Item 2957667 93/02/17 15:07 From: CONRAD_GEIGER@NEXT.COM@INET# Internet Gateway News: Contact: Greg Noel Penultimate Development 1319 Summit Avenue Saint Paul, MN 55105 Phone: (612)225-1401 DBConnect for INGRES Ships Saint Paul, MN - February 12, 1992 - Penultimate Development today announced that it is shipping version 1.0 of DBConnect for INGRES - a NeXT Database Kit Adaptor for INGRES database software. DBConnect for Ingres allows NeXT users to easily access and manipulate data from a network INGRES database server. It is designed to work with NeXT's Database Kit (DBKit) to provide custom, object oriented tools for creating INGRES database applications on the NeXT platform. Both NeXT Computer Inc. and the INGRES Corporation have endorsed product development efforts. DBConnect for INGRES features three main components: an INGRES Custom Adaptor, a DBConnect API (Application Program Interface), and a DBConnect INGRES Server. The INGRES Custom Adaptor provides a convenient interface to the INGRES software, allowing a developer to integrate complete INGRES functionality with the NeXT Interface Builder and DBKit Object Library to develop custom NeXT applications. The provided DBConnect API allows any INGRES application to be ported for use on a NeXT workstation. The product's INGRES Server runs on the INGRES Unix host and allows the custom NeXT application to manipulate the INGRES database. "Our goal is to provide customized tools to aid the NeXT developer," says Greg Noel, product manager for Penultimate Development. "We saw an opportunity to expand the functionality of NeXTSTEP 3.0 by creating an adaptor for one of the most popular relational database packages available - INGRES. Version 1.0 of DBConnect for INGRES supports Unix servers from Data General, HP, and Sun. Support for IBM, Pyramid, and Sequent servers is planned. Noel says that Penultimate Development and its software development partner - Rathe Inc. - plan to release several new NeXT development tools in the near future, including other custom DBKit Adaptors for major relational database software. For more information about DBConnect for INGRES, Penultimate Development, or Rathe Inc., contact Greg Noel by phone at 612/225-1401, or by FAX at 612-223- 5388. Address written inquiries to: Penultimate Development, 1319 Summit Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55105