NBC News Deploys
Gawiser Associates Leverages Power Objects
Productivity and Ease-of-Use to Deliver Product After Three Month
Development Cycle
AMSTERDAM/SAN FRANCISCO, April 15,
1996-Oracle Corp. today announced that NBC News, a principle
provider of news and information across the United States, has
implemented an application for tabulation of polling information
built using Oracle Power Objects, Oracle's object-oriented visual
development tool for cross platform client/server development.
The application, NBC News Decision Analysis System (DAS), was
built by Gawiser Associates Inc, a computer consulting firm
specializing in business information collection and management.
The whole process-from consulting, to prototyping, to application
development and implementation-took only three months. This
announcement was made internationally today at the European
Oracle User Group (EOUG) in Amsterdam and DB EXPO in San
Francisco.
"NBC News made the decision to
update its legacy mainframe election system to a client/server
solution," said Dr. Sheldon Gawiser, president of Gawiser
Associates. "In the transition, the network wanted to retain
control over its information while delivering the information to
broadcasters in a format that was easy to read and understand.
Oracle Power Objects' intuitive, graphical interface empowered
the developers on the project to deliver complex information, in
an easy-to-use environment, in a fraction of the development
time."
"We needed to build this application
in a tool that would keep development costs down, that would run
automatically against the database without having to write too
much code, and would work across both Mac and Windows
platforms," added Gawiser. "We evaluated Oracle Power
Objects against other competitive tools such as Microsoft Visual
Basic and it was clearly a superior tool to meet the requirements
of both our customers and our developers."
"We have done some great work with
Gawiser Associates and are really pleased that a critical news
network like NBC News has decided to implement a Power Objects-
based application," said Marc Benioff, senior vice president
of Oracle's Web/Workgroup Division. "NBC is the most recent
example of customers who are betting their credibility and
competitive position on Oracle technology."
Gawiser Associates is an Oracle Business
Alliance Partner. Gawiser is also a business partner of IBM,
Hewlett-Packard, SUN, Data General and SCO. The firm serves
clients throughout Connecticut and the New York metro area,
providing an array of services relating to the selection and
implementation of information technology solutions. Gawiser,
Inc., is located at 1375 Kings Highway East, Fairfield,
Connecticut, 06430. For further information please contact
203-331-9300 or e-mail sales@regen.com.
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