Applied Information Systems (AIS) announced today that it has begun the general release of XESS 4.0, a major new version of its popular spreadsheet and related development tools for UNIX, OpenVMS, and Windows NT systems.
XESS 4.0 supports user-configurable 3-D workbooks with up to 10 million rows, enhanced display and print formatting, international locales (including multi-byte languages), full Y2K compliance, Web enablement, and a high level of compatibility with the Excel and Lotus spreadsheet products.
XESS 4.0 is supported on the widest variety of enterprise servers and workstations, with applications created using the development API freely interacting across platforms. For example, an XESS add-in (e.g. the Trade extension) can seamlessly provide real-time market data from a UNIX server to a mixture of workstations using Windows NT, UNIX, and OpenVMS.
"The early-release users of XESS 4.0 have been very enthusiastic about its many new features that give them more power and flexibility while maintaining the familiar spreadsheet look and feel," said Arthur Coston, president of AIS. "They also appreciate the higher level of interoperability with other spreadsheet products."
XESS 4.0 is available worldwide from AIS and its partners for:
Applied Information Systems, headquartered in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, is a 25-year-old supplier of software products and solutions. AIS is a technology leader in network-enabled spreadsheet solutions for end-users, corporate environments, system integrators, and third-party developers. Its XESS spreadsheet technology is used daily by ten's of thousands of users as a general-purpose spreadsheet or integrated into the most challenging applications -- designing automobiles and airplanes, monitoring spacecraft, deploying troops, controlling the power grid, and trading securities.