ICS Announces Powerful New GUI Development Tool
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ICS Press Contact:
Amy Zinkann
617-621-0060 x192
amy@ics.com
http://www.ics.com
ICS Announces Powerful New GUI Development Tool
Industry Leading BX PRO 6.0 for UNIX/Linux User Interface Development
Now More Powerful and Even Easier to Use
Cambridge, Mass. June 11, 2002 -- Integrated Computer Solutions, Inc.
(ICS), the leader in
user interface development tools for UNIX/Linux systems, announced today the
general
availability of Builder Xcessory PRO 6.0, a major upgrade to its flagship
product. Builder
Xcessory PRO (BX PRO) is widely used by enterprise software developers to
speed the
creation of graphical user interfaces for mission critical applications that
require high
performance and high reliability. ICS customers report 25%+ savings in
development time
through using BX PRO. Evaluation copies of BX PRO are available free at
www.ics.com/getbxpro.
"Every year, there are new software development tools that promise to change
the world. Only a
few like BX PRO, now in its sixth major release, have stood the test of time
and continue to be
extensively used in the development of enterprise applications," said Peter
Winston, President of
ICS. "If you ride a subway in Boston or San Francisco, fly a commercial or
military airplane built
by Boeing or Lockheed, watch an animated movie by Dreamworks, or even fly
into outer space,
you've indirectly used an application built with BX PRO."
BX PRO consists of Builder Xcessory, the industry's most advanced graphical
interface
builder for Motif and Java; ViewKit, a flexible and mature C++ reuse
framework that can be
tailored to accommodate the specific needs of individual businesses; and
EnhancementPak, a
library of 30 reusable components including business graphs and sophisticated
user interface
controls. More detailed product information is available at
http://www.ics.com/.
NEW FEATURES
- Supports Motif 2.1 Provides access to the latest powerful features of the
industry standard
GUI toolkit.
- Includes ViewKit 2.1 The latest version of an integrated C++ object reuse
framework with
over 95 C++ components provides a jumpstart on your GUI development.
- Extensive support for open source development tools Autoconf, CVS, and
Nedit support
will speed your development without requiring the purchase of proprietary
tools.
- Redesigned user interface makes Builder Xcessory even easier to learn and
use. Compact
footprint, tooltips everywhere, and greater consistency reduce learning
curves and maximize
developer productivity.
BENEFITS
User interfaces are time consuming to develop, require expert development
knowledge, tend to
be changed frequently, and are particularly vulnerable to degeneration into
unsupportable code.
Given these factors, it is no wonder that projects often spend over 30% of
their effort on the
GUI alone.
BX PRO directly address these development challenges.
- Speeds GUI development and reduces the need for specialized expertise with
the WYSIWYG
development environment. Projects gain flexibility by being able to use a
broader skill set of
developers.
- Eliminates error prone and unmaintainable code with the readable,
maintainable, and
modifiable code generated by BX PRO.
- Eliminates lengthy delays by allowing easy review and modification with
input from end-
users.
About Motif
Motif is the industry standard graphical user interface toolkit, (IEEE 1295).
It is used on more
than 200 hardware and software platforms including Compaq, HP, IBM, Linux,
SGI, and Sun. It
provides application developers, end users, and system integrators with the
industry's most
widely used environment for multi-platform graphical applications. Motif is
the leading user
interface for the UNIX based operating system.
About ICS
Founded in 1987, ICS was chartered to create software development tools for
developers working
with the then emerging X Window System. The company's first offerings
included X training
and a version of Motif for systems manufactured by Sun Microsystems. Prior to
the widespread
adoption of Motif by the UNIX workstation vendors, ICS was the leading
independent shipper of
the Motif toolkit. In 1998, The Open Group chose ICS to provide technical
support for its Motif
source code licenses.
Today, ICS is the current market leader in Motif graphical user interface
development tools. Its
flagship product, Builder Xcessory, is in its sixth major release and
represents over 100 person
years of effort. BX defines a level of sophistication, functionality and
ease-of-use that is
unmatched in the industry.
ICS sponsors the MotifZone (http://www.motifzone.net), a community site for
Motif developers
to gather additional knowledge and request input on technical problems from
other engineers. The
MotifZone hosts the Public CVS source code repository for Open Motif as well
as the defect
database. The MotifZone hosts over 5000 active developers, has delivered
almost 100,000
downloads of Open Motif, and experiences over 5 million hits per year. It is
the most active
website dedicated to user interface software development.
For further information on ICS, its products or services, call 617-621-0060,
or visit the ICS
website at http://www.ics.com.
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