As expected, Reading, Berkshire-based Implementors UK Ltd has released a Unix version of its v1.11 MS-DOS-based computer aided software engineering development and migration environment. This version enables IBM Corp AS/400 users to translate their existing applications into C code and migrate them to the RS/6000. It is currently tied to the Ingres database, but Oracle and Informix versions should follow by the end of the summer, and Sybase by the end of 1992. The company says it is adding other systems in September, hinting at ICL Plc and Hewlett-Packard Co. Applications are developed on an MS-DOS box and then sent to the target machine. To compensate for the design change in the application, Implementor records and automatically updates each part of the application affected. The company claims that application productivity is increased by at least 200% compared with traditional methods. Graphics-based applications are developed using the company’s C-Scape screen handler, which includes application programming interfaces for running Windows 3, Motif or Open Look at the front end. Aiming at 70 Implementor sales for 1993, Hugh McCartney, the company’s managing director said that 75% of business will still come from people developing applications for the AS/400: We expect people to migrate in two to three years. People will still be using AS/400s into the next century. Current UK installations number 50, and customers include Tate & Lyle Plc and Dolland and Aitchison Ltd.
