Oracle Corp, Belmont, California, this week broadened its offerings of computer-aided systems engineering products with the introduction of the multi-user Case Dictionary, based on its SQL Design Dictionary; the Case Designer graphical development workbench; and the Case Method development methodology. Case Dictionary is intended to enable analysts and designers to organise all the system requirements […]
Oracle Corp, Belmont, California, this week broadened its offerings of computer-aided systems engineering products with the introduction of the multi-user Case Dictionary, based on its SQL Design Dictionary; the Case Designer graphical development workbench; and the Case Method development methodology. Case Dictionary is intended to enable analysts and designers to organise all the system requirements and design specifications of a new system, using Case Designer to enter and edit the information through graphical diagrams. The products can create and maintain an Oracle database, and the SQL Forms and SQL ReportWriter products can be used to create the system’s functional modules. Case Designer uses the X Window System and a version is also planned for Microsoft’s Presentation Manager. It enables team members to share access to online diagrams, and is initially available for Sun-3 Unix stations, with versions for Hewlett-Packard 9000 and DEC VAX workstations promised soon. Case Dictionary provides a central repository for the thousands of items of information pertaining to a development project and can be shared over a network of heterogenous system environments, by any number of users, making use of the SQL Star distributed database system. The Oracle Case products are in beta test and full availability is set for October. Prices are based on configuration and number of users: Case Dictionary starts at $2,000 for single-user systems, $5,500 for multiuser ones; Case Designer at $16,000 single-user, $44,000 multiuser; Case Method comes bundled with the other two.
