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246.0. "Data-base (incl. Trellis) News" by FASDER::MTURNER (Mark Turner * DTN 425-3730 * MEL4) Tue Nov 06 1990 18:30

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To:	OO Interest List		Date: 5 November 1990
					From: Liz Freburger
					Dept: Object Oriented Program Office
					Ext.: 381-2669
					Loc.: ZKO2-1/M11
					Enet: CLT::FREBURGER

Subject:  OO Announcement Materials

The Database Systems Group conducted a product announcement and press briefing
at the World Trade Center in Boston, Massachusetts today. In addition to
bringing the press and industry consultants up to date on Digital's
Database Strategy, the briefing included a significant Object Oriented (OO)
component.  A brief discussion of Digital's OO strategy and vision was
outlined, as well as the product announcements of DEC Trellis and
Objectivity/DB (the latter will be available worldwide through the Digital
Distributed Software Program).

The Competitive Sales Update articles that support this announcement appear
in the October 29, 1990 issue (U.S.).  Also, the October 1990 issue of
PRODUCT INSIGHT magazine, published by Digital and sent to customers, features
the OO portion of this announcement.

Additionally, the following announcement materials are available (all files
located at nova::pm01:[dbs_help.public]):

OO Announcement Strategy and Messages		OO_MESSAGES.PS
OO Overview Sales Training Slides		OO_OVERVIEW.PS
OO Overview Sales Training Slides Script	OO_OVERVIEW_SCRIPT.TXT
DEC Trellis Sales Training Slides		OO_TRELLIS.PS;2
Objectivity/DB Sales Training Slides		OO_DB.PS;2

The latest version of the corporate CASE PID includes an OO strategy section
and script.  Contact your local CASE support person for information on the CASE 
PID.

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From:	4GL::FREBURGER "If you build it, they will come.  05-Nov-1990 1628"  5-NOV-1990 22:02:02.75
To:	oo-interest
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Subj:	Database Systems Press Briefing, November 5, 1990




        Brian Duggleby
        (603) 884-2423

        Diane Voelker
        (603) 884-3899

   

          DIGITAL DELIVERS ENHANCED Rdb/VMS INTEROPERABILITY, DATABASE
               CONVERSION SERVICES AND OBJECT-ORIENTED PRODUCTS
                                       
         Information Network is Digital's Strategic Database Direction

     


    MAYNARD, Mass. -- November 5, 1990 -- Digital Equipment Corporation
    today announced new products and services that extend and enhance
    the functionality of Rdb/VMS -- its strategic relational database on
    VMS.  Included in the announcement were products that enhance Rdb/VMS
    interoperability with other vendors' databases using Network
    Application Support (NAS), services for migration to Rdb/VMS, and an
    object-oriented database and object-oriented application development
    system.  At the same time, Digital also announced its strategic
    database direction for the 1990s called the "Information Network". 

    "Digital delivers the most innovative, comprehensive and highest
    quality set of application environment software in the world, and is
    the only vendor with the resources and services to deliver software
    solutions that can integrate our customers multivendor computing
    environments", said David Stone, Vice President of Software
    products. 

    "Partnering with customers and third-party software vendors enables
    Digital to offer integrated solutions on an enterprise-wide basis so
    our customers will prosper," Stone added. 


                  Digital Extends Rdb/VMS Interoperability
                  =======================================


    Digital announced two new DEC RdbAccess products that enhance Rdb/VMS  
    interoperability with non-Rdb data. 

    o DEC RdbAccess for Oracle on VMS provides an Rdb/VMS SQL gateway,
    enabling direct read access to Oracle databases.  Rdb/VMS
    applications can transparently access an Oracle database using
    standard VAX SQL commands.  Available in November, 1990, RdbAccess
    for Oracle is priced from $1130 to $47,100, depending on customer
    configuration. 

    o DEC RdbAccess for VAX RMS provides an Rdb/VMS SQL gateway,
    enabling direct read access to RMS and VSAM data.  RdbAccess for RMS
    will be available in March, 1991 with pricing from at $900 to
    $37,860, depending on customer configuration. 

    The RdbAccess family of products offers a standard Rdb/VMS interface
    to IBM's DB2, VSAM, RMS files, and ORACLE databases, allowing
    data to be accessed from a single application or consolidated into
    a single data warehouse.  This family of products allows coexistence
    between many data environments, protecting customers' investments by 
    making it easier to integrate new applications using Rdb. 

    In addition, with VAX Data Distributor, version 2.2, also announced 
    today, Digital users now can automatically transfer and consolidate 
    data from Oracle, DB2, VSAM, Rdb/VMS and RMS databases to Rdb/VMS 
    databases to create a data warehouse. VAX Data Distributor will be 
    available in November, 1990, with prices ranging from $930 to $59,761. 


             Database and Application Migration-Conversion to Rdb
             ====================================================

    Digital also announced Rdb Migration services to assist customers in
    moving their databases and applications to Rdb/VMS databases. 

    The initial offering of the Rdb Migration program will provide a
    comprehensive set of services enabling customers to convert from
    Oracle to Rdb databases.  These services are delivered by Digital on
    a complete turnkey basis and include data conversions, applications
    and tools training, and database optimization. 

    The program will be offered through Digital's Center for Migration  
    Services in Colorado Springs, Colorado, to customers worldwide. 
    Although the first implementation of the program will offer
    conversion services from Oracle to Rdb databases, Digital plans to
    announce conversion services for Rdb from other database products. 

    "Many customers are interested in taking advantage of the production 
    quality features available with Rdb.  VAX users are attracted to Rdb
    because of high availability through support of VAXcluster systems and 
    the fault tolerant VAX systems, referential integrity, two-phase commit 
    for distributed transactions, and the most complete set of performance 
    tuning features and design tools are attracting VAX users to Rdb. Two 
    other motivations in many conversions are Rdb's integration with Digital's
    CDD/Repository, network services, ALL-IN-1, TP monitors and layered
    software products; and the superior price/performance Rdb delivers",
    said Chuck Rozwat, Manager of Database Systems Marketing and Product 
    Management.



                Object-Oriented Products for Complex Applications
                =================================================


    Digital is at the forefront of object-oriented technology, which is 
    revolutionizing the computer programming and software world. 
    Object-oriented  refers to the way software developers think about
    and organize software.  With object-oriented programming, programs
    are written using reusable segments of code as though they were
    standard parts -- rather than tediously writing  code line-by-line. 
    The result has been a significant reduction in the time it takes to
    write, modify, and maintain software applications. 

    As part of its Object-Oriented thrust, Digital announced the DEC
    Trellis Object System -- a sophisticated object-oriented system for 
    application development.  Trellis features a pure object-oriented language,
    tools and compiler support for object-oriented  programming of large, 
    complex applications.  These types of applications tend to be difficult 
    to model using existing software development tools. 
        
    Examples of complex applications where Trellis is well-suited
    include those applications that require significant data modeling
    or complicated analysis such as electronic assembly in CAD,
    portfolio management in financial segments, and CASE tools such as
    design analysis.  Trellis has an SQL type library, giving users the
    ability to build applications on relational databases such as Rdb.
    DEC Trellis will be available in December, 1990 with pricing set at
    $5,000 per user/activity license. 

    Through a joint technology, marketing and reselling agreement with 
    Objectivity, Inc., Digital also announced Objectivity/DB, a
    high-performance, object-oriented database management system that
    combines database technology  with object-oriented concepts. 

    Objectivity/DB's fully distributed architecture provides full and
    transparent distribution of data and control to the user.
    Objectivity/DB, a portable product developed for the open systems
    market, will be available in  January, 1991 for the VAX/VMS,
    VAX/ULTRIX and RISC/ULTRIX platforms.  Objectivity/DB is well-suited 
    for electrical computer-aided design (ECAD), mechanical computer-aided 
    design (MCAD), certain applications in computer integrated manufacturing 
    (CIM), laboratory sciences, computer-aided software engineering, (CASE) 
    and computer-aided publishing (CAP).  Objectivity/DB is priced at $3,000 
    to $25,000 and will be available in December, 1990.

    
               Digital's Information Network Strategy
               ======================================

    Digital's database strategy and direction, which provides a software
    framework for extending Network Application Support (NAS) data
    access services, is called the "Information Network".  The Information
    Network strategy encompasses technologies that will allow users to
    transparently integrate and manage data dispersed across a multivendor 
    distributed computing environment.  It will allow integration of Digital 
    and non-Digital data managers, will be portable across platforms, and 
    will allow direct access to all forms of networked data. 

    "With the Information Network, Digital intends to provide complete,
    transparent integration across two dimensions," said Hans Gyllstrom,
    manager of Database Systems.  "First, Digital will integrate a
    variety of data representations, including alphanumeric, text,
    graphics, and multimedia.  Second, Digital will network information
    across an enterprise of multivendor systems, integrating different
    Digital and non-Digital data managers.  The Information Network
    strategy is unique in that it goes beyond conventional database
    technology on the market today." 

    "Digital will leverage its established strengths in networking and
    database technology, and over the next several years, continue to
    deliver products, tools, applications and services as part of the
    Information Network," Gyllstrom said. 

    Digital Equipment Corporation, headquartered in Maynard,
    Massachusetts, is the leading worldwide supplier of networked
    computer systems and services.  Digital offers a full range of
    computing solutions and systems integration for the entire
    enterprise -- from the desktop to the data center. 

                           #### 

    Note to Editors: ALL-IN-1, VAX, VMS, Rdb/VMS, RdbAccess,
    CDD/Repository, VAXcluster, VAX Data Distributor, DEC Trellis,
    ULTRIX, DECnet, DECtrace, and DEC RdbExpert are trademarks of
    Digital Equipment Corporation. 

    Objectivity/DB is a trademark of Objectivity,Inc.

    Oracle is a trademark of Oracle Corporation.

    IBM is a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation.


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