IBM PIONEERS GROUPWARE FOR DEVELOPERS

Cutting-edge object repository and software configuration management
services couple to deliver an industry first

SAN JOSE, CA, October 10, 1995 ... Application development teams are
getting connected through a powerful new tool from IBM, TeamConnection.
Combining the industry's most robust object repository and advanced
software configuration management services, TeamConnection provides a
LAN-based client/server development environment that allows teams to
collaborate during each step of the development cycle.

TeamConnection provides an unprecedented range of capabilities, including
software configuration, version control, and problem tracking, to manage
team development through the entire application development life cycle.
From business modeling and application design through building, deploying
and maintaining an application, developers can share data, objects, and
code in a collaborative work environment.

Ciba-Geigy Ltd., a biological and chemical company with 80,000 employees
worldwide, is among a number of companies that have evaluated
TeamConnection. "TeamConnection will bring a whole new dimension to our
application development efforts," said Patrick Deville, new technologies
consultant, Ciba-Geigy Limited. "It provides our LAN-based development
team with the robust management and library functions that we expect from
our mainframe systems. We are able to eliminate many manual steps through
the managed team development environment provided by TeamConnection,
increasing our developer productivity and maximizing the quality of our
applications."

TeamConnection is built on Object Design, Inc.'s ObjectStore
object-oriented database, which allows the TeamConnection repository to
store, with high performance, both coarse and fine-grained objects, such
as data elements and logic records. ObjectStore supports the information
model through which various development tools can share data and work
together to rapidly build and improve applications.

"TeamConnection creates a collaborative development environment on the
LAN," said Tim Negris, vice president, sales and marketing, IBM Software
Solutions. "It allows teams to store development objects in the repository
on the server and access and use that information on their client
workstations. The ability to share and reuse development objects
significantly boosts productivity and software quality."

Mr. Negris added that IBM plans to aggressively seek participation from
independent software vendors (ISVs). "With open object interfaces,
TeamConnection is an ideal repository for storing other vendors' tool
data," he said.

According to Judith Hurwitz, president and CEO of Hurwitz Consulting Group
Inc., TeamConnection represents an important component in effective team
software development. "Choosing a visual development environment is only
half of the solution," said Hurwitz. "You need a deployment strategy for
client/server."

TeamConnection server and client functions are available on OS/2. Server
functions will be extended to AIX and other UNIX platforms, and Windows
NT. Client support will be extended to AIX and other UNIX platforms, and
the Windows family. In addition, build support is provided for OS/2 and
MVS, and will be extended to include AIX and other UNIX platforms, VSE,
OS/400, and the Windows family.

A number of cross-platform application development tools from IBM are
integrated with TeamConnection, including: VisualGen V2.0, a client/server
visual application generation tool; VisualAge for C++, an award-winning
visual development environment for C++; VisualSet for OS/2 COBOL, a
visual, object-oriented desktop version of COBOL; and PL/I for OS/2, a
desktop PL/I-based development environment that features a graphical user
interface builder. IBM plans to further enhance the integration of tools
to TeamConnection as new releases of current offerings and new tools
become available.

TeamConnection's set of open Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)
supports the integration of non-IBM tools into the team development
environment, allowing customers to leverage their existing investments.
Today's announcement includes a new ISV program to aggressively jump-start
TeamConnection integration.

Independent Software Vendor Program

TeamConnection can provide a set of services to ISV tools, which will
extend tool capabilities in areas that are key to managing the application
development life cycle. The first of many vendors with leadership
technology expected to incorporate TeamConnection services is Compagnie
Generale d'Informatique (CGI), a worldwide provider of application
development software and services. CGI has integrated PACBASE/CS, its
life-cycle development environment, with TeamConnection to take advantage
of advanced software configuration management functions.

Vendors interested in extending the value of their tools through
integration with TeamConnection can participate in IBM's vendor enablement
program. This program provides integration assistance to qualified tool
vendors.

TeamConnection's Advanced Features

 *    Configuration management support to help identify, organize,
      manage and control access to development data.  In addition,
      team members are notified of changes to development data and
      alerted when action on their part is required;

 *    Version control features, which minimize storage
      requirements and preserve application versions at critical
      points in the development process so that programmers can
      make modifications while working with a functioning version
      of their code;

 *    Integrated build functionality lets teams split development
      into multiple parallel tasks, increasing efficiency.
      Developers can create applications on one server and have
      machine-specific versions automatically built for other
      processor types across a LAN, dramatically increasing their
      productivity;

 *    Packaging and distribution support handles electronic
      application distribution across LANs via file server
      technology such as IBM's NetView Distribution Manager/2;

 *    Problem tracking and change control support manages the
      process of changing development data, keeping track of what
      changed, who changed it and why it was changed -- and
      associates defects and features with appropriate changes;

 *    Reporting facility provides the ability to query data and
      project status;

 *    A backup and recovery facility handles archival storage,
      and;

 *    Information model provides the integrating platform through
      which development tools share data.

TeamConnection for OS/2 Pricing and Availability

TeamConnection for OS/2 is priced at $1999 per user and is available
October 24, 1995. For additional information on TeamConnection for OS/2 or
the vendor enablement program, please call 1-800-IBM-3333.

For information via the Internet, users can access the IBM software page at
http://www.software.ibm.com. Then, search on "go TeamConnection." IBM's
home page can be found at http://www.ibm.com.

IBM, the world's largest software provider, creates, develops and
manufactures the industry's most advanced information technologies,
including computer systems, software, networking systems, storage devices
and microelectronics. IBM's Software Solutions Division provides data
management, application development and workgroup solutions for
mission-critical applications on PCs, workstations, LANs and host
systems.
 
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