Inside Taligent Series
| "Success in the world of computing in the 21st century requires the pragmatic application of object technology to solve real customer problems." | |
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| --Joe Guglielmi, Chairman and CEO, Taligent, Inc. | |
The computer industry is facing some serious challenges. Despite advances in computer hardware and operating systems, organizations aren't realizing the full benefit of their information technology investments. Software can't keep up with demands for flexible, distributed solutions that customers can deploy rapidly to meet changing business needs.
Taligent addresses this problem with a new approach to software development. A collaborative effort by specialists in many programming areas, the CommonPoint(TM) application system provides a comprehensive set of services for rapidly building flexible, portable software solutions. Based on object-oriented programming structures called frameworks, it promises to revolutionize the way software is created and used, especially in networked environments.
Inside Taligent Technology describes what Taligent technology can do, why it's important, and where the people who created it believe it's going.
Mike Potel, Vice President of Technology Development at Taligent, is responsible for Taligent's technology strategy and advanced development activities. As Director of Software Engineering at Apple, he initiated the original "Pink" project and was a key member of the team that negotiated the alliance between Apple and IBM to form Taligent.
Founded in March 1992, Taligent is an independent system software company owned by Apple, Hewlett-Packard, and IBM. The company is developing a new application system environment based on object-oriented technology, which will provide the foundation for a new generation of distributed workgroup and enterprise applications and components. Taligent, along with its investors, intends to license, market, and support its software products worldwide.