Raleigh, NC 27615
Phone 919-676-0847
Fax 919-676-4124
Morrisville, NC 27615
Phone 919-473-0070
Fax 919-473-0080
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| 8354 Six Forks Road
Raleigh, NC 27615 Phone 919-676-0847 Fax 919-676-4124 |
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| 3000 Aerial Center Pkwy
Morrisville, NC 27615 Phone 919-473-0070 Fax 919-473-0080 |
| Contact: Ron Pimblett
Phone: (919) 676-0847 |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
9 AM EDT, October 15, 2002 |
SlickEdit and Dignus Sign Sales and Marketing Agreement for Mainframe Software Development Solutions
Morrisville, NC and Raleigh, NC - October 15, 2002:
SlickEdit® Inc, provider of the award-winning Visual SlickEdit® multi-platform,
multi-language editing environment, and Dignus, LLC,
provider of compilers and assemblers for IBM mainframes,
jointly announced today that they have signed a sales and
marketing agreement for their IBM mainframe
software development solutions. As part of the agreement,
Dignus will market and resell Visual SlickEdit on Windows,
Linux and UNIX platforms. In addition, SlickEdit and Dignus
will jointly sell Visual SlickEdit solutions for zSeries
mainframe systems.
Dignus compilers and assemblers enable software developers to write
code on any one of multiple platforms for execution on zSeries mainframe
systems. By combining SlickEdit and
Dignus solutions, customers can choose a more complete multi-platform
development soution. Customers can either use Visual SlickEdit to
develop C/C++ applications on a workstation and use Dignus
tools to compile for execution on any of the supported
mainframe operating systems - or use Visual SlickEdit and
Dignus tools natively on the mainframe to both
develop and compile code directly on the mainframe. Dignus
compilers and assemblers have been recognized by IBM
as "IBM Enterprise Server Division Member Solution of the Month."
Visual SlickEdit is the best-in-class graphical editing environment
available on 14 platforms, including Windows, UNIX, Linux x86,
Linux on zSeries, OS/390 and z/OS, and supports over
30 programming languages, include C/C++ and High Level Assembler.
"Visual SlickEdit is a great value-add for our mainframe
customers because it works across all the platforms and languages
that we support with our compilers," stated Ron Pimblett,
responsible for sales and marketing at Dignus. "The Visual
SlickEdit editing environment allows us to offer
our customers a more complete, full-featured solution for their
mainframe applications development environment. Many of our
customers want to span their mainframe and enterprise environments
with products that meet the requirements of each. SlickEdit
in combination with Dignus, steps up to both with extreme
competence."
"SlickEdit is excited that Dignus' customers will now be able
to utilize the many productivity features in the Visual SlickEdit
editing environment," said Bob Bradley, director of sales
and business development at SlickEdit Inc. "This is a benefit
for SlickEdit as well, because through
Dignus we will be able to reach more mainframe customers
who will benefit from a full-featured editing environment,
whether they have a native or off-load mainframe application
development strategy."
Visual SlickEdit and SlickEdit are registered trademarks of
SlickEdit Inc. All other trademarks are the property of
their respective organizatios. Protected by U.S. Patent
5,710,926.
About Dignus, LLC
Dignus, LLC is an innovative company, located in Raleigh, North Carolina,
committed to providing the best compilers, assemblers and development
tools for the IBM mainframe. Dignus, LLC
provides unique mainframe programming solutions that offer
savings in time and effort,
while streamlining development costs. These solutions are applicable to
programming for a wide range of IBM mainframe operating systems, including
OS/390, TPF, VM, Linux/390 and others. Systems/C,
Systems/C++ and Systems/ASM run in native or crossmode on PCs or
workstations. This allows the end user to have the benefits of exceptional
editing, rapid compile times, and locally assembled
output linked back to the mainframe for execution. For more
information about Dignus, LLC or Systems/C, Systems/C++ or
Systems/ASM visit
www.dignus.com.
About SlickEdit Inc.
SlickEdit Inc. provides the editing environment of choice for
software engineers worldwide. The award-winning
Visual SlickEdit has earned the loyalty of developers by
enabling them to increase productivity and improve software
quality. Visual SlickEdit provides unparalleled
language and platform support, including support for Windows,
Linux x86, Linux on zSeris, Solaris SPARC, AIX, HP-UX,
IRIX, FreeBSD, OS/390 and z/OS and over 30 programming
languages. For more information about SlickEdit Inc. or
Visual SlickEdit, visit
www.slickedit.com.
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