The Data General spin-off Hyperdesk Corp, based in Westborough, Massachusetts, which has a submission being evaluated by the Object Management Group for its Object Request Broker, says that its product – to be called Hyperdesk – is a tool to build custom office applications that are independent of the underlying operating and database environment and will be available by the end of the year; the technology will be made available to systems integrators and independent software vendors, as well as directly to key corporate accounts; Ascii Corp, the company’s majority shareholder, will be Hyperdesk distributor for the Japanese market.
