Thomson Software Products Announces Availability of ClearCase for Ada

August 15, 1995 - San Diego, CA -- Thomson Software Products (formerly
Alsys) announced today availability of ClearCase for Ada, a configuration
management tool for Ada development environments. Initially available on
HP/9000 and Sun platforms, ClearCase for Ada will begin shipping
immediately.

The product is a result of a recently signed Value-Added Reseller (VAR)
agreement with Atria Software, Inc. to integrate Atria's ClearCase and
ClearCase MultiSite configuration management products with its Ada
development environments.

Until now, most Ada development systems have been characterized by their
closed environments and proprietary tools.ClearCase for Ada is the first
in a series of planned third-party integrations which will move Thomson
Software Products Ada away from this traditional approach and into the
open systems mainstream.

"The integration of the ClearCase configuration management system with our
Ada development environments came as a direct result of discussions with
our customers, who needed an open, highly-integrated solution to meet the
increasing demands of mission-critical and safety critical Ada
applications," said Jacques Brygier, Director of Ada Product Marketing.
"This product provides our users with the industry's most popular CM
system, allowing them to manage Ada code alongside their other software
development files and documents."

Integration with Ada Development Environments

ClearCase has been an overnight software-industry success, with a rapidly
growing installed base of over 20,000 users. ClearCase's popularity stems
from its transparent access to versioned objects via the operating
system's native file system interface. Developers operate in a familiar
environment without having to adjust their workstyles or patterns.

The ClearCase configuration management system provides version control,
build management, workspace management, and process control capabilities
for UNIX and Windows environments. ClearCase MultiSite is an option that
supports geographically dispersed projects. This option allows distributed
development teams to access, develop, integrate and update software across
multiple locations.

Thomson Software Products ObjectAda is a new environment based on Ada 95,
the new Ada language standard which incorporates Object-Oriented
Programming (OOP) capabilities. AdaWorld is a complete environment for
both native and cross-target Ada applications development.

In addition to providing validated, optimizing Ada compilers, both
ObjectAda and AdaWorld products include user-friendly OSF/Motif graphical
user interfaces and a full complement of productivity tools, including an
efficient multi-library system, source-level debugger, multi-threading
support, performance analyzer, text editor, on-line help and complete user
documentation.

US-based pricing for ClearCase for Ada will be $4,000 for a single user
license which includes ClearCase and the Ada integration. In addition to
the currently available HP/9000 and Sun implementations, Thomson Software
Products will port this technology to IBM RS6000 and other Intel UNIX and
Windows-based systems for shipment later in 1995.

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