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Digital Equipment Corporation
Maynard, Massachusetts 01754-2571
Editorial contact:
David Farmer
Digital Equipment Corporation
(508) 493-0179
Dan Esbensen
Touch Technologies, Inc.
(218) 525-9238
DIGITAL AND TOUCH TECHNOLOGIES
ANNOUNCE JOINT PRODUCT, SERVICE PARTNERSHIP
MAYNARD, Mass. -- May 3, 1994 -- Digital Equipment Corporation and
Touch Technologies, Inc. announced today, effective immediately, a
partnership through which Touch will assume full responsibility for
the development and maintenance of several Digital software
applications. Also under the agreement, Digital will act as a Touch
Technologies distributor. Digital will sell and distribute the
products under the current names and order numbers and will
continue as the service provider. Existing service contracts will
remain unaffected.
Included in the partnership are the VAX DOCUMENT, DECdecision,
DECquery, DECcalc, DECgraph and DECslide software products. All
products operate on the OpenVMS for VAX operating system; DECquery
products included also operate on the MS-DOS, MS-WINDOWS and
Macintosh operating systems.
The partnership was designed to ensure security and continuity
for Digital customers. In addition, Touch plans to move forward
with upgrades to existing product features, as well as address
customer needs for additional platform support. For example, Touch
Technologies plans to port VAX DOCUMENT to Digital's Alpha AXP
platform running the OpenVMS operating system, with availability by
the end of 1994.
"We've hit the ground running with immediate plans to move
these products onto the Alpha AXP platform," said Dan Esbensen,
president, Touch Technologies. "Touch's experience in moving our
worldwide, distributed products to Digital's Alpha AXP systems has
given us invaluable expertise for successful migrations."
"Digital is completely committed to on-going customer
satisfaction," said Harold F. Enright, Digital's vice president,
Software Products. "Customers of VAX DOCUMENT, DECdecision,
DECquery and the others outlined here today will continue to
receive world-class technology and support for the products they
have come to rely on in their every day operations."
"This arrangement is an enhancement to the on-going
partnership between Digital and Touch, and underscores Touch's
ability to respond to Digital customer needs," added Enright.
Touch Technologies is a San Diego, California based research
and development company with over 12 years experience in developing
languages, systems software and applications software in the
Digital VAX/VMS market. They have proven capabilities for rapid
software development and quick response times to customer needs.
Customers range across the spectrum of Fortune 1000 companies.
Digital Equipment Corporation is the world's leader in open
client/server solutions from personal computing to integrated
worldwide information systems. Digital's Alpha AXP platforms,
storage, networking, software and services, together with
industry-focused solutions from business partners, help
organizations compete and win in today's global marketplace.
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Note to Editors: Digital, the Digital logo, Alpha AXP, OpenVMS,
DECcalc, DECdecision, DECgraph, DECquery, DECslide
and VAX DOCUMENT are trademarks of Digital
Equipment Corporation.
MS-DOS and MS-WINDOWS are trademarks of Microsoft
Corporation.
Macintosh is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc.
CORP/94/456
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