ICS ANNOUNCES AND SHIPS
	BX PRO

FIRST CROSS-PLATFORM, VISUAL REUSE ENVIRONMENT
for JAVA AND C/C++

Delivers Best-of-Breed Tool Suite For Rapid Application Development (RAD)

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Integrated Computer Solutions (ICS), the leading supplier of visual development tools for professionals, has announced Builder Xcessory Pro (BX PRO(TM)), an integrated product suite combining the industry's best tools for visual object-oriented development. BX PRO is the first visual reuse environment to support both Java(TM) and C/C++ development. BX PRO addresses the current needs of C/C++ developers, while giving them the ability to migrate to Java-based development in the future without purchasing any additional tools.

Using BX PRO, enterprise developers can develop applications on UNIX workstations and deploy applications across multiple platforms. BX PRO enables cross-platform applications to be built in Java or with an optional software development kit, allows applications built in C/C++ to be deployed to WindowsTM -based systems.

"As the Java environment matures over the next several years, enterprise development will continue to be primarily based on C/C++," said Peter Winston, ICS President. "BX PRO is unique because it satisfies this existing development requirement, while at the same time supporting Java, the language that many companies have established as their strategic direction. BX PRO is a one-product solution that eliminates the need to purchase an additional visual development tool for Java and to retrain developers. This saves companies money today and in the future."

BX PRO, a WYSIWYG visual development environment, consists of Builder XcessoryTM, the industry's most advanced graphical user interface builder for Java and Motif; ViewKit ObjectPakTM, a flexible and mature C++ reuse framework that can be tailored to accommodate the specific needs of individual businesses and EnhancementPakTM, a library of 27 reusable components including business graphs and sophisticated user interface controls. More detailed product information is available at http://www.ics.com/products/BXPRO/.

Platforms supported by BX PRO include UNIX systems from Sun, HP, IBM, DEC and SGI. Java applications built with BX PRO can run on any system that supports the Java platform, including Windows 95, NT, and Apple MacOS. An optional software development kit allows applications built with C/C++ to be deployed on Windows 95 and Windows NT.

BX PRO is now shipping. A floating license with one year of support for BX PRO is $6,495 in North America. Prices vary elsewhere in the world depending on currency fluctuations and local conditions. The optional Windows cross- platform toolkit shipped in December 1996.

Founded in 1987, Integrated Computer Solutions, Inc., headquartered in Cambridge, MA, (USA) provides visual development tools for professional developers that promote rapid application development and software reuse. ICS is also the world-wide leader in Java and X/Motif training, is a SunSoft Authorized Education Center for the Java programming language and the Java Workshop(TM) product, and produced the first Java developers' conference, IntraNet NY, held in April 1996, in New York City. ICS also provides quality technical support and consulting services which further allow developers to be successful. For further information on ICS, its products or services, call 617-621-0060, or visit the ICS Web site at http://www.ics.com.

Builder Xcessory, BX PRO, ViewKit ObjectPak and EnhancementPak are trademarks of Integrated Computer Solutions, Inc.
Java, Sun, Java Workshop are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc.
All other trademarks are the property of their respective companies.

Founded in 1987 by Peter Winston, who remains president and CEO, ICS is headquartered in Cambridge, MA. (USA). ICS is a successful supplier of high-performance, industry-standard application development products, focusing on the Unix and Java developer markets. All of ICS's tools are designed to make developer's jobs faster and easier, thereby saving valuable development time and money.

ICS also is the worldwide leader in Java and X/Motif training, and produced the first Java developers' conference, IntraNet NY, last year. Technical support and consulting services are also provided.

With over 50 employees and offices in San Francisco, New York, and Washington, D.C., as well as a worldwide presence beyond the U.S. in Europe, the Far East and Australia, ICS is recognized as one of the premier companies in its market.

Fifty percent of ICS's customers are from the corporate sector and 50% are from the government sector. Corporate customers include Fortune 500 companies in the financial services, manufacturing, aerospace, and petroleum industries, such as Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Southwest Airlines, QV Trading Systems, Bay Networks, and SimGraphics. Government customers include Fannie Mae, the FBI, and the DEA; and, in Massachusetts, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA).

ICS's industry partners include Sun Microsystems, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, and Digital Equipment Corporation. ICS also has a partnership with Silicon Graphics, Inc., with whom ICS joined forces to deliver an ICS product, called ViewKit ObjectPak, to the market.

Builder Xcessory (BX): ICS's flagship product, an award-winning graphical user interface (GUI) tool for cross-platform development.

Database Xcessory (DX): A tool to help build interfaces that interact directly with databases.

ViewKit ObjectPak: An application framework that provides developers with a simplified, improved development process.

EnhancementPak: A collection of reusable software objects, called widgets, used to build user interfaces.

ICS/Motif: ICS's version of the OSF/Motif interface for Sun platforms and X Window System developers.

Ada Xcessories: Tools for Ada programmers that allow them to build OSF/Motif user interfaces for Ada applications.