Provides Long-Term Support and Path to Linux for Thousands of UIM/X Customers
Bedford, Mass. – April 14, 2005 — Integrated Computer Solutions, Inc. (ICS), the leading supplier of visual development tools, training, and custom design services for UNIX, Linux, and cross-platform professionals, announced today the acquisition of the UIM/X product line from Bluestone Consulting, Inc, of Moorestown, NJ. ICS will provide on-going technical support, product upgrades, and new licenses to the thousands of UIM/X users worldwide. Additionally, ICS plans to migrate the products to the Linux platform.
UIM/X is one of the leading tools used by Motif developers in the aerospace , financial services, transportation, consumer services and health sectors. The acquisition provides UIM/X customers with high quality support continuity, and access to an expanded set of ICS' Motif development and testing products. ICS plans to respond to UIM/X customers' requests to have a product solution for the Linux platform. All of UIM/X's technical support staff will be retained.
UIM/X customers are encouraged to visit www.uimx.com or www.ics.com for technical and sales contact information.
Along with the acquisition of Centerline Software last year, ICS now has strong working relationships with the majority of professional UI developers and the resources to assure ongoing support and development of exciting new tools and advanced Motif widgets.
About Integrated Computer Solutions, Inc.
Driven by the belief that the success of any software application depends on the intuitiveness of the user interface, Integrated Computer Solutions, Inc., The User Interface Company, of Bedford, MA, is the world's leading provider of advanced visual development tools, testing tools, and services for professional software engineers in the aerospace, petrochemical, transportation, military, communications, entertainment, scientific, and financial industries. Long recognized as the platform of choice for visually developing mission-critical, high-performance Motif applications, ICS' BX series of GUI builders has recently been expanded to provide a complete line of tools that accelerate development of Java. ICS is the largest independent supplier of add-on products to the Qt multi-platform framework developed by Trolltech. Supporting the software development community since 1987, ICS also provides custom UI development services, custom UI component development, training, consulting, and project porting and implementation services.
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