Canoo Announces Release of Ultra Light Client Version 5.1

Basel, Switzerland -- September 24, 2002. Canoo today announced the release of Ultra Light Client (ULC) version 5.1, a thin-client framework based on Java and Swing. ULC extends HTML-based Web architectures with rich GUI clients.

Thin clients are essential to streamline software development and deployment in today's net-centric world. HTML clients are widely used, but have limited GUI capabilities and are often expensive to develop. ULC overcomes this deficiency by offering a rich GUI extension for Web applications.

ULC combines the advantages of fat clients, such as homogeneous development and superior user interface with the advantages of HTML such as simplified architecture and server-side deployment.

"ULC enables you to efficiently develop client-server applications with a rich GUI similar to Swing. However, unlike fat clients, ULC applications can be deployed in any J2EE compliant Web or EJB container. On the client, the user interface is managed by a small generic Java-based presentation engine. ULC takes your fat clients to J2EE without compromising on the user interface," said Bruno Schaeffer, CTO of Canoo.

Release 5.1 includes the following new features:
- new tree component and substantially improved table and table-tree components; this upgrade further improves ULCs equivalence to the Swing API;
- further reduced network traffic between the UI Engine and the server;
- integration into IBMs WebSphere Studio development environment.

For more information on ULC, visit the product site at http://www.canoo.com/ulc. Get a quick overview of ULC, browse the complete documentation, explore the demo applications, or download a trial version.

Canoo will showcase the new ULC release at the Orbit/Comdex Europe 2002 exhibition from September 24 - 27 in Basel, Switzerland.

About Canoo
Founded in 1999, Canoo (http://www.canoo.com) delivers custom-made software solutions for business applications on the Internet, Intranet, and Extranet. Canoo is based in Basel, Switzerland.

Contact:
Bruno Schaeffer
ulc-info@canoo.com
Tel. +41-61-2289444
Fax +41-61-2289449

Canoo Engineering AG
Kirschgartenstr. 7
CH-4051 Basel
Switzerland

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