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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Karen Logsdon
NeXT Computer, Inc.
415-780-3786
or
Charlotte Penner
Copithorne & Bellows
415-975-2225
NeXT SHIPS ENTERPRISE OBJECTS FRAMEWORK
Breakthrough technology bridges gap between relational data and objects
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-October 26, 1994-NeXT Computer, Inc. today
delivered Enterprise Objects Framework, a breakthrough technology
that integrates NEXTSTEP-based object-oriented applications with
data from leading relational databases from Oracle Corporation and
Sybase, Inc. As a result of Enterprise Objects Framework's
object-relational integration capabilities, users can create and
reuse enterprise business objects, transforming "data" into
"information" and reducing the time and costs of application
development and maintenance.
"The Enterprise Objects Framework elegantly and seamlessly integrates
object and relational technologies," said Steven P. Jobs, Chairman
and CEO of NeXT Computer, Inc. "This will be the catalyst for
objects to penetrate the heart of the enterprise."
Enterprise Objects integrate business data with the business policies
that make the data meaningful. For example, a customer credit
rating (data) has little meaning separate from the policy that
determines credit ratings. In addition, a credit rating that is
computed according to an obsolete policy is erroneous. As a result
of existing within the NEXTSTEP application development environment,
Enterprise Objects can be reused in application after application.
Therefore, as business requirements change, the policies in effect
for a particular business object can easily be redefined and every
application automatically incorporates the new policies.
"NeXT is again demonstrating its lead in object-oriented technology,
by bridging the gap between object-oriented business modelling and
relational databases," said Jnan Dash, vice president of product
strategy and technology of Oracle Corporation. "Enterprise Objects
Framework merges the benefits of object persistence with the power
and reliability of a relational database such as Oracle."
Product Components, Pricing and Availability
Enterprise Objects Framework consists of three modules:
* The Enterprise Object Modeler is used by developers to build
Enterprise Objects (NeXT's term for business objects); and it creates
a mapping structure that sits between these Enterprise Objects and
the databases used by the application. If the structure of the
database changes, the Enterprise Object Modeler can be used to
reconfigure the mapping structure.
* The framework enables Enterprise Objects to run on the
NEXTSTEP operating system and is required for all systems on which
Enterprise Objects Framework-built applications will be deployed.
This runtime module is available for NEXTSTEP today and will be
available for PDO early next year, enabling Enterprise Objects to
be deployed on servers running HP-UX, SUN OS, Solaris and Digital
OSF/1 operating systems.
* The adaptor layer provides database independence by enabling
the framework to communicate to a variety of RDBMSs, transparent
to Enterprise Objects. Today, database adaptors for Oracle and
Sybase are bundled with the product. In the future, adaptors for
many other databases will be available from NeXT, database vendors
and third party developers.
Enterprise Objects Framework is available today at a U.S. list
price of $299.
NeXT Computer, Inc.
NeXT develops and markets the award-winning NEXTSTEP object-oriented
software for industry-standard computer architectures. Customers
use NEXTSTEP's advanced object environment to rapidly develop and
deploy custom, enterprise-wide, client/server applications. NeXT
is headquartered in Redwood City, California, and has offices in
North America, London, Paris, Munich and Tokyo.
# # # #
NeXT, the NeXT logo, NEXTSTEP, PDO, Portable Distributed Objects,
the PDO logo and Enterprise Objects are trademarks or registered
trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned
belong to their respective owners.