Exciting News
The following press release was placed
in the Smalltalk newsgroups todayInstantiations to Take
Lead on Smalltalk
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VisualAge Smalltalk Technology Transitions to Instantiations Under
New
Relationship.
Instantiations to Deliver New VA Smalltalk 7.0 Product in Third
Quarter.
PORTLAND, Ore. - April 27, 2005 -Instantiations, Inc., a leading
provider of
advanced software development solutions, announced today that it has
formed
a new relationship with IBM under which Instantiations assumes
responsibility for ongoing development of the VisualAgeŽ Smalltalk
technology base. Instantiations will develop, market and support a
new
VisualAge-compatible version of Smalltalk called VA SmalltalkT.
Initially,
Instantiations plans to enhance the VisualAge Smalltalk technology
with many
improvements including a modern user interface provided by its VA
Assist
product, new controls, and a preview of new "Migration Readiness"
capabilities from Synchrony Systems' Software Modernization
Technology -
SMT. Longer range technical plans are under development.
The new agreement is a part of the larger IBM Smalltalk Transition
Strategy
and Roadmap that ensures the business needs and requirements of
existing
VisualAge Smalltalk customers continue to be satisfied.
"IBM is pleased to provide VisualAge Smalltalk customers with an
option to
continue exploiting and receiving business value from their
investments in
Smalltalk technology," said Yvonne M. Perkins, Vice President
Enterprise
Platform Software, IBM Software. "This is part of IBM's VisualAge
Smalltalk
Transition Strategy and Roadmap which enable customers to evolve
their
critical Smalltalk-based systems, in an incremental and staged
fashion,
towards standards-based, service-oriented architectures which
characterize
the successful, competitive On Demand enterprises of the new
millennium."
"We've used Instantiations Smalltalk products for years and are
delighted
that IBM has partnered with them to carry Smalltalk forward," said
Ronald D.
Painter, chief scientist, CACI, Inc. "VA Smalltalk will allow our
simulation
developments including JWARS (Joint Warfare System) to continue
without
interruption."
"We are honored that IBM has chosen Instantiations to take a
leadership role
in evolving Smalltalk," said Instantiations' Eric Clayberg, Sr. Vice
President and Smalltalk Business Unit General Manager. "We recognize
that
there are many customers who require a modern development
environment and
long term support for their business critical Smalltalk based
applications.
Many of IBM's existing Smalltalk customers are also Instantiations'
customers, so this new relationship should be a very smooth
transition for
them."
Pricing and Availability
VA Smalltalk 7.0 will be available in the third quarter of this
year.
Customers who wish to move to VA Smalltalk more quickly may
participate in
Instantiations' Early Availability Program. The price per developer
for a
new license of VA Smalltalk will be $6,995 and includes one year of
support,
maintenance, and new releases. IBM customers with current VisualAge
Smalltalk support agreements can "upgrade" to Instantiations' VA
Smalltalk
Version 7.0 for $1,495. Customers who own unsupported copies of any
VisualAge Smalltalk product can upgrade to VA Smalltalk for $1,995.
Upgrades
from competitive Smalltalk products will also be available for
$1,995. For
additional information and pricing please contact our sales
department at
(800) 808-3737 or by email at vast@instantiations.com. More
information can
be found on the company's web site at www.instantiations.com/vast.
About Instantiations
Instantiations, Inc. provides leading edge software products,
services and
technologies for Java and Smalltalk. Through our industry
partnership with
IBM, Instantiations offers professional development environments and
software products that integrate seamlessly with the latest
development
platforms. Instantiations is a member of the Eclipse Foundation and
offers a
line of products for Eclipse, IBM RationalŽ and WebSphereŽ Studio.
Based in
Portland, Ore., Instantiations was founded in 1997 by a team of
internationally recognized pioneers in the field of component
software
technology. Instantiations can be reached at (800) 808-3737. More
information may be found at www.instantiations.com.
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VA Smalltalk is a trademark of Instantiations, Inc. VisualAge,
WebSphere and
Rational are registered trademarks of IBM Corporation. SMT is a
trademark of
Synchrony Systems. Java is a trademark of Sun Microsystems. All
other
trademarks are the properties of their respective companies.
Media Contact:
Mark Johnson
Instantiations, Inc.
503-598-4909
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