| Title: | DEC Rdb against the World |
| Moderator: | HERON::GODFRIND |
| Created: | Fri Jun 12 1987 |
| Last Modified: | Thu Feb 23 1995 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1348 |
| Total number of notes: | 5438 |
Hi,
Maybe this is the wrong place, but!
Anyone point me to comparative/competetive analyses of some/any
of the following
FOCUS, POWERHOUSE, SMARTSTAR, ULTRA/MANTIS,
APPLICATION FACTORY
Any help would be a great help - is there any marketing out there.
Regards
Jim Henry.
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 17.1 | Have a look at 4GL::RALLY | BISTRO::KIRK | Area (Europe) Field Support Group, Valbonne | Thu Jul 16 1987 14:20 | 4 |
Take a look at the Rally conference (4GL::RALLY), since there are
a variety of interesting articles.
Richard
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| 17.2 | Internal booklet | VIRGO::RINKUS | Tue Jul 28 1987 00:33 | 13 | |
Application Tools for Information Systems produced by the ISBG group
would be a good starting point. Order number is EG 2895486 08 5.0.
Booklet is approx a year old but provides a lot of information on
the products you mentioned (except Application Factory). You may
also want to check out the "industry watchers" like Gartner Group
at a local market research center.
By the way ISBG has a hotline number 8-297-4262.
Hope this helps.
-paul r.
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| 17.3 | RALLY vs.... | KIM::PENNINGTON | Tue Jul 28 1987 23:40 | 2 | |
There is a good comparison of Rally and Powerhouse in note 321 of
the Rally conference (4GL::RALLY).
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| 17.4 | A look into the Core... | BMT::TIMMINS | Thu Aug 13 1987 22:55 | 39 | |
re .2
As an ex-Gartner Groupie (SMS), I looked at Cortex quite a bit.
I have quite a bit of their documentation, perhaps you could
contact me at 333-6771 (dtn) or BMT::TIMMINS.
re .0
The application factory (TAF) had proven itself at a good number
of accounts. TAF provided for for rapid development (3-4
months) of applications once the shop understood the methodology
required and the users committed having key users available to the
developers from about 2 weeks into the process (for about 2 months).
I've also seen the Corvision follow-on product to TAF. It was delayed
from its original release date (Jan 87) and I don't know where it
stands right now. However, the intent of the tool was to combine
the so-called "CASE" graphic analysis/design tools with code
generation. The knock-off on Cortex is that the early releases
only produced its own "Builder" 4GL as output.
Cortex has agreements with NCR (port to its Unix and produce C code
versus Builder), and DuPont who will foot the bills for the majority
of the development effort. NCR wants the product across its three
major computing line, although Unix is still first. DuPont spun
off a separate subsidiary, Information Engineeing Associates, that
specialized in developing fixed-priced applications with 90-120
days. This consultanting organization will make a big difference
between Cortex and Powerhouse, Signal Technology, etc.
Cortex's philosophy was to address Digital (VMS), then UNIX, then
386PC (OS/2, etc.). The intent of these initiatives is to become
the leading distributed development methodology vendor complete
with the tools necessary to pull it off. At the Gartner Group,
this type of statement is usually put under the heading of SSVH
or Self Serving Vendor Hype.
- Larry T., Financial Solutions Center
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