Database developer Relational Technology Inc boosted its UK computer-aided software engineering strategy yesterday with an agreement with Learmonth and Burchett Management Systems Plc to develop an integrated version of Ingres and the Learmonth Auto Mate Plus product. The deal will enable Ingres to support the SSADM Structured Systems and Design Methodology, widely used in the UK where it is a now mandatory requirement for Government computer departments. Relational will integrate Auto-Mate with the Ingres data dictionary, so users can carry out the analysis, logical and physical design of systems development under SSADM and transfer it to the Ingres data dictionary to create a physical data schema to integrate the database with application and end-user software tools. Auto-Mate runs on MS-DOS micros and will normally be linked to an Ingres host system such as a DEC VAX or Unix system through DECnet or TCP/IP. It should be ready in October. Relational also supports Cadre Technologies Inc’s Teamwork toolkit for those using Yourdon methodology.
