looksoftware announces general availability of newlook and centric 7
Melbourne, Australia – December 3, 2004 – looksoftware today announced general availability of
newlook & centric
7. Supporting smart clients, web services and heterogeneous
access, 7 provides iSeries customers and application vendors
with a comprehensive enterprise application modernization
platform. All new functionality is delivered within looksoftware's
dynamic architecture, providing market-leading ease of
use and productivity to both IT and business users alike.
Giga
predicts smart clients, sometimes known as rich clients,
will replace thin clients as the #1 user interface style
by 2005*. Marcus Dee of looksoftware
said, "7's smart client functions combine
the sophisticated user interface support demanded by composite
applications with the reach of the web. Smart clients
have
the backing of industry heavyweights Microsoft and IBM
and aim to provide rich featured graphical UIs that exploit
client capabilities and simple web-based deployment."
looksoftware
partner Affiliated Computer
Services
Inc. (ACS), has used the web deployment technology
to distribute
their modernized
'NewVision'
application
suite to
over 350
of its iSeries local government customers. The iSeries customers
were not
required
to install
web servers
or upgrade
their infrastructure and now the
quarterly
enhancements
to 'NewVision'
are deployed
across the web and are running in minutes.
newlook & centric
7, looksoftware's
most important release to-date, provides an easy-to-use
composite
applications environment, supporting reuse of existing
applications and the rapid creation and integration of
new functionality.
Heterogeneous database access and support for web services
provides iSeries customers with broad modernization capabilities
including
dynamic webfacing and application integration.
Application Solutions
Inc.(ASI) are using 7 to modernize their supply chain
solutions and create composite applications. Kent Knapp,
ASI Research and Development said, "We're using newlook & centric
7 to deliver a smart client scoreboard application
that
accesses iSeries programs and databases to provide
real-time information presented in multiple datagrids,
which can
be customized by the end user. newlook
and centric 7 is an
outstanding product, miles ahead of the competition.
Actually, I retract
that, there is NO competition! I have to agree that
iSeries customers should get smart and get 7!“
Another iSeries application vendor making early use of
7's capabilities is Goering
iSeries Solutions, a global tools vendor headquartered
in Germany. Andreas Goering, said, "Smart Clients
make iSeries applications work better, not just look
better,
so we're now enhancing all our iSeries products to take
advantage of new UI controls like datagrids. Additional
integration functionality, like easy web services and
database access, make newlook & centric
7 relevant for most iSeries customers and all ISV's."
Read more about newlook and centric 7.
*Source: John Meyer, Giga Information Group, 2003
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