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Item 2511134 93/06/15 16:11
From: CONRAD_GEIGER@NEXT.COM@INET# Internet Gateway
Subject: NEXTSTEP for Intel is Shipping
News:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Karen Logsdon NeXT Computer, Inc. 415/780-3786 or Marilyn Kilinski
Ketchum Public Relations 212/536-8865
NEXTSTEP FOR INTEL IS SHIPPING: PROVIDES POWERFUL SOFTWARE FOR INDUSTRY-
STANDARD COMPUTERS
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - June 15, 1993 - While the rest of the industry is still
thinking about objects, NeXT Computer, Inc. is shipping them and enabling its
customers to create enterprise-wide computing solutions. The company's
software, NEXTSTEP Release 3.1 for Intel processors and NEXTSTEP Developer
which began shipping May 25, is designed for users to take advantage of object-
oriented application development in client/server environments.
NEXTSTEP Release 3.1 for Intel processors is NeXT's object-oriented software
that runs on industry-standard Intel 486- and Pentium-based PCs. NEXTSTEP
Developer provides visual application construction tools and reusable
application objects for the development of NEXTSTEP applications. NEXTSTEP
has received customer and industry accolades for speeding the development of
client/server applications.
NeXT users can purchase PCs with NEXTSTEP preinstalled from a number of
leading PC manufacturers, value-added resellers, system integrators and
resellers. Users may also purchase shrink-wrapped copies of NEXTSTEP through
value-added resellers, system integrators, software resellers and directly
from NeXT.
Object-oriented productivity for the enterprise
"We now offer complete enterprise-wide, object-oriented solutions on a range
of industry-standard PCs, from desktops to notebooks," said Steven P. Jobs,
chairman and CEO of NeXT. "Working together with our industry partners, NeXT
provides the software and reusable objects that allow our customers to
rightsize their business applications to a client/server environment, while
gaining two to five times the productivity of other approaches."
NEXTSTEP is the most advanced object-oriented software available today and is
used to develop and deploy custom applications comprising custom and off-the-
self software. Its integrated user interface allows all applications to
seamlessly interoperate and share a common graphical user interface. It also
enables corporate customers to continue to take advantage of their existing
applications and data while simultaneously gaining all the productivity and
technical benefits of custom NEXTSTEP applications.
"No development environment anywhere matches the power of NEXTSTEP for Intel
processors," said Ingvar Petursson, chief information officer at McCaw
Cellular Communications, a NEXTSTEP customer. "We have already proven this
power with previous versions of NEXTSTEP, delivering applications to thousands
of McCaw users in a matter of weeks, not the months required by other
environments. With NEXTSTEP for Intel processors, we plan to expand our
capabilities to a wide range of industry standard hardware platforms."
"While Intel's 486-based PCs are ideal for most client/server applications, we
have designed NEXTSTEP for Intel processors so that Pentium-based systems will
provide workstation-class performance for users who require it." said Jobs.
"For the applications we have benchmarked, the Pentium provides at least twice
the performance of an equivalent 486."
Customers already using NEXTSTEP in their core operations and planning to
deploy additional applications on NEXTSTEP for Intel processors include:
- Swiss Bank Corporation (financial trading)
- William Morris Agency (talent)
- McCaw Cellular (telecommunications)
- Abbott Labs (healthcare)
- WilTel (telecommunications)
- PanCanadian (oil and gas)
- Fidelity Investments (retail marketing)
- UBS Securities (financial trading)
- Chrysler Financial (financial services)
- U.S. Department of Defense
- Anderson Financial (financial services)
- Preferred Health Care, Ltd. (health program management)
Ideal for building and deploying client/server applications
Using NEXTSTEP's visual application construction tools, developers can rapidly
assemble reusable software objects into complete applications. NEXTSTEP's
object-oriented framework and reusable object kits, "ObjectWare," helps
developers create client/server applications more quickly and easily, and
allows them to integrate them more tightly than with traditional tools.
NeXT's ObjectWare is serving as the catalyst for a totally new category of
third party software developers P developers who build reusable objects for
sale to corporate developers. Today, NeXT's ObjectWare catalog features 1412
objects developed by third parties, up from 615 listed last year.
NEXTSTEP also provides customers with distributed objects, a distributed
object messaging architecture that allows objects residing on one computer to
transparently send messages to objects residing on another computer. Using
distributed objects, developers can assemble client/server applications using
NEXTSTEP's visual application construction tools to connect the objects,
avoiding the complexity of implementing client/server with traditional
approaches.
With NEXTSTEP's Database Kit, included as part of NEXTSTEP, customers have
transparent client access to enterprise data residing on servers and
mainframes. Database access adaptors for ORACLE and Sybase are bundled with
NEXTSTEP. Adaptors for other popular databases, including DB/2, IMS, Ingres,
GUPTA and Informix also are available. NEXTSTEP's distributed objects and
Database Kit round out its strong advantage as the client/server application
development environment of choice for today's corporate computing
environments.
Interoperability with DOS/Windows applications, NetWare and NFS
NEXTSTEP for Intel processors offers interoperability and compatibility with
Microsoftb DOS/Windows environments, including file transfer and the ability
to run DOS and Windows applications within NEXTSTEP via PC emulation. Using
SoftPCb, the technology developed and sold by Microsoft's supplier, Insignia
Solutions of Mountain View, customers can continue to take full advantage of
their existing applications while simultaneously gaining all of the benefits
of full object-oriented operation.
"Our DOS/Windows compatibility is exceptional because we use exactly the same
technology that is being supplied to Microsoft for emulation under Windows
NT," said Brett Bachman, director of product marketing at NeXT. "With SoftPC,
customers can be guaranteed they are always up-to-date with Microsoft's latest
release of DOS and Windows, and that they can continue to develop custom
applications on NEXTSTEP without being concerned about compatibility with the
latest DOS and Windows applications."
NEXTSTEP also includes bundled support for Novellb NetWare and Unix Network
File System (NFS), allowing preservation of existing investments in server and
network connectivity.
Pricing and availability
NEXTSTEP Release 3.1 for Intel processors is available immediately, worldwide.
It comes bundled with the user interface in six languages and retails in the
U.S. for $795. It includes the NEXTSTEP graphical user interface, NeXTmail
electronic mail, a suite of productivity applications and bundled database and
network connectivity.
NEXTSTEP Developer includes all of the tools and reusable objects needed to
develop NEXTSTEP applications and is also available immediately. It retails
in the U.S. for $1,995 and requires NEXTSTEP Release 3.1 for Intel processors.
Pricing for each version varies in other countries, as well as for higher
education and registered developers.
NeXT Computer, Inc.
NeXT develops and markets the award-winning NEXTSTEP object-oriented software
for industry-standard computer architectures. Customers use NEXTSTEP to
develop and deploy custom client/server applications, using both custom and
shrink-wrapped software. Headquartered in Redwood City, California, and with
offices throughout the world, NeXT serves customers requiring enterprise-
wide, object-oriented productivity environments.
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NeXT, the NeXT logo and NEXTSTEP are registered trademarks of NeXT Computer,
Inc. All other trademarks mentioned belong to their respective owners.
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