Really Fun PR: (I thought you guys would enjoy the juxtaposition of my two worlds ...)
----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 10:29 AM Subject: Beam me up COBOL Hi Judith, While "Enterprise" has brought new life to Star Trek, in a quirky twist of coincidence the development of many computer languages foretold the next generation of Star Trek TV series, six in all (we refuse to recognize the short-lived animated version from the mid '70s). September 8 marks the 36th anniversary of the first episode of Star Trek. Cue what's happening in business today. Why lay a good idea to rest? After Star Trek, Star Trek II, Star Trek Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and now Star Trek Enterprise - business enterprises are also returning to their "roots" and getting at their old legacy systems data - and some are making the bits more accessible as Web services. One company, founded in 1987 - (same year as Star Trek Next Generation) gives new life to legacy systems. And like Star Trek, is continuously reinventing itself to essentially address the same conflict, exploring new worlds. Many businesses are using ClientSoft's legacy systems to explore and re-purpose their own data, since 70% of business applications are still written in COBOL (Giga), invented in 1960, even before the first Trekky was a twinkle in Spock's eye. I'd guess about 70% of people have seen at least one episode of Star Trek... Well, we can't offer you Scott Bakula, but if you'd like to speak to Hugh Raiford of ClientSoft, let me know. Ali 617 454 1104 ---------------------------------------------------------- Alison Merifield LEWIS PRWEEK's Consultancy of the Year Finalist, 2001 PRWEEK's Hi-Tech Agency to Watch, 2000/2001 Marketing and Media Relations for Technology Companies Paragon Towers 233 Needham Street Newton, MA 02464-1502 Tel: (001) 617/454-1100 Fax: (001) 617/454-1101 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.lewispr.com -------------------------------------------------- ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
