Minnesota State University Gives Alpha Five Platinum an A

ATO, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Department of Electricaland Computer Engineering and Technology of Minnesota State University, Mankato, hasselected Alpha SoftwareÕs Alpha Five Platinum as the standard programming tool forits engineering curriculum. Engineering students are now using Alpha Five to developcomplex databases that support hardware design, system integration, projectmanagement, budget management, verification plans and reports, engineering tools,and more. ÒThe software development skills our students are learning with Alpha Five will becrucial to their future success as engineers,Ó says Dr. Bill Hudson, Electrical andComputer Engineering and Technology Department Chair at Minnesota State University,Mankato. ÒWe looked long and hard at several popular programming platforms, such as.Net, Java, PHP, and so on. But the learning curves were steep, and would haverequired an excessive amount of time teaching programming instead of engineering.With Alpha FiveÕs agile development approach, our students need very little time tobecome productive. They can quickly focus on solving their specific problems withsoftware solutions they can rapidly create.Ó The Trafton Science Center, home to the university's College of Science, Engineeringand Technology, includes a new, 70,000-square-foot addition with state-of-the-artlaboratories and classrooms, which will be completed during the fall semester. TheDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Technology offers fourundergraduate degree programs and a masterÕs degree Engineering. Other programsoffered in the college can be found at http://cset.mnsu.edu/programs/ ugrad/. The DepartmentÕs curriculum balances theory and application to keep students andfaculty abreast of current industry trends and toolsets. This forward-lookingphilosophy was one of the principal reasons the department standardized on AlphaFive. ÒWe have to prepare students for how software will be developed in the future, nothow it was developed 10 or 20 or 30 years ago,Ó Hudson says. ÒAlpha FiveÕscontemporary methodology encourages agile development practices that get ideas intoaction quickly, and makes it easier to evolve applications as engineeringrequirements evolve. ThatÕs a competitive edge theyÕll be able to take advantage offor years to come.Ó Alpha Five Platinum is the first development tool that can visually buildAJAX-powered Web applications, integrate SQL databases with drag+drop simplicity,and deliver enterprise-scale availability, without having to write pages of computercode. And while coding is optional, Alpha FiveÕs integrated development environment (IDE)still gives developers full access to forms, interactive reports, lists, Webcomponents, APIs, XML, and more. ItÕs packed with 200 reusable ActionScripts,Supercontrols, HTML and CSS builders, the full Xbasic/Xdialog language, PortableSQL, and Genies that generate editable code for any custom requirement. ThereÕs also a full-featured custom report generator (with drill-down support), arole-based Web security framework, and native SQL support for every majordatabase-including Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, IBM DB2, andEnterpriseDB/Postgres Plus. Alpha Five Platinum is available now. Pricing information is available athttp://www.alphasoftware.com /alphafive/platinum/index.asp. A 30-day unlimited trialversion of Alpha Five Platinum can be downloaded athttp://www.alphasoftware.com /trial/platinum/index.asp. Training, programming andconsulting support, and professional services are available. Review copies available: PRESS & BLOGGERS ONLY ABOUT ALPHA SOFTWARE Since 1982, Alpha Software has been providing developers with award-winning toolsthat make it easy to rapidly build robust database and business applications. Todayover 1 million developers rely on Alpha SoftwareÕs flagship platform, Alpha Five, tobuild desktop, client-server, distributed, Web 2.0, and AJAX applications fororganizations of any sizeÑfrom SOHO to the Fortune 100. Every day, tens of millionsof people and businesses rely on applications built in Alpha Five. With theintroduction of Alpha Five Version 9 Platinum Edition in 2008, Alpha Software setnew standards for speed of development, portability, reporting, and security fordatabase applications of all stripes. The company is privately held, and based inBurlington, Mass. Alpha Software can be found on the Web athttp://www.alphasoftware.com . PRESS RESOURCES -----------------------Contact :Kate Ritchie610-642-8253, ext. 162Alpha Five Platinum microsite:http://www.alphasoft ware.com/alphafive/platinum/in dex.asp Alpha Software blog: http://blog.alphasoftware.com/ Alpha Software Web site: http://www.alphasoftware.com/ Minnesota State University, Mankato: http://www.mnsu.edu/Minnesota State University, MankatoDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineeringand Technology: http://cset.mnsu.edu/ecet/ USER REFERENCES, IMAGES, AND PRESS EVALUATION COPIES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. Contacts Media contact:Gregory FCA CommunicationsKate Ritchie, 610-642-8253, ext. 162KateR@GregoryFCA.comorCompa ny contact:Alpha SoftwareRichard@AlphaSoftware. com

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