| Announcing ION (IDL ON THE NET) [message #10075] |
Thu, 02 October 1997 00:00 |
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RESEARCH SYSTEMS ANNOUNCES ION (IDL ON THE NET)
Using Java and Internet technology, ION delivers powerful data
analysis and visualization capabilities to Web clients
BOULDER, Colo. -- Research Systems, Inc., a developer of multi-
platform technical visualization and application development
software, today announced that ION (IDL on the Net) will be
available in December.
ION is an easy-to-use, web server-based system that brings the
power of Research Systems' IDL (Interactive Data Language) to
Internet clients. ION is designed for organizations with
employees around the country and/or around the world who need
to access, visualize and analyze shared data. ION can reside
on the customer's public web server, a proprietary intranet
server, or both.
ION allows access to IDL's advanced analysis and visualization
capabilities from virtually any computer in the world. Updating
and maintaining ION is simple, as the product resides only on
the web server, not on the desktop clients.
ION is a sophisticated Internet implementation of IDL 5.0,
Research Systems' fourth-generation programming language
(4GL) for engineers, scientists and software developers building
data analysis and data visualization applications.
Because ION is built on IDL, applications already written in IDL
can be easily converted for access over the Internet, making the
product immediately useful for existing IDL customers. In addition,
ION is simple to use,requiring only basic knowledge of IDL and
HTML. Pre-built Java applets are included with the product, so
there is no need to become a Java programmer to use ION. However,
full Java integration is provided for those users who wish to
develop custom Java applications that work in concert with ION.
The ION product consists of three components, which share a
hierarchical relationship: ION Java Applets, ION Graphic Component
Java Classes, and ION Java Classes.
ION Java Applets are pre-built Java applets that produce IDL-
generated graphics. Requiring no programming, the ION Java
Applets represent the easiest method for users to display IDL
images on a web page.
ION Graphic Component Java Classes provide a rapid and efficient
method of integrating IDL-generated graphics into an existing
Java application.
ION Java Classes bring full-featured IDL to web-based clients,
giving Java programmers the ability to build IDL applications
that can be distributed over the Internet.
ION OPERATING SYSTEM SUPPORT
ION will support Windows NT and all popular versions of UNIX,
including Linux and Solaris X86. In keeping with its web-based
nature, every effort will be made to make ION a "virtual product".
Customers will download ION from Research Systems' website and
all documentation will be online in the form of a hypertext-
based help system.
Additional information can be obtained at Research Systems' home
page: http://www.rsinc.com, or by email to info@rsinc.com.
IDL is a registered trademark of Research Systems. All other
company, product or brand names are the property of their
respective owners.
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