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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Kindle DiGiusto
NeXT Software, Inc.
415-780-3781
or
Nicole Overson
Copithorne & Bellows
415-975-2219
NeXT DEMONSTRATES REAL SOLUTIONS FOR THE WEB AT WEBMANIA EVENT
Steve Jobs unveils products, services and customer support for NeXT
solutions
WEBMANIA, SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.-January 30, 1996-NeXT Software today
made a series of announcements and demonstrated new products that
secure the company's position as a key provider of software and
services for Internet and Intranet development at the company's
WebMania event in San Francisco.
Kicking-off the event, Jobs demonstrated its WebObjects product
suite (WebObjects, WebObjects Pro, and WebObjects Enterprise) for
developing server-based solutions for the Enterprise and the
Internet, and showed the technology accessing data stored in
mainframe and relational database systems to build interactive Web
pages.
In addition, the company announced:
* A new WebConstructors group, a division of NeXT's
professional services organization, to help customers quickly build
dynamic Web sites
* A multi-million dollar deal with mortgage leader Fannie Mae
* Plans to support Sun and Netscape's Java and JavaScript
technologies for the server
* An official name change from NeXT Computer to NeXT Software
At WebMania, Jobs demonstrated the power of WebObjects by acting as
a virtual travel agent, using a Netscape Web browser to select and
book airline flights in real-time with OAG Travel Services over the
Internet via a WebObjects adapter and interface. The flight
information is seamlessly transmitted over the Internet from Jobs' PC
on stage at San Francisco's Center for the Arts Theatre, to and from
the OAG's central server located in Illinois.
"Accessing dynamic information from the OAG's mainframe in Illinois
is a perfect example of how WebObjects can enable companies to vend
their dynamic information on the Web, and capture additional
transactions through this new way to reach customers," said Steve
Jobs, Chairman and CEO of NeXT Software, Inc.
Peter Sontag, president of OAG Travel Services, adds that "making
OAG travel information available on the Internet is a logical
extension of our current on-line and electronic travel transaction
and services. In combination with powerful tools, such as
WebObjects, companies like ours can leverage the technology
investments we've made to deliver on the great promise of the Web."
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WebObjects product suite: real solutions for an unreal market
NeXT's revolutionary Web solution addresses the needs of today's Web
developers who want to incorporate their existing backend systems
into the Web without being tied to any one system or standard.
WebObjects is designed to meet these needs and leverages a
corporation's investment in technology by enabling access to multiple
legacy data sources while also offering managers the peace of mind
that the technology will continue to evolve as new standards, such as
Java and JavaScript, are created and adopted.
WebObjects' open environment is;
*Data source independent - works with industry standard data
sources such as Oracle, Informix, Sybase, and can also support
legacy and mainframe data
*Browser independent - works with Netscape, Internet
Explorer, Mosaic, etc.
*Operating system independent spanning both UNIX and Windows
environments
*HTTP server independent, OLE compatible, and can use
existing languages such as PERL, C, and C++.
NeXT's WebObjects product suite offers developers three ways to
build dynamic server-based applications.
*WebObjects Beta is NeXT's solution for building
dynamic Web sites with reusable components using a simple scripting
language. Developers can get started today with this free
download available at NeXT's Web site: http://www.next.com.
*WebObjects Pro is NeXT's allows developers to
quickly build more complex Web-based
applications using reusable components. The
WebObjects Pro version includes the ability to incorporate C, C++,
and Objective C code as well as OLE connectivity, and
distributed servers into the system.
*WebObjects Enterprise is NeXT's complete solution
for encapsulating a corporation's existing backend infrastructure for
presentation on the Web. This solution includes
database access and distributed computing allowing corporations to
preserve their investment in technology while taking
advantage of the Web.
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WebObjects offers the first Web-to-mainframe solution
At WebMania, NeXT also demonstrated Web server applications
incorporating legacy host resources using the Enterprise Builder
Series technology developed by North Andover, Massachusetts based
Conextions, Inc. Fully integrated with WebObjects and NeXT's
database access layer, the Enterprise Builder Series allows
developers to rapidly integrate data from IBM Mainframe, AS/400,
Tandem, DEC, HP and a variety of ASCII host systems.
"Using the Enterprise Builder Series developers can quickly
integrate data and business logic from a wide variety of legacy host
environments with the ease of accessing a database and without
requiring any changes to the legacy host environment," stated Edward
Kodinsky, president and chief executive officer of Conextions, Inc.
"By combining the Enterprise Builder Series with WebObjects,
corporate clients will be able to develop and deploy
Internet/Intranet services in a fraction of the time required using
any other available tools."
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WebConstructors offer customers a solid Web foundation
NeXT announces the WebConstructor group which is dedicated to
building Web-based applications that incorporate a corporation's
existing code base and legacy database information. The goals of the
team are to construct these applications quickly while bringing
innovation and creativity to the development process and providing
proof of concept.
NeXT introduced three WebConstructor packages:
*Database Adaption Package - designed to generate a
Web-based application that interfaces with a customers existing
Oracle, Sybase, Informix, and DB2 databases in as little as one
month.
*Legacy Adaption Package - delivers a Web-based
application based on data within existing mainframe systems in as
little as one month.
*Prototype Plus Package - focuses on providing an
entire plan and producing a prototype in as little as two months.
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NeXT Computer, Inc. officially changes name to NeXT Software, Inc.;
Fannie Mae selects NeXT Software as its development platform of
choice
After completing four years as a successful software company, NeXT
Computer, Inc. solidified the transition and changed its name to NeXT
Software, Inc. With customers such as Fannie Mae, Dreamworks SKG,
Disney, Merrill Lynch, and NTT adopting its component-based software
as their custom development environment they have validated their
belief in NeXT's software.
At the same time, Fannie Mae and NeXT announced a multi-million
dollar agreement to purchase NeXT's complete product offering and
consulting services. The deal spans the Internet and the Enterprise,
and solidifies Fannie Mae's belief in NeXT and its component-based
solutions. Fannie Mae has already successfully delivered at least
two major initiatives using NeXT's software and this furthers their
commitment to NeXT's solutions.
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NeXT Software, Inc.
NeXT delivers an open development environment for building custom
applications for both the World Wide Web and the Enterprise. NeXT's
development software adds value to today's business by shortening the
development cycle, working with an organization's existing
technology, supporting current and emerging standards, and enabling
organizations to grow and change with ease.
Providing its customers with a combination of award-winning software
and professional services, NeXT delivers real-world solutions.
NeXT Software, Inc. is headquartered in Redwood City, California,
and has offices in North America, London, Paris, Munich, and Tokyo.
For more information please visit NeXT's Web site at
http://www.next.com or call 1-800-TRY-NeXT.
Trademark Info:
NeXT, the NeXT logo, OPENSTEP, WebObjects, PDO, Portable Distributed
Objects, Enterprise Objects Framework, D'OLE, and NEXTSTEP are
trademarks or registered trademarks of NeXT Software, Inc. All other
trademarks mentioned belong to their respective owners.
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