Instantiations to Take Lead on Smalltalk
VisualAge Smalltalk technology base has transitioned to Instantiations under a new relationship with IBM. Instantiations will deliver the new VA Smalltalk 7.0 product in the third quarter of this year.
Portland, OR (PRWEB) April 29, 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 VisualAge® Smalltalk technology
base. Instantiations will develop, market and support a new VisualAge-compatible
version of Smalltalk called VA Smalltalk™. 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 e-mail protected from spam
bots. 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 Rational® and WebSphere® 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.
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.
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