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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For more information, contact:
Angela Grady
415/570-7736
angela@lighthouse.com
Lighthouse Design Introduces VarioData - First Workgroup Database for NEXTSTEP
New application enables non-programmers to easily build powerful multi-user
databases, and offers import/export access to a variety of standard merge
formats
JUNE 20, 1994 - SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Lighthouse Design, Ltd. today
announced that it will deliver VarioData 3.1, a multi-user flatfile
database, to the object-oriented NEXTSTEP operating environment
this summer. VarioData is in beta now for Intel, HP PA-RISC, and
Motorola versions of NEXTSTEP, and will be on display in the
Lighthouse Design booth (#516) at NEXTSTEP EXPO, being held from
June 20-24 at San Francisco's Moscone Center.
VarioData provides users with a simple point and click interface
to workgroup database design and information management. Targeted
at enterprises with workgroup data management needs, VarioData is
suited to a spectrum of tasks, from customer databases and departmental
inventories to bug tracking systems. VarioData takes full advantage
of NEXTSTEP, providing an intuitive interface for non-programmers
to actually build and deploy custom mixed-media workgroup databases.
"The NEXTSTEP market has long demanded a multi-user database
accessible to end-users," said Jonathan Schwartz, president of
Lighthouse Design. "Many of our customers felt their current PC
solutions were too complex for end-users, but didn't necessarily
want to involve a cumbersome SQL back-end or a database architect
in deploying small- to medium-sized workgroup databases. VarioData
offers the perfect compromise-immediate accessibility, with the
flexibility to scale up to an SQL back-end at a later date."
VarioData comes bundled with VarioBuilder, a database design tool,
which enables users with no knowledge of programming to create data
entry forms simply by dragging and dropping text, time, date, number
and currency fields. Combining support for drag and drop files and
images, along with a variety of standard NEXTSTEP interface elements
such as pop-up lists, buttons and check boxes, VarioBuilder simplifies
the creation of workgroup databases.
VarioBuilder's point and click formula editor allows users to attach
custom behavior to buttons, enabling databases to send electronic
mail messages, print or fax reports, raise additional windows and
panels, access system calls and scripts, and even pass information
to mission-critical applications. VarioData also includes transparent
record locking to prevent users from unwittingly writing over vital
information. Record locking allows write access to a record to only
one user at a time when it is being edited. Revision histories are
easily recorded with automatic fields. VarioData also provides
several levels of security, including database password protection,
with multiple levels of customizable user groups to control access
down to individual data fields.
For databases that grow in scale, and developers that wish to
migrate from flatfiles to an SQL back-end, VarioData offers complete
access to Oracle, Sybase, Informix, and Interbase, databases.
VarioData also supports Import/Export access to MicroSoft Word,
FrameMaker, FileMaker, and a variety of other standard merge formats.
VarioData will be priced at $695, and will begin shipping in August,
1994 for the Motorola- and Intel-based versions of NEXTSTEP 3.1 or
later. It will be available for the HP PA-RISC version of NEXTSTEP
in conjunction with that environment's release in Q3, 1994. Academic
discounts are also available.
Lighthouse Design is dedicated to delivering high-quality, well
integrated productivity applications to object oriented desktops.
The company is privately held, and located at 2929 Campus Drive,
San Mateo, CA 94403.
For further information on Lighthouse Design and its line of
productivity software, contact Lighthouse Design, Ltd. directly at
1-800-366-2279 or 1-415-570-7736, or send electronic mail to
info@lighthouse.com, or over the internet, try http://www.lighthouse.com/.
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Lighthouse Design, Ltd., Quantrix, ParaSheet, Diagram!, TaskMaster,
Concurrence, VarioData, WetPaint, the Foundation Classes and the
Lighthouse logo are trademarks of Lighthouse Design, Ltd. All other
trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.