From: mpfh@pvi.UUCP (Peter Hallett x344)
Newsgroups: comp.newprod
Subject: PV-WAVE linked with UIM/X GUI Builder
Date: 17 Aug 92 21:51:03 GMT
Followup-To: poster
Organization: Precision Visuals Inc., Boulder, Colorado

Contact:  Peter Masi, Public Relations Manager
          Precision Visuals, Inc. (303) 530-9000

 
PRECISION VISUALS AND VISUAL EDGE DELIVER 
MOTIF GUI BUILDER FOR PV-WAVE 
New product part of "Developer's Toolkit" strategy
 
BOULDER, Colo. -- Precision Visuals, Inc., the leading worldwide
supplier of Visual Data Analysis (VDA) software, and Visual Edge
Software Ltd., the Montreal-based leader in graphical user interface
(GUI) technology, today announced the development of PV-WAVE: UIM/X, a
product that increases the productivity of application developers
using PV-WAVE Command Language (CL).  PV-WAVE:UIM/X and the
streamlined PV-WAVE:GUI/Maker are available now.
 
PV-WAVE CL is Precision Visuals' flagship VDA solution for application
developers.  The company also developed and markets PV-WAVE Point &
Click for end-users.
 
With today's announcement, Precision Visuals adds a third ingredient
to its "Developer's Toolkit" strategy.  PV-WAVE:UIM/X joins
PV-WAVE:NAG (numerical analysis and modeling) and PV- WAVE:GTGRID
(advanced gridding) as specialized PV-WAVE Command Language options.
More options are planned, each based on user demand.
 
PV-WAVE:UIM/X is a comprehensive GUI builder option for application
developers using PV- WAVE Command Language in X-Windows and OSF/Motif
windowing environments. It accelerates the creation of Motif-compliant
"point and click-style" graphical user interfaces for Command Language
applications.
 
The product combines PV-WAVE Command Language's industry leading
visualization and analysis technology with the powerful GUI
development capabilities of UIM/X, Visual Edge's industry leading GUI
toolkit.  The result is an optional extension of PV-WAVE CL that
enables application developers to design, prototype, interactively
test and implement visualization applications in a fraction of the
normal development time.
 
PV-WAVE:UIM/X will be marketed and sold exclusively through Precision
Visuals' worldwide sales network and value-added resellers (VARs).
 
"Application developers comprise 80 percent of our customer base,"
said James R. Warner, chairman and chief executive officer of
Precision Visuals.  "Therefore, we are committed to developing tools
-- whether in-house or through strategic partnerships -- that increase
their productivity.  The combination of PV-WAVE and UIM/X creates an
innovative product that allows developers who write PV-WAVE Command
Language applications to prototype and deliver full- function
Motif-based GUIs in 20 percent of the time compared with lower-level
tools."
 
Visual Edge President Michael A. Foody said, "Visual Edge's mission is
to bring the benefits of graphical user interface technology to the
broadest possible user base. With PV-WAVE:UIM/X, we will provide those
benefits, for the first time, to thousands of PV-WAVE application
developers at more than 2,000 sites worldwide."
 
The PV-WAVE:UIM/X option costs $2,495 and is available on UNIX-based
workstations from Sun Microsystems, Digital Equipment Corp.,
Hewlett-Packard, Silicon Graphics and IBM running X-Windows and Motif.
A $995 streamlined version called PV-WAVE:GUI/Maker -- featuring 16
widgets instead of the 40+ offered in the full product -- is also
available.
 
 
With PV-WAVE:UIM/X, developers can create a GUI on one UNIX system and
port it to any other workstation.  In addition, the GUI can also
operate on VMS systems running Motif.
 
PV-WAVE was named winner of IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications
magazine's "Best Products of 1991."  UIM/X was named winner of
UNIXWorld magazine's "Best Products of 1990."
 
Visual Edge Software Ltd. is the market leader in the design,
development and support of standards-based interface development tools
for the UNIX marketplace.  Visual Edge's award- winning product,
UIM/X, is the dominant graphical user interface (GUI) development tool
for OSF/Motif.  The company's products are marketed worldwide through
original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), distributors and independent
software vendors (ISVs).
 
Founded in 1980, Precision Visuals, Inc., provides VDA solutions and
computer graphics software to more than 10,000 users at major
corporations, universities and government institutions worldwide.  The
privately held firm is based in Boulder, Colo., and employs 105
persons at 8 offices throughout North America and Europe.  The company
also has distributors in the Far East.
 
  
For more information:
Chris Logan
Precision Visuals, Inc.
Boulder, CO  80301
303/530-9000 Phone
303/530-9329 Fax

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