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MainActor Developer Kit Release 1.
MainConcept GbR Moenig/Zabel is pleased to announce the availibility of the first release of the Developer Kit for MainActor.
Interested developers can now easily write modules for MainActor without having to pay licensing fees or any other kind of restriction.
The kit can be downloaded from our WebPage at http://www.mainconcept.de.
MainActor started as OS/2 shareware and is currently available for both Win95/NT and OS/2. Due to the cross-platform development kit used by MainConcept, future releases of MainActor will continue to be identical in functionality under the supported operating systems.
Future releases of MainActor will contain full featured Sequencer capabilities which are otherwise only found in very expensive commercial products.
Markus Moenig
markusm@mainconcept.de
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BMT Micro has created 2 new mailing lists in order to better server our entire customer base:
1. dev_tools@bmtmicro.com
This is for programmers and developers who wish to be notified of new releases of the development tools distributed by BMT Micro.
To subscribe to this list send a message to dev_tools@bmtmicro.com and put subscribe in the body of the message.
2. win_update@bmtmicro.com
This list is for those of you interested in Windows NT/95 announcements only.
To subscribe to this list send a message to win_update@bmtmicro.com and put subscribe in the body of the message.
The current list, bmt_update@bmtmicro.com, will continue to be OS/2 oriented. Our hopes is that by running 3 mailing lists you will be able to more accurately target what information you wish to receive from us. Please direct inquiries to bmt@wilmington.net with a subject of 'mailing lists'.
If you wish to be removed from the bmt_update mailing list and no longer receive OS/2 announcements send a message to bmt_update@bmtmicro.com and put 'unsubscribe' in the body of the message.
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Features:
Inquires: logisoft@erols.com
URL: http://www.logisoftar.com
Price $59
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TUCOWS, an award winning internet shareware distribution site, has begun to include OS/2 software in their collection.
TUCOWS, located at http://www.tucows.com, currently offers over 270 mirror sites around the world for OS/2 users to download from.
Contact: Ron Gamache - ron@tucows.com
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Warp Family Gains in Banking and Finance.
Contact: Stephanie Rasmussen
IBM
512-838-9645
rasmusen@us.ibm.com
Ian Colley
IBM
914-642-6219
icolley@vnet.ibm.com
AUSTIN, Texas, July 28, 1997 . . . According to a new study from the Mentis Group, a leading research firm for the financial services industry, IBM's OS/2* Warp operating system strengthened its place among large banking institutions in the U.S. in 1996. The group reported that use of OS/2 for servers increased from 32 to 42 percent in U.S. banks and use of OS/2 as a primary client increased from 25 to 35 percent. "We have made it a top priority to cement our position as a leading operating system provider within the banking industry. This study confirms our strategy of growing OS/2 market share with medium to large enterprise customers," said Mike Lawrie, general manager, IBM Personal Software Products division. "Our success with large customers can also be attributed to the fact that many of them are interested in implementing network computing solutions while maintaining their existing software investments. OS/2 Warp allows customers to do that."
OS/2 Controls a Major Share of Server Operating Systems in Large Banks
The report, "1997 Banking Systems and Technology: Retail Delivery and Branch Automation," states that of the more than 40,000 servers currently installed in large banks, almost 16,000 are running under OS/2. Nearly all (95 percent) of these OS/2-supporting servers are owned by institutions with deposits greater than $1 billion.
The 10 percent increase in OS/2's server market share is due to the addition of 22 OS/2-supporting institutions. The other large banks made little change in the operating systems running on their servers. "OS/2 continues to be a prominent operating system within the branch client server environment of large banks in the U.S.," said Dr. James Moore, president and CEO, Mentis Group. "Our research also shows OS/2 to be even more prevalent among European banks."
OS/2 is the Primary Operating System used by Branch Servers in Large Institutions
OS/2's strength in the upper tier of the industry is particularly noticeable among the largest banks (greater than $4 billion in deposits). One-half of these institutions name OS/2 as their primary server operating system.
Banks Rely on OS/2.
Chevy Chase Bank, based in Maryland, developed an OS/2-based intranet application to connect its 125 bank branches. Installed on IBM desktop computers, the solution, called "Branch Delivery System" (BDS), consists of an OS/2 server and 8-15 OS/2 clients in each branch. Across the bank's branch network, BDS processes tens of thousands of financial transactions, new account setups and on-line signature verifications on a daily basis.
First Virginia Banks, Inc. relies on OS/2 to manage more than 350 servers and 3,500 clients located in bank branches in Virginia, Maryland and Tennessee. Each branch runs one LAN on OS/2 Warp Server and approximately 10 desktop clients on OS/2 Warp.
IAG Credit Union, a full service financial institution offering retail banking products to customers throughout the U.S., uses IBM technology to provide its customers mortgage and trading services and automatic drafts electronically through voice recognition. The bank maintains 25 servers at 7 branches running OS/2 Warp Server. There are also servers running Novell Netware** and Microsoft Windows NT***, which connect to OS/2 Warp Server. In addition, the bank's network of 250 clients is made up of various platforms including OS/2 Warp 4, Windows NT and Windows 95***--all connecting to OS/2 Warp Server.
*IBM and OS/2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation.
**Netware is a registered trademark of Novell, Inc.
***Windows, Windows NT and Windows 95 are trademarks of Microsoft Corp.
For Internet users, IBM offers complete information about the company, its products, services and technology on the World Wide Web. The IBM home
page is at http://www.ibm.com. The fastest, easiest way to find any information about IBM software is to go to the IBM Software home page at http://www.software.ibm.com. IBM press releases can be found at http://www.ibm.com/news/uspress.html.
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