Informix Software Inc has put back the Windows95, Windows NT and object repository release of its NewEra graphical application development tool set until June. It was originally due by the end of last year (CI No 2,735), but the company will say only that it decided to integrate all of the technologies due in both 3.0 and 3.1 in a combined 3.0 release. Other work due in 3.0 includes an application partitioning wizard, a new application builder and a new look and feel. The object repository is based on technology from Versant Object Technology Corp. The 3.0 release will go to eight beta test sites this month. Informix says it is looking at how it can support the generation of Java applets and Web applications from NewEra code, but has no timeframe. It is also working on a release that will support the multimedia-object DataBlade modules from its Illustra Information Technologies Inc acquisition and the Universal Server release of the Informix database that supports DataBlades, due by the year-end. Anne Buzbee is now heading NewEra tools marketing following Geoff Roach’s move to Pure Software Inc.
