of Atre Associates a leading authority on client/server and database architecture. "Now IQ Software tools make it a piece of cake to turn data into information. IQ/Objects should be on the short list for all business users and IT Professionals."
IQ/Objects begins shipment this month and is available in several configurations to suit any level of user requirements and technical skill: