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> SMART Corp. Launches First Full Data Migration Tools Suite for Windows
> NT Environments; SMART DB Workbench for Windows NT Helps Address
> Client/Server Challenge
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> Date: Wednesday, February 19, 1997
> Source: Business Wire
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> PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE) via Individual Inc. -- SMART Corp.
> (WWW.SMARTDB.COM), a leading software tools provider for the
> relational database management systems (RDBMS) market, today announced
> SMART DB Workbench(TM) for NT, the industry's first full
> data-migration tools suite to run on the Windows(r) NT(r) operating
> system. Based on the powerful SMART DB Workbench suite already in use
> by corporations and organizations worldwide, SMART DB Workbench for NT
> delivers cost-effective migration of legacy RDBMS data from mainframe
> and mini computers to NT-based client/server systems.
>
> SMART DB Workbench is the company's flagship suite of graphical
> data-conversion tools. The software empowers various members of an
> organization -- from system analysts to department managers -- to
> quickly perform complex data migration and warehousing tasks that were
> once the domain of highly specialized personnel. With SMART DB
> Workbench for Windows NT, SMART has expanded its support of all major
> platforms in the rapidly growing RDBMS market, including the SUN
> Solaris(r), SUNOS(r), HP-UX(r), SGI IRIX(r), Digital Alpha(r) OSF1(r)
> and IBM AIX(r) versions of UNIX, and now Windows-based NT platforms.
>
> Rapid NT Penetration Calls For Efficient Migration, Warehousing Tools
>
> "Windows NT is gaining momentum and rapidly penetrating the UNIX
> domain, in many cases supplanting UNIX in client/server environments,"
> said Bob Bessin, director of marketing at SMART Corp. "Large, complex
> data conversion in NT environments is streamlined when project leaders
> are equipped with the proper tools to manage the job from beginning to
> end. Organizations across all industries will find that their data
> migration and warehousing projects can be conducted in a more
> efficient, economical fashion with SMART DB Workbench for Windows NT.
> Additionally, as organizations move to NT-based client/server systems,
> SMART DB Workbench for Windows NT will help diminish the threat of the
> 'Year 2000' computer software problem."
>
> "SMART DB Workbench clearly distinguishes itself from its major
> competitors by its powerful user interface, distributed-database
> support, price aggressiveness and focus on providing data-movement
> services that apply equally to both data-warehousing and other data
> migration tasks," said Wayne Kernochan, vice president of commercial
> systems research at Aberdeen Group. "Aberdeen believes that a data
> migration solution such as SMART DB Workbench will be a key to IS
> professionals' successfully managing their fast-growing and
> proliferating Windows NT database systems."
>
> Client/Server, Data Warehousing Markets Poise for Rapid Growth
>
> Industry analysts predict that migration of legacy data to
> client/server computer systems will accelerate in coming years as
> corporations implement Windows NT. International Data Corp. (IDC)
> estimates that the market for client/server applications will continue
> to grow by 37 percent, to $22 billion, by 1998. IDC forecasts that 30%
> of all network servers will be running Windows NT by 1998, with a unit
> growth of 30% per year.
>
> Features and Benefits
>
> Key benefits and benefits of SMART DB Workbench for Windows NT
> include:
>
> -- SMART DB Workbench for Windows NT transforms and maps legacy data
> to relational databases running on NT platforms.
>
> -- The software creates a client/server system of NT migration
> development stations, tied via the network to either a UNIX- or
> NT-based database, allowing concurrent, parallel development for large
> data migration projects.
>
> -- Organizations can now migrate legacy RDBMS data directly to
> NT-based client/server systems.
>
> -- Project groups can manage data migration from NT stations,
> distributing the process throughout the organization.
>
> -- Because it's an integrated package, SMART DB Workbench for NT
> reduces initial and ongoing time requirements in migrating and
> managing data.
>
> -- SMART DB Workbench for NT costs an organization far less than
> individual data migration and management tools performing the same
> functions.
>
> Availability and Pricing
>
> SMART DB Workbench for Windows NT will ship at the end of February.
> Pricing starts at $37,500.
>
> Founded in 1991 and headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif., SMART
> Corporation is a leading supplier of cost-effective, graphical
> client/server tools for the RDBMS market.
>
> Note to Editors:
>
> SMART DB Workbench is a trademark of SMART Corporation. All other
> copyrights and trademarks are the property of their respective
> holders.
>
> CONTACT: Jerry Steach | Phone: 415/967-3071 | Internet:
> [email protected] | or | Diana Trygg | Phone: 415/858-2080 |
> Internet: [email protected]
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