Starbase Announces StarSync -- StarTeam's New
StarSync Deploys Code and Content at Internet Speed While Providing Secure Encryption and Authentication Protection
June 8, 2000 08:42 AM Eastern Time
SANTA ANA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 8, 2000--
Starbase Corp. SBAS , the leading provider of collaboration products for the creation and management of integrated code and content eBusiness applications, Thursday announced the availability of StarSync, a Java(TM)-based digital asset deployment utility for StarTeam.
StarSync deploys and synchronizes code and content from a StarBase Server to target locations, including the Web. StarSync delivers an automated publishing and deployment process, designed to manage high volumes of software and Web content changes. Code and content is protected using encryption and authentication to safeguard transmission through public networks. StarSync is an integrated member of the newly expanded StarTeam family of products.
"Single Web sites no longer run on only one server or even under one kind of operating system," said Mark Burgess, president of sandiego.com. "We need centralized management and deployment of both code and content across heterogeneous server platforms. StarTeam provides powerful process control and change management capabilities for our complex and highly distributed Web environment, and now StarSync gives us the ability to quickly and easily deploy these changes to our servers -- whether it's code, graphics or even database formats."
StarSync's seamless integration with the Starbase Server enables the straightforward deployment of any configuration of a Web site or Web site components. StarSync provides StarTeam users with an easily scriptable deployment utility that is configurable for deploying digital assets to local and remote file systems, or to the Web via an FTP (File Transfer Protocol) site. StarSync supports the delivery of code and content to heterogeneous platforms and can also be used to support process automation.
For example, as code and content is created by one team it can be scheduled for automatic delivery by StarSync to the next team in the process for review and approval. Digital assets can be kept in several locations and regularly synchronized throughout the development lifecycle.
"StarSync provides eBusinesses with a powerful, affordable, and easy to use publishing and deployment solution," said Lydia Patterson, vice president Starbase products group. "StarSync can be used to directly publish static content to the Web via an FTP site, or more importantly, it can be used to deploy code and content to our strategic partners' Web servers for high-end dynamic content publishing. Robust and flexible, StarSync provides a single solution for organizations to manage the deployment of both code and Web content to different target environments."
Patterson continued, "For example, StarSync can move code and content from the development environment to the test environment, and from the test environment to the production environment. Any digital asset stored in the Starbase Server can be deployed to a file server or a Web server. This automatic deployment capability will have a significant impact on the eBusiness application development process, improving quality and accelerating delivery time."
StarSync's multi-platform, Java-based command line interface provides a powerful mechanism to access and automate the deployment of code and content to one or multiple, local or remote server locations. As a Java-based solution, StarSync can be run on any system supporting a Java runtime environment, enabling global deployment. StarSync facilitates enhanced management and control over the distribution of code and content to one or multiple Web servers or file systems, and provides secure encryption and authentication protection which safeguards the transmission of content through public networks.
About StarSync
StarSync is an enterprise-class, Java-based digital asset deployment solution for the Web, providing organizations a secure, scalable cross platform solution that can automate and schedule the transfer of Web code and content to staging and production servers. StarSync requires the Java runtime environment 1.1 or greater including RMI support. StarSync is tightly integrated into the StarTeam framework providing a seamless solution for the deployment of code and content managed by StarTeam. StarSync supports the deployment of Web code and content using Internet communication standards including TCP/IP and FTP. Available by calling Starbase at 888/770-STAR or by visiting the Starbase Web site at www.starbase.com
About Starbase
Starbase is the leading provider of collaboration products for the creation and management of integrated code and content eBusiness applications. Collaboration is the simultaneous coordination, management and communication of geographically dispersed contributors of both code and content for eBusiness applications.
With more than 1,300 StarTeam customers worldwide, our technology supports the continuous cycle of creating, linking and managing digital assets, which comprise complex eBusiness applications. Starbase products enable users with differing technical and functional backgrounds to collaborate on the production of Web sites and eBusiness initiatives from multiple locations.
StarTeam, the company's flagship product, was labeled as "StarTeam fuels team exchange" in an early release review from InfoWorld in January 2000 and received "Two Thumbs Up" from New Media in May 1999 and Four Stars from Software Development in August 1999. Microsoft and CMP Media named Starbase the 25th fastest growing ISV for Windows in April 1999. StarTeam also received the "Best of the Test Center" award by InfoWorld in January 1998.
Companies and organizations, including leading corporations such as Lucent Technologies, Intel, BMC Software, Motorola, PepsiCo, Seagate Technology, Hollywood Entertainment, Reynolds & Reynolds Co., eTour.com, Oxygen Media, and Ann Taylor, have selected StarTeam to manage their eBusiness development projects. Starbase has headquarters at 4 Hutton Centre Drive, Suite 800, Santa Ana, CA 92707. Tel: 714/445-4400. Fax: 714/445-4404. Visit Starbase's Web site at www.starbase.com.
Starbase and its product names are trademarks of Starbase Corp. All other product and company names herein are trademarks of their respective owners.
Forward-Looking Statements
When used in the preceding discussion, the words "believes, expects, or intend to" and similar conditional expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties and actual results could differ materially from those expressed in any of the forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, (i) conditions in the general economy or the software industry, (ii) the timely development and market acceptance of products and technologies, (iii) competitive factors, (iv) demand for team productivity software products, (v) sell-through of products in the sales channel, and (vi) other risks described in Starbase Corp.'s SEC reports and filings.
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CONTACT: Starbase Corp., Santa Ana Ann Jones, (Investor Relations), 714/445-4440 ajones@starbase.com or Martha Ray, (Public Relations), 714/445-4531 mray@starbase.com
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